tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37758074240164320892024-03-08T15:28:12.442-08:00Toucan Rescue RanchDaily Activities at a licensed Rescue Facility in Costa RicaToucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-78229464171588331442013-12-27T16:30:00.000-08:002013-12-27T16:30:15.955-08:00Final Countdown to build our clinic!<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="userContent">Final Countdown!! 56 hours left to donate to
our clinic, please help us take care of all these precious beings, pass
along to friends, family any donation is greatly appreciated! Group
together, everyone donate just $10 and we can build a<span class="text_exposed_show"> clinic soon!<br /> <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/toucan-rescue-ranch-needs-a-clinic" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/toucan-rescue-ranch-needs-a-clinic</a> </span></span></b></span></span><br />
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perfect example of why we need a clinic!!!</span></span></b></span></span>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-35943383648749571012013-12-12T15:14:00.000-08:002013-12-12T15:14:11.530-08:00Adopt a Sloth, Toucan, Owl, Otter, Monkey.....for the Holidays!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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requests, so please go to our website <a href="http://www.toucanrescueranch.org/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.toucanrescueranch.org</a> and view the adoption list!</span></span></span></div>
Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-42114949726968058482013-11-22T12:58:00.000-08:002013-11-22T12:58:02.280-08:00We are building a Clinic!!The Toucan Rescue Ranch desperately needs a clinic, we are accepting very rare, endangered animals, always are receiving birds with broken wings, very difficult cases.<br />
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Your donation and sharing is greatly appreciated!! Please consider giving a gift certificate of a donation for the Holidays!! This little baby Natalie needs your help.<br />Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-47444560675206529642013-11-14T10:21:00.001-08:002013-11-15T12:06:10.896-08:00Fall Update!<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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We have been so busy that I have not kept up the Blog!! Sorry, here are some of the highlights of the last few months!</div>
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Meet River Otter Emma, who came to us as a tiny baby from the Sarapiqui River. She was involved in an incident of children on vacation swimming in the river who decided to throw rocks and separate her from her family. Very sad. Fortunately another lady who came to the river with her children realized what was happening, scolded the children and tried to get the baby otter to go back into the river and she would not swim away. So the lady stuck Emma in her purse and took her to the wildlife official who then drove over the mountains in the pouring down rain on a Saturday night to deliver her to our care. After a rocky start she is thriving!<br />
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Meet Gigi Great Grison, our first weasel!! She is very similar to Emma, webbed feet, enjoys playing like crazy with Emma (separated, but they can interact). She came into the program because her mother was poisoned. She was very ill, and has since then gained lots of weight and is growing into a lovely weasel. Gigi was featured on TV as an ambassador to other grisons, we did some education and asked people to please protect them and not poison them just because they are different and people are not familiar with them.<br />
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Meet Cooper! Tiny three toed sloth that came into The Toucan Rescue Ranch in August! My mother and niece were waiting for me at the airport while I was receiving and caring for Cooper! He had lots of babysitters his first few days, which was a good thing, he needed the warmth and care.<br />
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We have also received 12 new toucans these past months, a record of toucans coming into the program. Some were confiscated pets, others juveniles and babies fallen from nests. We are receiving birds and animals from all over the country, sometimes they drive for a full day, all the way from the border to bring them to us. We have had to turn down many, and sadly it is clear that we are running out of space, but we refuse to overcrowd enclosures and we need to keep our current animals happy and healthy.<br />
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A Record of Releases!</h2>
<span style="font-size: small;">We released Coco our rescued Squirrel and have not seen her at all, hopefully she will come back to visit someday to let us know she survived.</span><br />
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And also little Armandito the Armadillo grew up! was hunting bugs in the dirt on his own, so we released him right here on the property. Although I have not seen him, I have found holes in the ground from an armadillo scouting for food.<br />
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We received a large juvenile Black Hawk from Carara National Park, and successfully rehabilitated him and he was released back to the park!! The Minae Park rangers were very excited to see him all recovered. And also a Kite, we were able to release here on the property and another striped owl from a nearby neighborhood.<br />
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Successful Breeding of Emerald Tucanets!</h2>
Two little ones hatched, here is the father feeding one of them. This is a huge boost to our program, everything we are learning about breeding, the nest logs, diets, duration of babies in the nest etc. We are applying to the larger toucans to hopefully be successful in breeding the Keel billed toucans for eventual release.<br />
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Exciting new projects in the works!! Will post soon about our campaign to fund raise for a much needed clinic. Your help and support are needed!!</div>
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In Jan and Feb. we had a wonderful film crew staying with us from Sweden! They were making a documentary about The Toucan Rescue Ranch. It was great fun, but very exhausting with guests here in the B+B as well, animals coming into the rescue center and interviews!! We are glad that the filming is over, but miss everyone dearly. We did not expect the experience to be so emotionally draining, and actually they were able to film so much of the day to day operations here at the ranch, that indeed it does get very emotional at times....new animals, following the wildlife inspectors on a raid to rescue birds and a kinkajou etc.</div>
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My great friend Terrie (Millie book author) came to visit and help for 10 days, she was terrific and I could not of done it all without her help!! Thank you Terrie!! Anytime you are ready to move down just let us know!</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Meet Tabu! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Tabu is an Oncilla one of the most endangered cats in Costa Rica and the smallest of the wild cats. He came in from Cartago over the holidays, he showed up in peoples back yards looking for food.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">It is a long story, but he came here and 4 different wildlife folks have been here to evaluate him and people that have worked with feral cats, and everyone basically thinks the same thing...he is used to people because at an early stage in his life he was probably someones pet. Poached out of the forest as a kitten, then as he is getting larger he is more scary and can be dangerous, and they probably let him go.</span></div>
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Max came in from a horrible living situation, he was confiscated out of a terrible place where he was chained up living inside of an old washing machine barrel. He is having some neurological muscle trouble from being on such a tight chain, but after a few months recovering he is now in the same enclosure with Jou Jou, our resident kinkajou and they are so in love it is just precious to see. Take a look at youtube video and on facebook, Toucan Rescue Ranch to see them playing together!</div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;">Baby Natalie a tiny tiny newborn sloth has been with us for 2 months now and if finally getting along well, it was up and down several times, but now she is eating well and making good progress!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Stella came in recently from a road stop during Easter break. The wildlife dept. sets up road blocks to inspect cars for contraband, and they found little Stella poached away from her mother in the trunk of this man's car. Totally against the law to take wild animals from the forest.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">For Stella it was a huge painful ordeal...when they took her out of the tree, or away from her mother they unfortunately pulled her legs and for several days she was unable to even move. With walking and climbing therapy she is doing really well!!!</span></div>
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Zoom Zoom and Flash, our Striped owl babies are now grown up and learning to hunt in this beautiful owl training center that we recently completed!!</div>
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Meet Armandillo!! He is a baby 9 banded armadillo that was saved from a severe dog attack. The first time I have raised an armadillo and I am learning all kinds of interesting facts about them!! His shell is still not hard, and is drinking a great formula that we make up daily for him...so cute!</div>
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<br />Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-17159875928190241722012-12-19T11:17:00.002-08:002012-12-19T11:22:21.175-08:00New Spectacled Owl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We started fluid therapy right away since she was so dehydrated, my good friend Jenny from <a href="http://www.nativebirds.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1355943492_0">http://www.nativebirds.org/</span></a> was with me every step of the way via skype and e-mails! Thank You!!</div>
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We were not sure if she was going to survive, it was touch and go for a few days, I was up at 3am giving fluids and trying to get her to eat some food! She was a very good patient and cooperated.</div>
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She is doing so much better, she is now upright, much more active and has gained 100g. in just a week of being here. She has a head injury and fractured wing. The vet is coming up this weekend to check on her and see if we have to amputate her wing (I sure hope not!) and check to see if she has vision in her left eye. </div>
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<strong><span style="color: #990000;">Zoom Zoom and Flash are doing great, growing leaps and bounds! Proud parents are very attentive and doing a great job of caring for these young ones. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Are you looking to "Adopt" one of our beautiful birds, sloths or animals for the Holidays???</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">My niece was able to fund raise $200 to go towards these lovely baby owls, we are trying to raise $2000 to build a long flight training cage, so that we have an area to train owls and other birds for release. The cage would be built here on our property by the creek, which is like a mini rain forest. Is anyone willing to match this donation? Please help us out, we need just 9 people to match this initial donation to meet our goal.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">As you can see, these babies are growing fast, we need to start construction right away!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I will be posting updates and some other "Adoption" ideas for the holidays.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">We have a new Face Book page, so sign up! and you can also follow us on Twitter!! yes, I am getting help with all of this!!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">We are very proud to announce our first breeding of Striped Owls.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">The first chick hatched out two days ago and the second chick today. She had two fertile eggs. Mother and babies are doing just fine and the other owls in the enclosure come to visit, one is the proud Dad, but I have not figured out which of the two is the Dad!!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Striped owls are interesting because they nest on or close to the ground. This mom, has been sitting on her eggs for around 33 days.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">They have already been "adopted" by my niece Mari and her friends. They recently ran a 5K race in honor of the Toucan Rescue Ranch, and asked at the time who they could adopt, they had come up with two names:</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Flash and Zoom Zoom, so I said, well, we have this owl on eggs.....and sure enough they have hatched. Thank you team toucan so much!!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">This has been an exciting few days!! We will be monitoring these babies closely, and will work with a biologist, and my great friend Jenny Papka of <a href="http://www.nativebirds.org/">www.nativebirds.org</a></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">to see if we can eventually release these two owls right here at The Toucan Rescue Ranch.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Remember the three little toucans? Well they are growing up and are now outside in a nice large space and they are enjoying hopping and moving about. Rainy season is here and the other night they did sleep inside, it was just so miserable out I was worried about them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coco our squirrel has had some ups and downs....we released her and she went up into the tree and built this wonderful nest to sleep in. This was amazing, it was completely instinctual as she has been in captivity since she was very young. She was out for several days on her own coming back to visit daily for food and then one day she came back with a broken leg...Not sure how that happened, so we locked her up to limit the movement so that it would heal. Three weeks later we re-released her. She has been out for a month now, but with each visit we were noticing her severe lack of weight. She was not finding food in the wild. After being gone for three days in a row, she came back horrible weak and thin, so we once again put her back in her cage. I have noticed that she continues to have issues with her teeth and this is probably the reason she was losing weight, so we are waiting for Janet the vet to come visit.</span></div>
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Another new addition, Nati is a young fiery billed aracari who came into our program with a severely injured wing from being hit by a bus...she is recovering.</div>
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Ty is a little over one year now and enjoying time outside! He is sharing space with Georgie and soon will have a new enclosure for he and Twili to share.</div>
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This Mot Mot came into our rescue program from a neighbors house with this horribly broken wing. Janet was successful at amputating it and now he is a permanent resident in our new wonderful small bird flight.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spent a week in Fort Worth and Dallas visiting friends and giving some lectures about The Toucan Rescue Ranch! This is from a talk that I gave at Texas Wesleyan University. The students from there come to Costa Rica to learn Spanish and have volunteered with us.</span></div>
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Oakridge has sent us great care packages of items for our clinic and first aid emergency, they have adopted one of our owls and are planning a student trip to Costa Rica next spring! I have skyped to the classroom, so it was great to finally meet everyone in person! Their school mascot is the owl and they have beautiful owl art everywhere! I loved it!</div>
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<br />Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-40364798543211484332012-08-15T16:17:00.000-07:002012-08-16T06:36:22.447-07:00Finally an update!!We have been so fortunate to have had a busy summer. Lots of guests visiting the Bed and Breakfast and also lots of animals needing rescue. So, here goes the update!<br />
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Dr. Eric Sher and his daughter Ali came to visit The Toucan Rescue Ranch for the second time. When they were here the first time Dr. Eric asked if I needed anything....(of course!!) so when he said he was coming down I asked him if it was possible to find a microscope. His contacts at the various hospitals in San Francisco came up with this wonderful scope and he donated it to us!<br />
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We are now able to look at samples right on site to determine if our birds and animals have parasites (very common in toucans). This donation has literally saved lives. Along with this one as well:<br />
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Yes, computer donations!! Colleen Melloy and her daughter were so kind to donate funds to be used specifically for computers! With the help of another guest who did some online shopping for us we were able to buy a laptop, and a desktop with her generous donation. This also enabled us to purchase an ipad. With the ipad I can take photos into the microscope and send them directly to the vet who looks at them with her iphone and says, yes, it's a parasite start treatment! No more waiting for the vet to visit, sending samples to the lab and waiting for results...this has truly saved lives of our birds and we are so thankful for these kind donations.<br />
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Meet Poppy, she is a yellow headed amazon, a real talker. She came into our program from a very caring family who wanted the best for their bird. They are coming back to visit her soon and I know they will be impressed with her progress.<br />
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Coco came in also from a family who had raised her and were concerned when she stopped eating...with a little observation we were able to determine the cause. Poor Coco had her bottom tooth growing into her nose. It had also knocked out the top teeth, and the children of the house had given her a poodle cut on the fur of her tail!<br />
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I quickly trimmed the tooth and she is eating fine, hair is growing back and when she gets her teeth back in we will try a slow release here on the property.<br />
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Another successful Release!! White tailed kite.</div>
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We had several windy days and this kite fell in between two houses in a small neighborhood nearby, he was here for several days recuperating and then we were able to release him down at the creek.</div>
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Juvenile collared aracari came in from the Caribbean, flew into someones house! We quickly put another bird in his cage so that he would feel at home and settle in, it worked!<br />
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Little Mikey and little no name, are now out in a large flight with the older Tropical Screech owls getting along just fine.<br />
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With all the visitors, we had a lovely trio of teachers from Tenn. They were here on a biodiversity grant in Costa Rica. Math and Science and biodiversity were the hot topics of discussion, so they spent 3 days with us filming, watching the day to day operations of the Ranch and also the farm! We found this juvenile three toed sloth very low on the branch and she did not even want to wake up with people all around her. They obtained great footage, sloths, howler monkeys and we even took the Sarapiqui River trip with them and filmed on the river....here are some shots from that trip.<br />
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Our guests children all volunteering with sloth food preparation!</div>
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Prince our barred hawk caught another snake! We had a few minutes of panic, when we realised the snake was some sort of coral, but after we calmed down and remembered the rhyme, we figured out it was only a false coral and let him polish him off!!</div>
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Good friends Charles and Janie, our longest staying guests, 18 days!!! They became good friends, and we look forward to their next visit.</div>
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My family managed to all get together for a great reunion for my mother's 80th birthday!!</div>
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Famous Father Jorge who runs a rescue home for hundreds of children came to visit with the head of the central valley Minaet/Sinac Jorge Hernandez. We had a whole group of folks here from the father's office...they would like to have the children care for some animals to encourage responsibility, understanding and love. Our first meeting of which I assume will be many :)</div>
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Biologist Landon Jones who is studying wild toucans in turrialba has come up several times with a volunteer who is here now to do seed retention trials with our toucans. By feeding them seeds and timing the duration of when the seed is regurgitated back up, they can determine the extent and role of toucans in the Rain forest with seed dispersal! This very dedicated young biologist feeds the toucans the seeds starting at 5:30am and sits in front of their enclosures for hours on end documenting everything...now I thought that I was patient.... this is beyond patience!!</div>
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Speaking of toucans....of course we have some new little ones. The ones in the top picture came in a week ago and just opened their eyes. A storm hit the tree where they were nesting and the tree fell down. A concerned farmer called the Minae office and they went to pick them up and drove them 4 hours to us. The second little one with feathers is once again one of the skinniest toucans I have received, has several health concerns because of the lack of food, was a bird destined for the black market pet trade....very sad.....speaking of which. This policeman showed up here today with these little song birds, also trapped heavily here in the rain forest by our house. We released one right here, but the others have been in captivity for years.</div>
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Our great friend and supporter Jerry Jennings, of Emerald Forest Bird Gardens. <a href="http://www.emeraldforestbirds.com/">http://www.emeraldforestbirds.com/</a>, made a very generous donation for this series of 6 flight cages for breeding toucan pairs, we are almost done with the construction. They have walls up so that they are not fighting with the other males. We still have to finish the enclosures and decorate with all natural vines and bromeliads from the farm!</div>
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Thank you Jerry for all your support and concern for the welfare for our toucans!</div>
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One of our recent guests, Terumi writes a blog, she had this great idea for fund raising, so take a look!</div>
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<strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Finally, I am so happy to report that we are now a 501c3 non profit organization in the United States...still working on the paperwork for Costa Rica. This is an honor to have received this as it is becoming more difficult to obtain, especially in a foreign country since 911. This will help us with donations, and possible grants.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">If you would like to contribute to our efforts please use the paypal feature on the website <a href="http://www.toucanrescueranch.com/">www.toucanrescueranch.com</a> or please send a check to:</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Terrie Velasquez</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Thanks for all your support, people were writing to me asking if everything was OK since I had not posted a blog!!! Yes, Thank God, everything is fine...off to feed babies....</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Oh, and next month several film graduates are coming to stay with us to film a documentary!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">He is really getting to be a good climber, in between these sessions he got nervous and started to cry, but then would regain his confidence and go for it!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Just in case you are wondering why I have not written for awhile, I have been busy with yes....another one...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Meet little Hanna, who was found on an empty lot...no injuries, in perfect health...we could not figure out what happened that she lost her mother, but after a few days we think we know. You see Hanna is an expert climber for her age, fearless. I left her in her sloth bucket sound asleep and went to take a quick shower. When I came out she was gone...I looked around the floor, nothing, panic started to set in, then out of the corner of my eye I saw something really high...there was Hanna hanging off the door frame to the spare room! I actually think she just wandered away and fell to the ground. We will never know, but we have to keep a very close eye on her here!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">So, yes, I have 4 sloth babies that do not sleep at night and still need feedings, Hanna, Ty, Twili and Andie. Oh, and I must not forget little Mikey (more on him later)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Last friday evening a nice couple showed up at our gate with a very small cage. They said they were hiking up in the rainforest and came across this iguana locked in this tiny cage thrown into the bushes, would we take it. Well reptiles are not really our expertise, but we do take them and let them go at the farm. So, here he is. <strong>We do not understand...if someone did not want him, why not just let him go, instead of condemning him to a slow death in this small cage...</strong>we deal with injured animals daily, but abuse is always very difficult to accept.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Someone recently wrote a nasty note on youtube about protecting the environment instead of saving species in captivity...I jumped on the chance to say...yes, please help us by making a donation so that we can purchase surrounding farm land for protection!! Of course, no donation appeared...however, some folks don't know that we actually have two farms, one of 25 acres and the other of 16 acres. There are 3 farms in between, 2 owners, and our dream is to purchase and preserve this land. We can then declare it a Refugio de Vida Silvestre, keep it protected, start a volunteer program and our release program for toucans.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Meet Andy sloth! Andy is our first three toed sloth to arrive at the Toucan Rescue Ranch. He was found on the ground after a couple of males were fighting over a female, his mom, who lost him in the fight and took off from the males and the area. Very sad, but fortunately someone found him and he is now safe and doing well here with us. He is so different from the two toed's it's like having a completely different species. Very slow, only eats leaves and is more awake during the day. We will keep you posted on his progress. Initially he was very weak, but with some good formula he is now really doing well.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We have many wild birds that live and visit our property, this is a young blue grey tanager. </span> <span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">We found her on the ground, the parents would fly around and come feed her, but it was obvious that she was getting very tired and weak, so we found this abandoned clay colored robin nest, and put her in it near the parents, up off the ground. They came and fed her for two days, and she left flying with them!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Our good friends, Frank Todd (of penguin fame) Jerry Jennings (famous toucan breeder and conservationist) and Paul Bratescu, professional photographer all visited. They were here with us for several days, traveled around and returned and now it is weird that they are gone! We had some great late night conversations about birds, breeding and conservation, I always learn so much from them we enjoy the visits. Here are some photos of them at the farm and of some of the animals on the farm, that I took. We had a great few days, monkeys, sloths (5 in one day) toucans and more!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-size: large;">Frank Todd had some photo sessions with Quilla the porcupine and Georgie our sloth! They posed very nicely for him. Quilla needed some kisses in between shots, take a look! Enjoy the blog! Remember, your kindness and generosity with funding keep us going and able to received these injured animals, please consider adopting an animal or bird in our program. On the blog you will find a tab for adoptions. Thank You!!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Once again Lincoln School first graders have been very involved with the Toucan Rescue Ranch. They collected a truck load of old newspapers for us to use in our cages and they put on this tremendous Rainforest Production. Unfortunately I could not load a video, but they told stories, sang songs and danced away to benefit the Toucan Rescue Ranch!!</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The theater was packed, I attended with a toucan, an owl, Georgie the sloth and Twili the little baby sloth. The teachers are incredible at Lincoln, so involved and truly supportive.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">We also received a call from the University Veterinary School of Heredia. They had a visiting vet from the states, Dr. Kay Backues, President American Association of Zoo Veterinarians who was visiting to give a course in Avian Medicine. About 8 Costa Rican Vets and Dr. Kay came up to "practice" on our birds. It was a great learning oportunity for me as well, and so incredible to see a true Avian specialist in action!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Necropsy Results on Sydney Sloth are in, she is the sloth that was found wrapped up in barbed wire, she died of a slow internal hemmorage. It is always difficult when a rescue dies. We always ask our vet Janet to perform a necropsy so that we can learn and understand why they died. In her case it is good to know and have an explanation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Animal Updates Next! New arrivals, difficult cases, and visitors: Jerry Jennings, toucan expert and Frank Todd, penguin expert!</span> </div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-50935018093933221172012-04-13T14:13:00.005-07:002012-04-13T15:13:57.715-07:00Sloth Enclosures Done!!!<strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">Our Sloth Enclosures are Finally completed! It has taken a long time, but thanks to Vicki Carey from PETA and Stephanie Downs from FixIt Foundation, we have a beautiful enclosure for Millie (who just turned 5) and Milo .</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">Most importantly the sloths seem to really enjoy being outside:)</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c9jOTt51SYQ/T4iXRFZZ-tI/AAAAAAAACNc/4Q1BK9kSynE/s1600/IMG_4614.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730996845591263954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c9jOTt51SYQ/T4iXRFZZ-tI/AAAAAAAACNc/4Q1BK9kSynE/s320/IMG_4614.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">Here is Millie and Milo sharing a kiss.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3bKpqFn8Kro/T4iXkLPIGDI/AAAAAAAACOY/EHnhJtCOXd0/s1600/IMG_4833.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730997173576276018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3bKpqFn8Kro/T4iXkLPIGDI/AAAAAAAACOY/EHnhJtCOXd0/s320/IMG_4833.JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ys9M-B3qwUA/T4iXjYrUx2I/AAAAAAAACOM/pRs3wgFiMhc/s1600/IMG_4829.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730997160004339554" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ys9M-B3qwUA/T4iXjYrUx2I/AAAAAAAACOM/pRs3wgFiMhc/s320/IMG_4829.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#006600;">Millie has been active very late, early morning hours, 2-3am, and Milo likes to sun himself first thing in the morning. They are both being much more active, but as all nocturnal creatures, fall asleep during the day in their buckets of blankets.</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AqY1Fec_I5E/T4iX96CRloI/AAAAAAAACOw/H4hheFnQBC8/s1600/IMG_4841.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730997615635568258" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AqY1Fec_I5E/T4iX96CRloI/AAAAAAAACOw/H4hheFnQBC8/s320/IMG_4841.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#330099;">A huge THANK YOU to LINCOLN SCHOOL First graders for fund raising for Georgies Enclosure! Georgie is testing it out today for the first time, and seems to really like being outside, his large nose has not stopped twitching with all the new scents! He found his bucket when he was tired and climbed in and covered himself, so all is well.</span></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JFG_kPcYkoY/T4iX-qiP6yI/AAAAAAAACPI/W0r49JWqtxc/s1600/IMG_4850.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730997628654578466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JFG_kPcYkoY/T4iX-qiP6yI/AAAAAAAACPI/W0r49JWqtxc/s320/IMG_4850.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#660000;">This is the first time in 5 years someone can actually sit on my couch!</span></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tApJVmu-YM0/T4iXiDsFBnI/AAAAAAAACOA/sUe3BS7O9JY/s1600/IMG_4783.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730997137190487666" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tApJVmu-YM0/T4iXiDsFBnI/AAAAAAAACOA/sUe3BS7O9JY/s320/IMG_4783.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">This is what our work is all about! I was at the farm the other day and came across this relaxed sloth just a few feet up in the tree, and he looks exactly like one of the sloths that we recently released...so we are sure it is him and he is doing fine!</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fXvuxqX80BA/T4iXP1DkzLI/AAAAAAAACM4/EkZWavSNHwc/s1600/IMG_4544.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 177px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730996824024861874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fXvuxqX80BA/T4iXP1DkzLI/AAAAAAAACM4/EkZWavSNHwc/s320/IMG_4544.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#660000;">This is a strange photo I know, it is of the eye of a Tropical Screech owl that came into our program hit by a car. He had this blood in his eye, but within a few days it disappeared, he was eating well and ready to go, so we released him down by our creek!</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MypjDkCZn9c/T4iXRgXVMgI/AAAAAAAACNo/ZxN2GfZVeH0/s1600/IMG_4624.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730996852830319106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MypjDkCZn9c/T4iXRgXVMgI/AAAAAAAACNo/ZxN2GfZVeH0/s320/IMG_4624.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#333300;">This is Sydney sloth, an elderly sloth that came to us over the Easter holiday. The police showed up at our gate one night at 8pm with sirens and lights. We did not know what was going on, went to investigate and they police handed us this box with Sydney in it. She had barbed wire wrapped all around her legs. Our guests helped us untangle her (took about 15 min.) and get her some fluids. She was horribly weak and in lots of pain. For a few days she seemed better however she could not use any of her limbs, we are not sure why. Then took a turn for the worse, entered into a coma and died. We are waiting to hear back from our great vet. Janet who is going to do a necropsy to determine why she died. She would not of survived here or in the wild with the inability to use her arms or legs.</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#333300;">It was very sad to go thru all this with her, but we made her super comfortable and sometimes that is all we can do.</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#333300;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000099;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Sydney bought to our immediate attention the need to have an onsight hospital with a microscope and x-ray machine. Plus a place for her to rest and be isolated from the others. Having her in heating blankets on our porch is OK, but not the best possible solution. I was worried she might have something that the other sloths could pick up, and so the need for our clinic just keeps getting greater and greater! We will be starting to fund raise soon for this huge undertaking. </span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000099;">The clinic will cost about $14,600.00 </span></strong></div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CXQNPMojZs8/T4iXQny2WkI/AAAAAAAACNQ/i1Ojx3GnlsQ/s1600/IMG_4574.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730996837644917314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CXQNPMojZs8/T4iXQny2WkI/AAAAAAAACNQ/i1Ojx3GnlsQ/s320/IMG_4574.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#990000;">This Fiery billed aracari could of also used our clinic! He came in hit by a car and is now recovering nicely. He had some air sac damage and some feather damage, but is on the mend! Today we are expecting the arrival of a Keel billed toucan found in the area of our farm, we are not sure of the circumstances, just know one is on the way in.</span></div><br /><div><br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730996831214944242" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-64dU75k2chg/T4iXQP10v_I/AAAAAAAACNE/Ywv9oS6WUJ0/s320/IMG_4449.JPG" /></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#330099;">Unfortunately sometimes we have to say no, that is the reality of our financial situation. Another monkey is another enclosure and huge expenses that we currently cannot afford. This howler monkey we accepted as an emergency shelter. She was being kept in horrid pet conditions and escaped (good for her!). She was with us for several days, long enough to realize that she was full of parasites, external and internal. We began treatment and then sent her to ZOOAVE where they have a full clinical staff and other monkeys. I'm sure she is much happier there. Our spider monkey Issy did not like her at all, and was stressed having her on the property.</span></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#006600;">I have a whole other blog to write about our visiting Veterinarians! Some from Venezuela that came to learn how to handle wild animals and learn of the rescue efforts we provide and the University of Costa Rica veterinarians were having a course on Avian medicine with a guest vet from the States. We had a couple of great afternoons with everyone.</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#006600;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-58493882704671876132012-03-11T13:47:00.009-07:002012-03-11T15:15:56.933-07:00Another sloth release and a rollercoaster month!<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rhP1ixdFGxo/T10RJ4ihEDI/AAAAAAAACL4/lm0R5B7bQeA/s1600/IMG_4336.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745963324051506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rhP1ixdFGxo/T10RJ4ihEDI/AAAAAAAACL4/lm0R5B7bQeA/s320/IMG_4336.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#000066;">The weather has been very strange this summer, one minute warm and normal for the time of year, another day raining like rainy season, misting, and the last several days horrible winds and rain. Very atypical. We received an early morning call from the head of Sinac/Minae...he was on his way to our house with a sloth that he had just rescued from someones house. The sloth was probably trying to get out of the storm as well, and ended up in this house. The sloth was basically fine, except for these lacerations on his face that we quickly attended to. Interesting to note that all the director had to do was drive another 10 min. up the hill to the ranger station and could of released the sloth there himself...but there are several circumstances: tecnically you are not allowed to release animals into a National Park, and second, he was being driven by the messenger in a small sedan, and the messenger had to get back to work. Minae has very few cars for rescues and use by their staff. So we decided to take him to the farm to release once the weather calmed down and we could make it over the mountain pass safely...so for two days he hung out in a tree close to our creek.</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wNj7qc-itGo/T10RJ5WlzJI/AAAAAAAACLs/Ax2B_wKwW2I/s1600/IMG_4334.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745963542465682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wNj7qc-itGo/T10RJ5WlzJI/AAAAAAAACLs/Ax2B_wKwW2I/s320/IMG_4334.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#330099;">We decided to paint his toenails red so that we could try to identify him if we see him again at the farm. I went yesterday and could not find him...so he is happily back in the forest! </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#330099;">This is the 6th sloth we have RELEASED!!</span></div>Fortunately this one was very easy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ixNO7PZAECg/T10RcOAo_7I/AAAAAAAACMU/Uf9Z5PwdDMg/s1600/IMG_4352.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718746278325190578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ixNO7PZAECg/T10RcOAo_7I/AAAAAAAACMU/Uf9Z5PwdDMg/s320/IMG_4352.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">During the stormy days our at home sloths were all worked up as well, keeping me up all night, traveling from carrier to perching tree to couch and never wanting to settle down. They hate the wind. One night Milo was very upset in his kennel, so I finally moved him to the couch where he is most comfortable and I woke up the next morning to find he had hauled everything that was on the couch on top of him and was at the bottom of this bucket all covered up. Milo is due to be moving outside in the next month when his enclosure is built...so hopefully he will adapt!!</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u-ofnJegzvI/T10RJhrUCxI/AAAAAAAACLg/Va6aC1fjZz8/s1600/IMG_4333.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745957186931474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u-ofnJegzvI/T10RJhrUCxI/AAAAAAAACLg/Va6aC1fjZz8/s320/IMG_4333.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">If you look very closely you can see a sloth nose sticking out under the yellow stuffed animal!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ip4Y6IOuU98/T10RJbJfEAI/AAAAAAAACLU/39_2WJNCHlE/s1600/IMG_4330.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745955434434562" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ip4Y6IOuU98/T10RJbJfEAI/AAAAAAAACLU/39_2WJNCHlE/s320/IMG_4330.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#660000;">Whimsey our large male keel billed toucan that is the official greeter of The Toucan Rescue Ranch now has a wife! We put him in the larger enclosure (inside a small cage) to get to meet the 3 young keel billed toucans, and this one chose him!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#660000;">It took us a couple of days to figure out which little one kept paying attention to him, and taking food out of his mouth that he was offering in a very flirty way, but we finally did and now they seem happy with each others company! Hopefully in a year or two, when she is older we will have little toucan babies that we can send to the release program. We have several pairs of toucans that seem very interested in the nest logs this year, so we are keeping our fingers crossed!</span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SKdClxd9IZk/T10Y7z7FJAI/AAAAAAAACMg/EUOZUDUungA/s1600/IMG_4314.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718754517659755522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SKdClxd9IZk/T10Y7z7FJAI/AAAAAAAACMg/EUOZUDUungA/s320/IMG_4314.JPG" /></a><br />Jorge Corrales on the left, our biologist friend and Landon Jones on the right.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y7LmHYG41lM/T10RJF5l0cI/AAAAAAAACLM/1V-3V-lC0CA/s1600/IMG_4317.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745949730623938" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y7LmHYG41lM/T10RJF5l0cI/AAAAAAAACLM/1V-3V-lC0CA/s320/IMG_4317.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Speaking of Releases, we have made contact with Landon Jones, a PhD student from the University of Lousiana, Fulbright Grantee, who is in Costa Rica for 1 1/2 years studying Collared Aracaris and Toucans in Turrialba. He is putting radio transmitters (like a gps) on the backs of aracaris and tracking them. We are working together and he will be of great help with our future releases. We tried releasing this aracari, but sadly he did not make it and was predated by some mammal. The research team found him after being out for about 1 week. We were all very sad, we are all learning as we go, as no one has ever released toucans before...but we have learned a tremendous amount and will be making many changes for future releases. The good news is that we now have a way to track our birds and this is a HUGE component of our program that we are really looking forward to exploring.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">Landon is also studying seed dispersal in toucans, and having our captive population here will help him take some valuable notes and we can help with his study. Very Exciting!!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nkyx5A3rr5g/T10aBSkO-HI/AAAAAAAACMs/_0UqLjhAVH4/s1600/IMG_4312.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718755711296403570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nkyx5A3rr5g/T10aBSkO-HI/AAAAAAAACMs/_0UqLjhAVH4/s320/IMG_4312.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xQSgVrt8-Zk/T10QqvR8BLI/AAAAAAAACKw/6yTq5ggdFlA/s1600/IMG_4310.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745428262651058" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xQSgVrt8-Zk/T10QqvR8BLI/AAAAAAAACKw/6yTq5ggdFlA/s320/IMG_4310.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#330099;">Happy Birthday Elena! In the middle of all our guests, tours, animal happenings and daily life here at The Toucan Rescue Ranch we actually hosted our first Birthday party for our friends daughter. I have to tell you, I was exhausted and very nervous, especially when they showed up with balloons and a piñata, but Jorge was a champ and hung the piñata away from the animal cages and everyone had a very good time!</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWVqmt1Uu-Y/T10Qp4iBVvI/AAAAAAAACKQ/Yh1z3IXkotQ/s1600/IMG_4151.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745413566158578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWVqmt1Uu-Y/T10Qp4iBVvI/AAAAAAAACKQ/Yh1z3IXkotQ/s320/IMG_4151.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">My wonderful Aunt and second cousin came to visit and help me out after my arm surgery (from the sloth bite). They had scheduled their trip for Sarah's my second cousins 16th birthday, and they ended up staying with us hardly getting out and helping with all the chores and babysitting the baby sloths since I was not feeling that great. We managed to escape one day and took them on our favorite day trip: Riverboat on the Sarapiqui river. We have made this trip twice now and each time we have seen different things. Lots of birds, monkeys, sloths and bats! Here are some photos from the trip.</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1X7_BZ9qUU/T10P-ExkQRI/AAAAAAAACKA/xOe3mABY3cA/s1600/IMG_4083.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718744660938342674" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1X7_BZ9qUU/T10P-ExkQRI/AAAAAAAACKA/xOe3mABY3cA/s320/IMG_4083.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#660000;">We saw two different types of these small bats, amazing, they make formations on the bark of the trees and move around to ward off predators!</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymGy1jAJTYo/T10P940xPeI/AAAAAAAACJ4/06Dr9vfdNF8/s1600/IMG_3976.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718744657730551266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ymGy1jAJTYo/T10P940xPeI/AAAAAAAACJ4/06Dr9vfdNF8/s320/IMG_3976.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-td-4qDseILI/T10QqFlSlyI/AAAAAAAACKY/H_9V5D39Fn0/s1600/IMG_4201.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 245px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745417069532962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-td-4qDseILI/T10QqFlSlyI/AAAAAAAACKY/H_9V5D39Fn0/s320/IMG_4201.JPG" /></a>Adorable mother and baby three toed sloth at our farm.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LuHpDkDRqHs/T10P9pPGNGI/AAAAAAAACJs/5UEKkt4-BKc/s1600/IMG_3908.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718744653546009698" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LuHpDkDRqHs/T10P9pPGNGI/AAAAAAAACJs/5UEKkt4-BKc/s320/IMG_3908.JPG" /></a>Amazon Kingfisher</div><span style="color:#000066;"></span><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6JEqRY5zBY/T10QqCANXTI/AAAAAAAACKo/i9LdQtVVjWE/s1600/IMG_4294.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718745416108694834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6JEqRY5zBY/T10QqCANXTI/AAAAAAAACKo/i9LdQtVVjWE/s320/IMG_4294.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Sarah helped me organize our photo collection of many of our Released animals! It's actually amazing how many animals we have released...I tend to focus more on the ones that are here, and their care, but folks always ask about Releases, so now we will have this posterboard of Releases, it turned out really very nice!</span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Xn6aIq-4aI/T10P9YlwYVI/AAAAAAAACJg/o30mwweJxiU/s1600/IMG_3795.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718744649077645650" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7Xn6aIq-4aI/T10P9YlwYVI/AAAAAAAACJg/o30mwweJxiU/s320/IMG_3795.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#660000;"><strong>A very Special Thank You to the Lincoln School first graders! Their 4 classes came to visit and at Christmas time they did some very special fund raising and are donating enough money to build the Sloth Enclosure for Milo!!! Hurray!! Thank you soooooooo much!! We are so proud of their efforts. They are continuing their support with old newspaper collection, old towels and sheets and nuts, and we always need for the parrots!</strong></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YZPNgAnwhiw/T10P9CRwNgI/AAAAAAAACJU/7jFwU5-vgAc/s1600/IMG_3789.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718744643088168450" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YZPNgAnwhiw/T10P9CRwNgI/AAAAAAAACJU/7jFwU5-vgAc/s320/IMG_3789.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#660000;">So, this past month we have had our highs and lows, and I will end with a very sad low. This beautiful Tamandua arrived from Turrialba about a month ago. I am sparing you the other side of her face, as it had a horrilbe machete chop, all across the nose, up to her eye and nasal passage. She passed away the next day from a ruptured pancreas. Seems like someone had her in very bad conditions and with a horrible diet. We could of healed the external wound, but the internal ones we were not able to heal unfortunately. I had written to several vets in the states and I am thankful that each one wrote back with extensive information on their diets...and for that I am grateful and will be ready when and if we ever receive another one.</span></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000066;">Thank you all for your continued support and for following our blog, please pass it along, post on Facebook and share our work!!</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000066;">Here's to a Happy Spring!</span></strong></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-36749951792833363182012-02-13T12:52:00.008-08:002012-02-14T18:49:47.892-08:00Happy Valentine Sloths!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lqTEyP6inSo/TzmDSfQ3G-I/AAAAAAAACIw/FFnCOIfh5Rc/s1600/IMG_3626.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708738356321917922" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lqTEyP6inSo/TzmDSfQ3G-I/AAAAAAAACIw/FFnCOIfh5Rc/s320/IMG_3626.JPG" /></a><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Happy Valentines Day!</span></strong><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">We woke up early this morning with a 6.0 earthquake and all the birds throwing themselves around the enclosures, even Issy the monkey was calling to us...always makes my heart pound!</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Many of you know that I was in the hospital for a few days after a nasty sloth bite! Well, I am happy to report that I am home and I am fine, after several rounds of antibiotics! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Which brings me to the following! Please send this youtube video around to everyone on your lists, it's a Valentines greeting, a bit of fun but with a serious message.</span></strong><br /><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;"><em>Adopt a Sloth! To improve the health and quality of life for these special animals, we are making a major push to build the sloth enclosures. They'll finally be out of the house, which will allow the adult sloths much needed space.</em></span></strong></p><br /><p><strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Sloth adoptions start at $50. You'll get to adopt your own sloth and follow it on Facebook. At $100 or more, we will send a special photo to you of your sloth. Your support at any level will help us care for these amazing animals, and support the building of a first class home for them.</span></em></strong></p><br /><p><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Sloths have been all over the news lately with the hollywood star Kristen Bell having a "Sloth meltdown" Just type it in to youtube or google to see some funny footage!</span></em></strong></p><br /><p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>So we are dedicating this card to her... those of you with twitter accounts please post this as she is on twitter!</em></strong></span></p><br /><p><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfcrdaXuf6w&list=UUeLzXphY2g5ZLwdTGFFg8RA&index=1&feature=plcp">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfcrdaXuf6w&list=UUeLzXphY2g5ZLwdTGFFg8RA&index=1&feature=plcp</a></span></em></strong></p><br /><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E69ASgFaNSM/TzmDSp49svI/AAAAAAAACI4/gslzIj-Ykzk/s1600/IMG_3648.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708738359174476530" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E69ASgFaNSM/TzmDSp49svI/AAAAAAAACI4/gslzIj-Ykzk/s320/IMG_3648.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">If the link does not work: </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">Please go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">http://www.youtube.com/</a> , type in <strong>slothmom channel</strong> and you will see a cute video clip of Ty and Twili .</span></p><strong><em><span style="color:#cc0000;">Happy Valentines Day, enjoy the photos and don't forget to <span style="color:#6600cc;">Adopt A Sloth</span> by clicking on our website and making a donation thru Pay Pal.</span></em></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><a href="http://www.toucanrescueranch.com/">http://www.toucanrescueranch.com/</a></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Please post this on Facebook pages, twitter and send it all around, we need more folks to become involved!</span></strong></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2SJTXgvC17Y/TzmDSyEeivI/AAAAAAAACJI/TTmkv3708mo/s1600/IMG_3578.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708738361370249970" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2SJTXgvC17Y/TzmDSyEeivI/AAAAAAAACJI/TTmkv3708mo/s320/IMG_3578.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Love,</span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#6600cc;">Leslie, Jorge, and the Sloths...Millie, Milo, Georgie, Ty and Twili</span></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-73970699312793145012012-01-19T15:52:00.000-08:002012-01-19T18:41:41.915-08:00Happy New Year Arrivals...very sad.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZGUXjxN5hI/TxitC2XjKnI/AAAAAAAACHQ/uX1B2WzxtUY/s1600/IMG_3394.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495592902994546" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ZGUXjxN5hI/TxitC2XjKnI/AAAAAAAACHQ/uX1B2WzxtUY/s320/IMG_3394.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bvyunb2Qfvk/TxiswrMxT7I/AAAAAAAACGg/j5TOuP6BjOQ/s1600/IMG_2724.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495280667348914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bvyunb2Qfvk/TxiswrMxT7I/AAAAAAAACGg/j5TOuP6BjOQ/s320/IMG_2724.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#006600;">This is Capi, the first arrival of the new year. A horribly emaciated Keel Billed Toucan. For comparison I have put another photo of one of our toucans that is about the same age as Capi. All her colors are totally off, she is pure bones. She came from a drug raid in the port of Limon. Her brother unfortunately did not make it and he died before they could bring them to us. Very Sad, I start off my New Year's blog with Capi because THIS IS WHY WE STARTED THE TOUCAN RESCUE RANCH TO CARE FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL ABUSED TOUCANS.</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">She is so thin I can actually see the veins going thru her beak, she is one of the worst cases we have received. Already her yellow feathers are looking better after only one week, so I will be posting frequent updates on her for all to see. </span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whEciTzGOF0/TxitXviwJhI/AAAAAAAACIU/CjiniDiu4UA/s1600/IMG_3439.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495951848187410" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whEciTzGOF0/TxitXviwJhI/AAAAAAAACIU/CjiniDiu4UA/s320/IMG_3439.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xYNVP5gfrpw/TxitdJE4NYI/AAAAAAAACIk/Ig7BLg76d_w/s1600/IMG_3443.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699496044601554306" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xYNVP5gfrpw/TxitdJE4NYI/AAAAAAAACIk/Ig7BLg76d_w/s320/IMG_3443.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">More toucans arrived yesterday from Minae. These young Swainson's came in </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">malnurished, with the wing and tail feathers all cut up...and guess what...the first time I have seen this horrible practice...look carefully, they CUT HIS UPPER BEAK. Whom ever had him was afaid he might bite them. Someone who attended a tour recently asked me if this was a normal practice because they had seen some other toucans in Costa Rica with beak trims...I had not heard of this before, but she was right...here he is. Fortunately we chop the fruit in large enough pieces for him to pick up without any problems if he were out in the wild he might have trouble with little berries. Below is one of our toucans for comparison, these look like black and white versions of the Real birds. </span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MCwKGeup_Dc/TxitCXrHgdI/AAAAAAAACG0/jjh418gl9Sk/s1600/IMG_3256.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495584663568850" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MCwKGeup_Dc/TxitCXrHgdI/AAAAAAAACG0/jjh418gl9Sk/s320/IMG_3256.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495580027300146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CZKZ8BWkpcQ/TxitCGZvqTI/AAAAAAAACGs/RIcrgsWIxWA/s320/IMG_3254.JPG" /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Issy's enclosure is a work in progress, we are adding more vines and branches and a tire swing....and she is always very excited to make the work impossible and just hug Jorge :)</span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Br1X8aSiJjE/TxitWfvTqhI/AAAAAAAACHw/FsWVQlLDgps/s1600/IMG_3421.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 318px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495930426010130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Br1X8aSiJjE/TxitWfvTqhI/AAAAAAAACHw/FsWVQlLDgps/s320/IMG_3421.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#330099;">Sunday morning around 8am the phone rang and Jorge answered, he said, yes, we have toucans...yes, we have sloths...Oh no...Oh no...hummmm, yes I see...by that point I was making hand signs to him to see what was going on...</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#330099;">The phone call was about a baby sloth that was high up in a tree on this man's farm. His rottweiler had killed the sloth's mother and the baby was crying. They cut a long branch and got the baby out of the tree and they were calling us to bring him over. He came from Moravia that is about 20 min. away. The dog also suffered wounds and they were on their way to take the dog to their vet.</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#330099;">A very nice man and his son in law showed up with the baby who weighs 900 grams. (the same size as Milo when he came in) a bit larger than Twili who weighs 600grams. The little one, named Ty has a bite in his neck and ear, and an infection from a large Tick that we removed. I was in a bit of a panic last night when I took his temperature and was on the phone to our wonderful vet Janet at 10:30pm. A sleepless night (of course, we have sloths!) but this morning his temperature had returned to normal. Here is a photo of our vet Janet and her partner in practice Gaby examining little Ty. He is now on antibiotics and we hope he tolerates them well.</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#330099;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#330099;">When we do tours people often ask us how we support our efforts, we survive on donations and our B+B for income. The majority of our costs are out of pocket. Our Vets are wonderful, but not cheap and we are constantly needing funding for all the vet care that they provide, and that our animals need. </span></strong><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6le6L-DMoc8/TxitXe_RDWI/AAAAAAAACIM/WbDGiKmW0nc/s1600/IMG_3430.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495947404381538" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6le6L-DMoc8/TxitXe_RDWI/AAAAAAAACIM/WbDGiKmW0nc/s320/IMG_3430.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GQ1VMbB2KJE/TxitWvLltZI/AAAAAAAACIA/-d4CJ3yPkWs/s1600/IMG_3422.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495934571165074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GQ1VMbB2KJE/TxitWvLltZI/AAAAAAAACIA/-d4CJ3yPkWs/s320/IMG_3422.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">The first night I had him in this box with blankets and he woke up and decided the stool made a good jungle gym.</span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PY2RBaU2ie8/TxitWTue_qI/AAAAAAAACHo/sgR8yj6kpNw/s1600/IMG_3410.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699495927201332898" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PY2RBaU2ie8/TxitWTue_qI/AAAAAAAACHo/sgR8yj6kpNw/s320/IMG_3410.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#003300;">Jorge had to babysit little Ty all day sunday, when he wasn't sleeping he was crying from all the trauma and changes, and would fall asleep again only when Jorge held him. He is now doing better and has adapted to new sights, sounds and food.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#330099;">A very busy start to a new year! Our guest house is now complete, will write in the next blog about our guests at Christmas, we were full and had some wonderful people visit, and will post some photos of the completed new little house.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#330099;">Once again I feel blessed to be here and able to help and validated in our work here at</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>The Toucan Rescue Ranch. Happy New Year!</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-17117128723532594012011-12-13T15:35:00.000-08:002011-12-14T16:29:16.647-08:00Please "Adopt" us for the Holidays
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<br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Please consider the gift of life and hope to our rescued animals this holiday season!</span>
<br /></strong><span style="color:#006600;">Years ago I "adopted" a whale and the group that was protecting them sent me photos and updates, I really looked forward to hearing about where "my" whale had been seen, how far he had traveled. It was fun and I learned all about whales. Now we have blogs and internet to help us learn about wild animals and the joys of supporting such efforts :)</span></div>
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Adoption is a great option for those who would like to support our efforts...We have released 5 sloths to date and several this past year. Each sloth that comes into our program is here for a reason: an injury, </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">abandoned, fell from a tree, fights, burns and mistreated by humans.</span></div>
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff0000;">All of them have to be evaluated by our veterinarian, fed and cared for.</span></div>
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff0000;">This can add up and we are looking for support for our various sloths.</span></div>
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<br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff0000;">I will give you some good news!! We have donations for Millie and Georgie enclosures, and will begin these in Jan. Thank you!!</span></div>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#009900;">Adoption certificates will be sent along with a photo of your favorite sloth,</span></div>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#009900;">Twili, Millie, Milo and Georgie. (I finally found a nice certificate-one that I can print up here...)</span>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">Eight years ago we began accepting toucans in need, and we have become known for the excellent work we do recovering these beautiful birds. We have had to say no to some animals, but we will never say no to the toucans. Currently we have 35 in our care. We are setting up a breeding program for release, and have been successful in reproducing the Emerald Toucanets.</span>
<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b81J2BR-Veg/TufrqZEZGXI/AAAAAAAACEY/5oo8TAw7nCc/s1600/IMG_2673.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685772168094882162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b81J2BR-Veg/TufrqZEZGXI/AAAAAAAACEY/5oo8TAw7nCc/s320/IMG_2673.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n2IRpG4QLGM/TufpDq-mnNI/AAAAAAAACD4/cI3BzrLS5go/s1600/IMG_0524.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685769303864286418" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n2IRpG4QLGM/TufpDq-mnNI/AAAAAAAACD4/cI3BzrLS5go/s320/IMG_0524.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sXsUtTugZmw/TufrqVuY_yI/AAAAAAAACEM/tg_t8xgit6E/s1600/IMG_1044.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685772167197294370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sXsUtTugZmw/TufrqVuY_yI/AAAAAAAACEM/tg_t8xgit6E/s320/IMG_1044.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Owl Fund!</strong> Please do an office pool, or a challenge for support, match the donation, for our 15 owls. We have to purchase from a poultry farm 700 chicks a month to feed them along with supplementing them with rats and mice that we breed here. Some of the most beautiful raptors in Costa Rica, and not many rescue centers accept these owls. We receive owl babies since they are very difficult to raise, and every adult owl that has come into the program has come with severe injuries that require extensive orthopedic surgeries and a long recovery process.
