Living with Anteaters

Jake likes the clothes basket

Posing by her climb post

Ha Ha
Quasi snuggling with the stuffed anteater toy.

Hyzzie wanted in the shot

He's got it made

Cat in a cage
Spending time in the unused anteater cage by choice



Jake likes hammocks

Anteater poop
Because we know you wanted to know

Tamandua bones

Tamandua skull
Tamandua Tetradactlya, anteater

Tamandua leg bone
and an unfused cap(growth plate).

He was a young adult but doing this showed that he had a lot of bones that should have fused with maturity that didn't. This shows he had some major chronic problem. Had we been able to save him he likely still would have had a short and possibly unpleasant life.

Claw and claw bone
The first knuckle ends in this claw like point on all digits then covered with the sheath like claw

Claw and bone together
The end of the claw tucks into the bone

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