This is a blog about our experiences as relatively new wildlife carers. It's not a reference guide on how to look after animals, there's too much left unwritten in our posts for that and we don't always get it right.
Remember, wild animals belong in the wild, they don't belong to us!
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Saturday, September 8, 2007

New home

Mogwai moved into his new home yesterday.

He's still with us, but he's now in a cage instead of the cat carrier he'd been in. He should have moved earlier (he's up to 500g now), but wasn't able to for various reasons.



He was a little unsure when we first put him in the cage, and he didn't get into the drey until Donna picked him up and stuck his head in there. Once he'd been in there though he spent a lot of time exploring, sniffing and chewing everything.

He wasn't sure what I was up to when I tried to put another branch in for him to climb on. He was sitting right where it needed to go. Instead of moving out of the way, he sat there and held onto the other end.

Lucky's put on about 100g since he's been with us. He has a bit of a rash under his armpits, but Natasja, our mentor, says that's most likely stress as he's probably missing Jess since the move. She being his original carer. It certainly seemed that way when she came over last night. He just curled up in her hands and looked all content.

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