Room at the Inn

They just keep on coming, orphaned wild animals that is. A couple of baby sloths have just been bought into the centre due to their mothers being killed by dogs. The one with a stripey face is a three toed sloth and the ligher coloured one is a two toed sloth.

Our job yesterday was to run the creche at the rescue centre. This entailed looking after/feeding these two sloths, four baby possums, two infant monkeys and a 6 week old squirrel. We got a rug out on the grass and sat round them and made sure that they got a bit of sunshine but kept them protected from the hungry hawks that lurked overhead as we fed them.

Our next job was to take the monkeys to the jungle for their 2 hour play on their favourite tree. However, once out of their cages, the wild monkeys caused such a stir again that our rescue monkeys all dispersed in different directions. Have you ever tried chasing a monkey?? Likelyhood is that unless you are Seb Coe, they will win. It was about 80f and after about an hour of trooping back and forth through harsh jungle flora and fauna and having lost half a stone (didn't mind that bit!), we managed to get them all back together by bribing them with bananas, not by speed that's for sure! It's absolutely exhausting work but most enjoyable. The cycle ride home from the centre usually takes us about half an hour but we always stop for a drink on the beach to reflect on our day, and how lucky we really are. Also because we are too exhausted to ride all the way home in one go!!

Rene with one of the older sloths, having a dance!