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<br /><div><span style="color:#3333ff;">Many of you contributed to Isadora Spider monkey's enclosure and I can tell you that she is so happy and appreciative of her new space. Thank You!! She needs constant food since she is so High Energy, to put it frankly, she eats like a horse! Much of the fruit that we purchase weekly goes to her, little miss piggy. She is doing great and is a joy, loves to visit when we do tours and always shows off her acrobatic skills. Adopting Issy would help us keep up the fruit supply!</span>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">Jou Jou is just like Issy in a way, constant energy, totally recuperated and loves her new enclosure!
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<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOuCqgijCgQ/Tufzn7kROtI/AAAAAAAACFY/fP3Um3lnF2o/s1600/IMG_2997.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685780921908804306" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xOuCqgijCgQ/Tufzn7kROtI/AAAAAAAACFY/fP3Um3lnF2o/s320/IMG_2997.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#333399;">Pokey is back from the vet's, he lived with them for about a month...now you can imagine if your dog or cat stayed at the vets for that long, you would have a huge bill, well, we considered this a huge bill, but compared to the states, this is not costly at all. $120.00 for all his treatment, and as you can see he is doing so much better after his horrible infection from some animal attacking him. He is finally getting new quills and fur, but will probably have a bald backside :( We hope Quilla our beautiful girl will fall in love with him anyway. Pokey still needs medical treatment, so please consider adopting him!</span></div>
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<br /><span style="color:#006600;">Adopt an endangered Scarlet Macaw</span>! <span style="color:#009900;">Our macaws are at breeding age, and we are going to set them up for breeding for release. Young macaws will be placed with other release programs in the country. So, if you are a bird person, please help us support the 30 some parrots in our care! The seed mix and nuts that we feed, (along with fruits and vegetables) are imported, and anything imported is extremely expensive, We use a 23 kilo sack, around 50lbs per week, and this costs around $48, add in the nuts and we are up to $60.</span></div>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">300 pounds of Papaya per week, 20lbs of green beans and 25 lbs of carrots!
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<br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">Farmers market fund! We can easily spend $150 per week on fresh fruits and vegetables for all the birds and animals.</span></div><span style="color:#006600;"></span></div><span style="color:#006600;"></span>
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<br /><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Overwhelmed? I am, whew! I include all these figures so that folks have an understanding of what is involved in the day to day life at the Toucan Rescue Ranch. It's a constant influx of animals, food, bills, medicines, vet checks, operations, love and endless sleepless nights. </span></span>
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<br /><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">Please help us to keep up the momentum, continue to be able to rescue and care for Costa Rican wildlife, begin our breeding programs, continue our educational programs in the local schools and, I will end with a quote from a recent visitor, "I have been to other rescue centers around the world and this is one of the best. Their care for the animals is exquisite, the animals have space, enrichment and the place is sparkling clean."</span></span>
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<br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Donations can be made to Pay Pal on our website, then please send us an e-mail to let us know who you would like to adopt, or what program your donation is helping.</span>
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<br /><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="color:#006600;">Thank you from all of us, Leslie, Jorge and all the birds and animals of the Toucan Rescue Ranch and may you have a wonderful holiday season filled with joy and a great New Year.</span>
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<br /></span>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-77383447720310089332011-12-09T14:34:00.000-08:002011-12-11T16:28:15.549-08:00Sloth-Squirrel-Farm Update!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4262yPX9u2U/TuKQsFYFvaI/AAAAAAAACB0/2MPXsSVrEao/s1600/IMG_2989.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684264766726847906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4262yPX9u2U/TuKQsFYFvaI/AAAAAAAACB0/2MPXsSVrEao/s320/IMG_2989.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#663366;">Our good friend Karen made Christmas sloth blankets for all the sloths!! A</span><span style="color:#663366;">s you can see they love them...Thanks Karen!</span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VCVntG2yVHk/TuKOPZmJinI/AAAAAAAACBQ/VLdvZ7Key4M/s1600/IMG_2991.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684262074915064434" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VCVntG2yVHk/TuKOPZmJinI/AAAAAAAACBQ/VLdvZ7Key4M/s320/IMG_2991.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Little Twili had a vet check up yesterday and she is doing great! Growing ever soooooo sloooowly...which is good for a sloth.</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HzgX_94hYzs/TuKN5Cpk-zI/AAAAAAAACAQ/AYKHFy7eii8/s1600/IMG_2995.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684261690798308146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HzgX_94hYzs/TuKN5Cpk-zI/AAAAAAAACAQ/AYKHFy7eii8/s320/IMG_2995.JPG" /></a><br />Farm Update!</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t6qk70eXCFA/TuKOPFcvX8I/AAAAAAAACBE/oP32Pdr4Z0M/s1600/IMG_2940.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684262069506891714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t6qk70eXCFA/TuKOPFcvX8I/AAAAAAAACBE/oP32Pdr4Z0M/s320/IMG_2940.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#006600;">We visited the farm last week with our good friend Jerry Jennings and a professional photographer friend of his Paul...I was nervous that the animals and birds might be hiding, but we were very lucky! I wanted them to see toucans and they appeared at the feeders in front of the house! Jerry is a world famous Toucan Breeder and conservation enthusiast, check out his website for all the toucan infomation you will ever need! <a href="http://www.emeraldforestgardens.com/">http://www.emeraldforestgardens.com/</a></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">Then we had this very close encounter with a friendly three toed sloth.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--4t0w67ua5I/TuKOOtNEKLI/AAAAAAAACAg/iL72yi0qXic/s1600/IMG_2862.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 198px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684262062998694066" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--4t0w67ua5I/TuKOOtNEKLI/AAAAAAAACAg/iL72yi0qXic/s320/IMG_2862.JPG" /></a></p><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ei9mc6w-ghc/TuKOO7WY5eI/AAAAAAAACA4/Q_I8p_SGaGc/s1600/IMG_2801.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 302px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684262066795898338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ei9mc6w-ghc/TuKOO7WY5eI/AAAAAAAACA4/Q_I8p_SGaGc/s320/IMG_2801.JPG" /></a><br />Here at the main house we have been having several new hummingbirds arrive! Here is the beautiful Purple throated mountain gem!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mF9sNDsUxpE/TuKOOjqsy_I/AAAAAAAACAs/BYqCeTiHrxE/s1600/IMG_2814.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684262060438637554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mF9sNDsUxpE/TuKOOjqsy_I/AAAAAAAACAs/BYqCeTiHrxE/s320/IMG_2814.JPG" /></a> The Whistling Ducks have discovered the mirror in our display case on the porch and every morning they are on the here greeting the ducks in the mirror :) and making a mess of the porch!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bw92DRzYgmE/TuKN41MV8-I/AAAAAAAACAE/7YDZrkMS8EY/s1600/IMG_2969.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684261687186027490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bw92DRzYgmE/TuKN41MV8-I/AAAAAAAACAE/7YDZrkMS8EY/s320/IMG_2969.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaA7-E50RSE/TuKN4q_O-7I/AAAAAAAAB_4/4GM3GIPFIpI/s1600/IMG_2786.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684261684446690226" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaA7-E50RSE/TuKN4q_O-7I/AAAAAAAAB_4/4GM3GIPFIpI/s320/IMG_2786.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>LuLu the squirrel has been out on her own for about a month, everyday she comes to visit and she has made a huge nest in the tree by the house...she seems to be doing fine and there are several squirrels around that she can get to know. Here is Jerry Jennings visiting with LuLu and Jorge as well.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5QWkmrQYq70/TuKN4Qe1JgI/AAAAAAAAB_s/fmV9ySXigBg/s1600/IMG_2664.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684261677331457538" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5QWkmrQYq70/TuKN4Qe1JgI/AAAAAAAAB_s/fmV9ySXigBg/s320/IMG_2664.JPG" /></a> Our coffee is drying and will be going to the local roaster soon!</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-biImX6yg2Pc/TuKN4H2pLQI/AAAAAAAAB_g/GB3syOG13mE/s1600/IMG_2331.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684261675015417090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-biImX6yg2Pc/TuKN4H2pLQI/AAAAAAAAB_g/GB3syOG13mE/s320/IMG_2331.JPG" /></a> The new guest house is almost done! The windows are in, tiles all done, they are working on the intricate bamboo ceiling and it is really beautiful, I keep joking that I am actually moving out to the guest house to get some rest!</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">Next blog will be soon with Christmas ideas! <span style="color:#cc0000;">Please give the gift of life and hope to our rescued animals</span>...photos, ornaments and ideas for adoption in the next segment! Donations are kindly accepted via Paypal on our blog.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">Thank you from the animals!!</span></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-27216914076366667012011-11-17T10:18:00.000-08:002011-11-17T19:20:45.532-08:00Released Sloth Mic!