A Very Merry Forage
December 13, 2024 by Ellen -
Today the chimps enjoyed some delicious dried fruits and veggies, thanks to Carol H. who won them in our Comfort and Joy Auction! Thank you, Carol, for bringing joy to the chimpanzees today in the form of a delicious morning forage! We also were able to purchase some dried fruit powders (cherry, tangerine, dragon fruit, and strawberry! So exciting!), which we used to make juice for the chimpanzees. Today, Foxie and friends tried the cherry fruit powder turned into juice, and Foxie was especially excited for this special treat.
I also wanted to share a big thank you to Kathleen C. for her winning bid in the Comfort and Joy Auction for carabiner clips! These are a gift for the humans of the sanctuary, as well as the chimps, and we are so excited to have them. We use carabiner clips every day to hang enrichment puzzles for the chimpanzees and having to search high and low for that last needed clip is never fun. We now have plenty of carabiner clips for our current enrichment needs, and we are so very grateful!
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Oh, the figs and verries were definitely preferred! Look at Beezus skipping over the popcorn and seeds/nuts, rummaging in the blankets for more fruit!
Good to see the Fabulous Ms Fox enjoying a treat no one can steal! Salut, Foxie!
If I didn’t know better I would think Honey B hasn’t eaten in weeks. She is Hoovering up those snacks! Look at her go! The popcorn takes a backseat to the new treats. Is it the dried blueberries that Honey B is most excited about?
And Foxie slugging down her scrumptious cherry drink. She didn’t stop once to catch her breath! She did take a few seconds to look up to you and her eyes said it all! But just to be sure you totally understood her excitement, she gave you a joyous headbob! (I had to watch a few times.)
It’s actually quite wonderful that something so small and simple can make such a big difference in their day. Plus, it’s all healthy and good for them.
Miss Honey Beans sure vacuumed up those treats! I know she likes popcorn, so her ignoring it for those treats must means she loves them a lot!
Also love seeing sweet tooth Miss Foxie enjoying her juice! She nearly downed the entire thing in one go!
Thank you, Caron and Kathleen!:hibiscus: