Okapi's

04-04-2008

Another okapi birth in Europe!

Stuttgart Zoo has announced a male okapi calf from mother Epena (with sire Xano). The calf was born on March 16, 2008.

Stuttgart keep their other breeding females Ibina and Kabinda with male Vitu. So, they have some flexibility in keeping different females with their bulls.

04-04-2008

That's great news.
This is her third young (all male ).

04-04-2008

Does anyone know what happen with Wuppertal okapi deaths?

04-04-2008

The only thing I know is that Sudi is dead.

And Jelle;
On zoofreunde forum (a German forum), the say the date is March 13.
And the small male listen to the name Kitabu.

Also I read that Stacy, born 29 June '08 Stuttgart, 3 to 4 months back deceased.

12-04-2008

Looking at ISIS, Copenhagen are down to one male okapi, what happened to the female, is she not genetically very important having been born to a San Diego female, where is she?

13-04-2008

Yes, she was moved last year because she is so important. Her name is Camilla and she was born in Copenhagen 12 or 13 years ago. The male that we currently keep is not experienced enough to mate with her, so she was moved to Rotterdam to mate with Tom. Trebaruna has kindly posted a picture in the gallery.

Copenhagen should soon recieve a young male from Marwell to keep the other male company, until a new female is aquired.

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14-04-2008

First introductions of Camilla to the resident male at Rotterdam are promising. So, fingers crossed she might fall pregnant this spring with a calf due in 2009!

14-04-2008

There was a rumour somewhere on here that two of the Marwell females are pregnant, can anyone confirm?
P.S Thanks for the info Toddy.

14-04-2008

Camilla is not yet pregnant.
But she can deal with Tom, whether it ever comes to a pregnancy is only remains to be seen, carers are not optimistic about this.

17-04-2008

Marwell

That was me asking about the Marwell Okapi's.

I was told last year that they think 2 of the females are expecting are due early 2008. I have not heard anything since - but will ask on my next visit.

At the moment I believe they have 5 Okapi (2.3). The youngest male (Shomari) is now 2, so I guess he will be the one going to Copenhagen.

17-05-2008

Bad news...
Apperently 2 okapis in lisbon died. One of the 2 is Djugu a male. Who the other one is i dont know. Lisbon has/had a group of 2,1.

The recently born female in blijdorp kibibi seems to be sick. Lets hope she will survive without to much problems.

17-05-2008

What a shame about the Lisbon animals, do you know the cause...impacted guts and kidney failure seem to be somewhat prevelant in the US.

What does the rotterdam female calf have...rota/coronavirus?

17-05-2008

could the former at least be due to some sort of dietary problem e.g too much fibrous material in their food intake?

18-05-2008

Possibly, however Okapi are browsers, as we all know, and behaviorily spend all day foraging with their habitat...in many zoo enclosures that I have seen there doesnt seem to be too much to browse on...thus they find something to keep their attention...therefore it is also very possible for them to also injest items that dont really belong in their gut. A reason why so many zoo okapi enrichment items involve items to keep their tongues busy.

Dont quote me on this for the cause of death for the okapi, but i've heard of it happening before.

18-05-2008

Sorry, that was all i know.
But the 2 okapis in lisbon dying at about the same time.. maybe a virus? I hope the third animal is healthy.