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZupXoVlTBk/TsVQYyUpSsI/AAAAAAAAB-M/gtuL3JBiStQ/s1600/DSC04998%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676031292125825730" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZupXoVlTBk/TsVQYyUpSsI/AAAAAAAAB-M/gtuL3JBiStQ/s320/DSC04998%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-siSFfEBPDKI/TsVQY1_RChI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/9hhnI8XCvgQ/s1600/DSC05000%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676031293109897746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-siSFfEBPDKI/TsVQY1_RChI/AAAAAAAAB-Y/9hhnI8XCvgQ/s320/DSC05000%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">My friend Christian Robles Puchi who works for the Costa Rican equivalent of Fish and Wildlife, Sinac-Minaet, runs the office out of Area de Conservacion Tortuguero. He has rescued all kinds of animals and many of the ones here today are from his efforts. Most recently he was called out to rescue this sloth that had suffered burns and a terrible fall from electrical cables. He came in last week, and we immediately called Janet the vet to come and pick him up for the day so that she could check him out. The burns were bad, but he still was able to use his hands, but from the fall he was very stiff and refused to move his body for about 3 days. I kept up fluids and tried on many occasions to get him to eat, but he would only take small offerings.</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Itat0JqIca0/TsVQZCjZzKI/AAAAAAAAB-k/uWGIBg_JR5E/s1600/IMG_2104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676031296482692258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Itat0JqIca0/TsVQZCjZzKI/AAAAAAAAB-k/uWGIBg_JR5E/s320/IMG_2104.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#006600;">Antibiotics for the burns and routine cleanings and his hands were improving, but not his appetite, so we all taked about the situation, and I decided to take him to our farm to release him yesterday...by then his hands were much better, and he was very active at night wanting out of the kennel. People frequently ask me, "how do you know when to release an animal?" and I say...the animal lets you know!</span><br /><span style="color:#006600;">Two nights of constant movement trying to get outside is a sure indication!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#006600;">So, off to the farm we drove, over the mountain down to the rainforest and we selected an area where there was a huge variety of trees, since Mic, as we named him, did not seem thrilled with the usual Almond leaves. We set up the kennel so that he could grab a hold of a large vine, and I could do a quick video of him...well, he literally shot out of the kennel, and ran up the tree...check out the video that I will be posting on youtube. (I don't know why I cannot put the link, so go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">http://www.youtube.com/</a> and look up Slothmom videos and you should find it!)</span><br /><br />,<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DyCTJxzYaaE/TsVQZoONFtI/AAAAAAAAB-s/wvnf-ZCoRao/s1600/IMG_2197.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676031306594326226" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DyCTJxzYaaE/TsVQZoONFtI/AAAAAAAAB-s/wvnf-ZCoRao/s320/IMG_2197.JPG" /></a><br />Here he is at the very top of the tree eating these beautiful green leaves...it re-enforced my decision to release him, he was very hungry and I was so happy to see him eating. <span style="color:#009900;">He is the 5th sloth that we have released at the farm, all two toeds. We are very happy and proud of our joint efforts to return these animals back to their native habitats!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PSnJweZs8oM/TsVQZhv0bvI/AAAAAAAAB_A/jICU5_gvvMo/s1600/IMG_2224.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676031304856268530" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PSnJweZs8oM/TsVQZhv0bvI/AAAAAAAAB_A/jICU5_gvvMo/s320/IMG_2224.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;">That went so fast I had some time to go look for other animals and do some birdwatching! Keel billed toucans, Chesnut mandibled toucans and some three toed sloths were all around! Plus this beautiful pair of Crested Caracaras!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h3wtynw1v5U/TsVXh-irXSI/AAAAAAAAB_I/zbDNVSKw7Xk/s1600/IMG_2111.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 272px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676039146606124322" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h3wtynw1v5U/TsVXh-irXSI/AAAAAAAAB_I/zbDNVSKw7Xk/s320/IMG_2111.JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VyU0X3my-FE/TsVXh4LRVlI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/O7x-OafZoqI/s1600/IMG_2307.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676039144897336914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VyU0X3my-FE/TsVXh4LRVlI/AAAAAAAAB_Q/O7x-OafZoqI/s320/IMG_2307.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Overall a great day!! We will be looking for him with each visit back to the farm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-72605762591231529322011-11-01T10:35:00.000-07:002011-11-01T21:17:35.804-07:00A lot going on!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-84Hi7M94rE8/TrAvcmRm6TI/AAAAAAAAB98/CoTXswptpeg/s1600/IMG_1825.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670084099216697650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-84Hi7M94rE8/TrAvcmRm6TI/AAAAAAAAB98/CoTXswptpeg/s320/IMG_1825.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#990000;">This weekend we had a wild parrot emergency. Sunday afternoon it was raining really hard, and my doberman Ace, who usually does not like the rain kept pacing in the back yard around some plants. I thought it was a bit strange, and he kept persisting. From the kitchen window I watched him, and in our neighbors yard I spotted this Short tailed hawk....Ace kept pacing...so after awhile I thought: this hawk has caught something, and whatever it tried to catch is probably hiding in the bushes by the dog. So we went outside and sure enough found this crimson fronted parrot hiding in the bushes. This is one of my favorite times of year because the crimson fronted parrots migrate thru here and we have had flocks of 100 birds or more in the huge eucalyptus trees across the way. It is so noisy, but amazing to see them flying over the house and all over the property.</span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbtQ_Tto4qE/TrAvbwE1sII/AAAAAAAAB9c/ZRsQDAFpCPo/s1600/IMG_1809.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670084084667625602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbtQ_Tto4qE/TrAvbwE1sII/AAAAAAAAB9c/ZRsQDAFpCPo/s320/IMG_1809.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0L91tUTxzO0/TrAvcHhKT6I/AAAAAAAAB9o/65SMPtsNa8I/s1600/IMG_1820.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670084090960433058" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0L91tUTxzO0/TrAvcHhKT6I/AAAAAAAAB9o/65SMPtsNa8I/s320/IMG_1820.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-viHJSZ1S9xE/TrAvcah5CRI/AAAAAAAAB90/xCDHZgC5VuU/s1600/IMG_1823.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670084096063768850" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-viHJSZ1S9xE/TrAvcah5CRI/AAAAAAAAB90/xCDHZgC5VuU/s320/IMG_1823.JPG" /></a>Upon inspection I found a small wound to the chest and another similar one on his back. So, we cleaned him up and put him in a kennel with some fruit and heat. The next morning when the flock arrived I took Houdini (as we named him) out to the large flight cage to run a test flight before I released him. Unfortunately he could not get up to any great heights or speed...so, we have to keep him another few days. He is now in a large cage outside and in a few days we will try another flight test. He gets excited when the others fly by, so hopefully he will rejoin them soon.<br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Prince the Barred Hawk has a new enclosure!</span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gxxTW1WEi0Q/TrAvI3Sg61I/AAAAAAAAB8s/gETymY6Yhe8/s1600/IMG_1687.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670083760186518354" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gxxTW1WEi0Q/TrAvI3Sg61I/AAAAAAAAB8s/gETymY6Yhe8/s320/IMG_1687.JPG" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2sc_9L2kVLE/TrAvIpeaHSI/AAAAAAAAB8c/U3DGnFwOw6s/s1600/IMG_1683.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670083756478307618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2sc_9L2kVLE/TrAvIpeaHSI/AAAAAAAAB8c/U3DGnFwOw6s/s320/IMG_1683.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">We moved Prince into his new enclosure and left plenty of space to see if he could extend his huge wings and fly. It was so sad to witness, but he made several attempts and failed. His right wing where he was shot with a small pistol just is not working well enough and he looses his control and flops down to the ground. He is getting better over the days about taking some huge leaps from one branch to another, so this is a good sign, at least he is using his wings and getting more exercise. He adjusted really well and is eating fine, so we are all very pleased that he has a nice large habitat.</span></div><br /><div>Minaet (fish and wildlife department education program)<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-POv_2FlKHlg/TrAuSuL1MGI/AAAAAAAAB7o/eIIbatVmCuY/s1600/DSC09005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670082830029631586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-POv_2FlKHlg/TrAuSuL1MGI/AAAAAAAAB7o/eIIbatVmCuY/s320/DSC09005.JPG" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHy0d5_9Sps/TrAuTV-NFvI/AAAAAAAAB7w/Uq9kAh0ijgo/s1600/DSC09011.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 225px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670082840709895922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHy0d5_9Sps/TrAuTV-NFvI/AAAAAAAAB7w/Uq9kAh0ijgo/s320/DSC09011.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color:#003300;">I teamed up with my friends at Minaet who run the educational programs to go into a large public school in the town where our little sloth Lily came from. (scroll down to read her very sad story) my goal was to try and provide some sloth education for the school children in this area where Lily's mother had been stoned to death. So, Minaet had some nice drawings and explanations about sloths and parrots, and each of us gave a 15 min. speech to around 75 children that day. We are planning on having some of these children come up and visit the Toucan Rescue Ranch so that they can see the animals up close and personal!</span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egV5h2FPnWc/TrAuTVlVkTI/AAAAAAAAB78/ncf18p51Lvg/s1600/DSC09012.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670082840605593906" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-egV5h2FPnWc/TrAuTVlVkTI/AAAAAAAAB78/ncf18p51Lvg/s320/DSC09012.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Updates!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wpAwmN_mbVQ/TrAvJp5MmHI/AAAAAAAAB9E/3ZubAHrvGzs/s1600/IMG_1695.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670083773770537074" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wpAwmN_mbVQ/TrAvJp5MmHI/AAAAAAAAB9E/3ZubAHrvGzs/s320/IMG_1695.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j2T03G-1wGs/TrAvJCinreI/AAAAAAAAB84/8enmjwHCe9w/s1600/IMG_1692.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670083763206860258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j2T03G-1wGs/TrAvJCinreI/AAAAAAAAB84/8enmjwHCe9w/s320/IMG_1692.JPG" /></a>The spectacled owls are getting along really well, and soon we will have a name for the new little one, the students of Oakridge school in Texas and I skyped the other day. Their school's mascot is the owl, so they are starting a program called Owl's helping owls! and will be naming our new little one, and doing some fund raising for the Toucan Rescue Ranch....Thank You!!