In my last lemur post we learned what makes a lemur a lemur. One of the biggest lemur traits has to do with scent- they have pointy moist noses, similar to your dogs at home, and they rely largely on smell for communication. Which differs from apes and monkeys but that is because lemurs communicate via scent. Lemurs can have scent glands on one or more of the following: head, feet, chest, wrists, hands, shoulders, and/or genitals which they useRead more
Posts tagged: #ring-tailed lemurs
Lemur Physicals
Last week Dr. Vanderford was here for vet rounds. The ring tailed lemurs got their physicals. Cassandra had her brush with death over the summer, and is doing AMAZINGLY WELL- you would never know there were any issues! A couple photos below from Dr. Vanderford cleaning Casandra’s teeth. All three ring tailed lemurs were checked out and are doing well. It’s no huge surprise that Lycus, our oldest and 25 year old ring tailed lemur, has some teeth worn down.Read more
Cassandra update
It’s about a month since I told you about Cassandra’s brush with death. She continues to surprise us and is doing really well. Her illness and issues are a mystery. Even after repeated testing I fear we may never know what the initial problem was. I guess this is a good problem to have: that she appears to be fine now. We took her in last week to for repeat ultrasound and radiographs (x-rays). Everything looked good. Below are someRead more
One week later: Cassandra the ring-tailed lemur
It’s Wednesday morning and I am heading out to the Red Wolf SSP meeting (I’ll write about this next week, but click here to learn about last year’s RWSSP masterplan meeting). Literally, just one week ago, the keepers found Cassandra, our 16 year old ring-tailed lemur, in respiratory distress. Dr. Vanderford responded quickly and we decided to quickly head to the Duke Lemur Center. Things were so bad I didn’t even think of taking any photos. As always, the folksRead more