Living with Anteaters

A page and a half of flickr photos but it's all one walk. Pua has loads of energy.

Looks like we will be waiting another month plus+ a bit for a man. There are no males available in the states right now. So we will need to import a male from Guyana for Pua like we did her. That's not a bad thing.

A study was done that tied Tamanduas with monkeys as number one most commonly killed as a nuisance animal. Most are available June and July because they are at the age they leave mom and get into trouble. They can be worthless and dead or a price put on them to keep them alive. It's also regulated trade under CITES as they are a CITES II animal. They limit numbers that can be exported to ensure it wont impact the wild population. And for the record the importer only deals with people that have a USDA license, which we do.

This is where we run into problems right now. The yearly limits are issued mid September so we are at the end of the year and likely at the limit allowed. So we must wait till September :( Females do cycle every month so some kids happen year round. So we wait for September then for a fellow to find his way to us.

On the plus side Pua is doing great now. Was great to see her really running again and happy tail too. So she will be okay for another month, thanks to that grief remedy. It is disappointing though.


Today we jog

Picking up speed

Tail is gaining altitude


We have full happy tail

Video - Run Pua Run

Zooming down a hill

Still moving pretty good

She had lots of energy to burn
and that's what she did the first two thirds of her walk

Heading down the road to the next trail

Having finaly burnt off some energy...
Pua starts looking for burrows to nap in

Maybe something up higher

Pua's ear ring
Notice the sawdust covered cobweb hanging from her ear.

This cave is to small for napping in

Nothing in this tree

She traded the cobweb for moss

Anteaters have no interest in slugs

Pua investigates a tree

Straddling a tree

Darn no mud
the creek dried up

Exploring the dry creek bed

Pua in the "jungle"

Sitting in another tree

Checking out a limb
I never let her get out of reach.

Relaxing on the ride home

Happy but tired

One claw down the other still need to go
Pua's claws had have gotten way to long. I didn't want to do while her emotions were so delicate. This one is now perfect though looks rougher and more pointy than it is due to the angle.

Takes awhile to work them back. She doesn't like the file. The smaller one's I can trim but nervous of hitting the quick.

Hyzzie "cooperating" with photo time

I rearranged my room some and put two dressers behind the bed. Hyzzie likes this arrangement.

I'm gonna cry
Wouldn't let me get a good photo because she was waiting for the neighbors dog to bark again.

Hyzzie on the dressers