Greater Kudu Roux

An update on our little kudu Roux 🍼 Roux is doing really well. She just recently passed her quarantine period and Keepers are preparing the habitat for her introduction in the near future. She is still being bottle-fed three times daily at 8% of her body weight, which right now equals to just over 1L each feed! She has also taken to solid foods well. She enjoys the same food as the adults (herbivore pellets as well as apples, carrots and alfalfa hay). She is being well socialized and looked after by her mom Rosa and aunt Ruby. She lives with them 24 hours a day with Keepers interacting with her for those 3 bottle feeds and to get her used to contact with her legs and hooves for future hoof checks. Rosa and Ruby groom her, sleep beside her, check on her when she’s out of view, sniff her and ensure she’s okay after interacting with keepers for bottles, which shows the protective response and strong bond that we hoped for. Rosa has even developed more dominance than she ever had before and no longer allows