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#1
Bongo at Chester
04-05-2008
Hi - just a quick question for anyone that may know... do you know what browse (tree branches etc) the Eastern Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) are fed at Chester? Just curious! Thanks in advance for anyone who help me out here!
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#2
04-05-2008
This is the only diet I have and I don't know if it is still in use. Unfortunately it does not mention what browse is supplied.
morning lucerne 1 loaf of wholemeal bread 2 lettuce 1 stick of celery browse in the summer afternoon 2 scoops of browser breeder or browser maintenance 2 large cabbages 5 diced apples 1 diced pear 3 diced bananas 5 finely sliced carrots ½ scoop of bran ½ scoop of oats mineral licks and salt always available browse given in the afternoon in the summer |
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#3
05-05-2008
Wow, many thanks! That's a much better reply than I could have hoped for!
I didn't know Chester used lucerne, I thought it was all ryegrass forage? |
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#4
26-05-2008
Hey does anyone know any of the names of the Bongo? As in the pet names? It would be great to find out if they have pet names etc.
Last edited by Ungulata; 26-05-2008 at 03:46 AM. Reason: misspelt anyone - as anyway meaning sentence didnt read correctly! |
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#5
26-05-2008
Nibbles and Ndara are two i know.
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#6
26-05-2008
nice one, thanks Zoomania. If anyone knows any others I'd be interested to know for knowings sake!
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#7
28-05-2008
Names of some of the Eastern Bongo at Chester Zoo
females Aberdare born Woburn 1987, arrived Chester 1992, died 1997 Diani born 1995 Kundee x Mzima, died 2003 Kisumu born 1996 Kundee x Mzima Kitalee born 1994 transferred to Belfast Kundee x Aberdare Mzima born Woburn 1987, arrived Chester 1992 Ndara born 1998 Kundee x Mzima Nibbles from London males Kundee born 1991 Howletts, arrived Chester 1992 transferred to Paignton 1999 Marti arrived 1999 from Marwell Mokindu born 2004 Marti x Ndara Nakuru born 1994 transferred to Marwell Kundee X Mzima Narok arrived 2004 from Port Lympne |
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#8
28-05-2008
Thanks bongorob, you're a saint. That's wonderful!
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#9
28-05-2008
... well, I wouldn't go that far- but he's pretty useful sometimes..
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#10
28-05-2008
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So was Nakuru, the male that was kept behind the giraffe house (in the tempoary Okapi enclosure) when the other male arrived? |
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#11
28-05-2008
That would make sense. I think you're right there.
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#12
29-05-2008
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Why no calves since 2004 (or just not bother to list them)? What is the reason for keeping hold of 2 bulls (Marti and Narok)? |
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#13
29-05-2008
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and I remember reading something which said that that birth was the fifth in 3 years(03-06), so I imagine some more would've been born post-2004... |
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#14
29-05-2008
One was born in 2007 aswell, it was on Zoo Days.
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04-06-2008
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