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xc71NJE67hA/TrAuStPaMHI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/YIYbGL79JmA/s1600/Pokey.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670082829776203890" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xc71NJE67hA/TrAuStPaMHI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/YIYbGL79JmA/s320/Pokey.JPG" /></a>Pokey the porcupine is making slow, but steady progress. As you can see her wounds are very deep and have been severly infected. We are not sure what attacked her. She is still living at the vets office and will not be returning to the ranch until she has some skin covering her wounds. She has required weekly anesthesia to clean the wounds. She loves eating and was so emaciated, that she is gaining weight, the color of her quills is coming back to being a brighter yellow and she is very animated. We are needing donations for her care, so if you are able to donate any amount, it will be greatly appreciated!<br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VbpEwIL2BYA/TrAvbh-CzCI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/Ht4_FVW1WIQ/s1600/IMG_1797.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670084080881028130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VbpEwIL2BYA/TrAvbh-CzCI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/Ht4_FVW1WIQ/s320/IMG_1797.JPG" /></a>The new guest house is coming along and looks great, has beautiful views and we are so excited to see it progressing. It has been so rainy that they have been delayed a bit, but assure me it will be ready by Dec. 15th! I am keeping my fingers crossed.</div><br /><div>With all the rain and cold weather the dogs have been miserable, Gypsy dobie just wants to be inside all toasty and warm in her blankets!</div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uYmGJjyodVQ/TrAvIZAgN9I/AAAAAAAAB8U/YrtUQ5_8NuM/s1600/IMG_1680.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670083752057911250" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uYmGJjyodVQ/TrAvIZAgN9I/AAAAAAAAB8U/YrtUQ5_8NuM/s320/IMG_1680.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-62123978340345168912011-10-17T13:30:00.000-07:002011-10-20T07:35:53.226-07:00Trip to Dallas, BRIT Event!Last spring, while here in Costa Rica attending the IPED Language school in Heredia, Richard Henderson, an attorney from Fort Worth Texas came to The Toucan Rescue Ranch for a tour! We began talking afterward, his family was coming down to visit him and he wanted to return with them. A few weeks later, Richard, his tico host family and his family from texas, all came up to the Ranch to tour. Richard translated the tour into spanish while I spoke in english!<br /><br />A few months later he contacted me to see if we would be willing to donate 3 nights stay in our Bed and Breakfast, to an auction dear to his heart, BRIT, Botanical Research Institute of Texas. (<a href="http://www.brit.org/">http://www.brit.org/</a>) He and his wife Victoria (also an attorney), are wine experts and they have a lovely house just outside of Fort Worth with a large wine cellar! They were donating several wines from their private collection for the auction, a gala fund raiser for BRIT. Richard, had also met Steve Aronson, owner and developer of Cafe Britt here in Costa Rica, and Steve was donating a private dinner by BRITT's famous chef, including some wine from Richard's collection. ( <a href="http://www.cafebritt.com/">http://www.cafebritt.com/</a> and their environmental organization <a href="http://www.proparques.org/">http://www.proparques.org/</a>.) So, he now had a packet for Costa Rica, dine at Cafe Britt, and stay at the Toucan Rescue Ranch, which was offered for auction to benefit BRIT in Fort Worth Texas this last week. We were all invited to go up to Texas, be guests at Steve and Victoria's house,<br />tour the Botanical Research Institute and attend the gala dinner, the Fete du Vin.<br /><br />From the moment we arrived Richard treated us like family, welcoming us into his home, his sons gave up their rooms for several nights and Victoria assisted us with everything we needed for the big event!<br /><br />Richard not only loves wine, he also loves food, and cooked incredible gourmet meals for three days in a row! It was very relaxing sitting out on their porch watching deer cruise by...I was exhausted from all the sleepless nights with baby Twili, so having Twili and Pokey (the porcupine) staying with Janet the vet I knew everything was fine and could get some rest and sleep!<br /><br />Friday afternoon we arrived in Texas and friday night the guys found the perfect bottle of wine to celebrate with! A bottle from 1863....I of course said, please don't waste any of this precious liquid on me, I just took a sip, since all alcohol puts me right to sleep! But they all enjoyed a great evening with wines and ports from the 1800's.<br />We had a three course meal with a vegetarian version for me!! very thoughtful, and delicious.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgXZ6K_IixI/TpyRFV_-MkI/AAAAAAAAB38/r2-TxLKzekA/s1600/IMG_1349_1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664561952316076610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pgXZ6K_IixI/TpyRFV_-MkI/AAAAAAAAB38/r2-TxLKzekA/s320/IMG_1349_1.JPG" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRVPhgDjI3I/TpyRFrzGWaI/AAAAAAAAB4I/Bu0CL21cquM/s1600/IMG_1350.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664561958167665058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRVPhgDjI3I/TpyRFrzGWaI/AAAAAAAAB4I/Bu0CL21cquM/s320/IMG_1350.JPG" /></a><br />Richard, Jorge and Steve, they taught Jorge how to sniff and swirl the wine! (well, he copied them!!)<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Q7WNxcDCYI/TpyR-BE_-sI/AAAAAAAAB6M/AyY8iC-BBh4/s1600/IMG_1414-1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562925952563906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Q7WNxcDCYI/TpyR-BE_-sI/AAAAAAAAB6M/AyY8iC-BBh4/s320/IMG_1414-1.JPG" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kxxtUDsNM5E/TpyR7zK7dqI/AAAAAAAAB6E/m6I0-a3sS8Q/s1600/IMG_1390-1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562887859599010" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kxxtUDsNM5E/TpyR7zK7dqI/AAAAAAAAB6E/m6I0-a3sS8Q/s320/IMG_1390-1.JPG" /></a><br />The next morning we visited BRIT, and that afternoon the Japanese gardens.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L_DmULkDYaQ/TpyR7ks2WVI/AAAAAAAAB50/Wzr0HpAX7BQ/s1600/IMG_1388-1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562883975338322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L_DmULkDYaQ/TpyR7ks2WVI/AAAAAAAAB50/Wzr0HpAX7BQ/s320/IMG_1388-1.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zuk9uBByVFE/TpyRdZs9LhI/AAAAAAAAB5E/RMp8MUxXN9A/s1600/IMG_1362.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 222px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562365626920466" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zuk9uBByVFE/TpyRdZs9LhI/AAAAAAAAB5E/RMp8MUxXN9A/s320/IMG_1362.JPG" /></a> Jorge and Dr. Sohmer<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OdRCxD_ihDU/TpyRGfos0qI/AAAAAAAAB4g/vnbbgZrorZI/s1600/IMG_1356_1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664561972082692770" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OdRCxD_ihDU/TpyRGfos0qI/AAAAAAAAB4g/vnbbgZrorZI/s320/IMG_1356_1.JPG" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bAiraU71sLo/TpyRdPJSI0I/AAAAAAAAB48/3IU50yeHrxM/s1600/IMG_1360.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562362792944450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bAiraU71sLo/TpyRdPJSI0I/AAAAAAAAB48/3IU50yeHrxM/s320/IMG_1360.JPG" /></a>The Botanical Research Institute of Texas has a new incredible building, their new headquarters has been awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council. It boasts a living roof, solar panels, use of geothermal energy...and waterless toilets! (not exactly sure how this functions, but it does!) Their goal is to catalog every plant in the world, and are making good progress. We met and toured the facility with Dr. Sohmer, who told us about his collecting expeditions to various remote parts of the world. The oldest plant on record is from 1791. We were able to understand the importance of collecting and preserving these specimens and view the large warehouse full of crates there, the samples are kept at cool temperatures in vaults.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-07WtOvb338s/TpyRc1AllpI/AAAAAAAAB4s/MfbQMJekSaU/s1600/IMG_1359.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562355777148562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-07WtOvb338s/TpyRc1AllpI/AAAAAAAAB4s/MfbQMJekSaU/s320/IMG_1359.JPG" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lycn0T_TfDw/TpyRdkx3Q6I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/2JPZGXtXiXM/s1600/IMG_1370.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562368600294306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lycn0T_TfDw/TpyRdkx3Q6I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/2JPZGXtXiXM/s320/IMG_1370.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4f7NugO1Mnk/TpyRdzOBOVI/AAAAAAAAB5c/GbptkhIcQXE/s1600/IMG_1373.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562372476483922" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4f7NugO1Mnk/TpyRdzOBOVI/AAAAAAAAB5c/GbptkhIcQXE/s320/IMG_1373.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SPKHPuCtSlQ/TpyR7lTtIOI/AAAAAAAAB5o/ZinZcKnFM6M/s1600/IMG_1374.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664562884138311906" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SPKHPuCtSlQ/TpyR7lTtIOI/AAAAAAAAB5o/ZinZcKnFM6M/s320/IMG_1374.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>They have a collection of very old books, some of the first records of medicinal plants, and they are also dedicated to education. They have a reading area for school children, use puppets to teach and classrooms that are light filled and interesting. The floor in the building is made out of recycled tennis shoes!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Richard and his family have been supporters of BRIT for some time now, and he and Dr. Sohmer actually met in Costa Rica....so everything was ready for the Gala dinner at the Fort Worth club, and auction.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CklCyzSROTk/TpySaTmzviI/AAAAAAAAB6c/_e6OCjtbc_o/s1600/IMG_1419.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664563411962543650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CklCyzSROTk/TpySaTmzviI/AAAAAAAAB6c/_e6OCjtbc_o/s320/IMG_1419.JPG" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EahZ5ub--6Q/TpySaqtiFOI/AAAAAAAAB6o/93yuAVF6e8M/s1600/IMG_1426.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664563418164761826" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EahZ5ub--6Q/TpySaqtiFOI/AAAAAAAAB6o/93yuAVF6e8M/s320/IMG_1426.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Richard honored his scottish heritage by wearing the traditional kilt! The slide at the auction, one of Richard and Victoria's friends bid on the CR packet and will be traveling to visit us in Jan. The guests at our table were friends of Richard and Victoria, and there was also a couple from Costa Rica/Texas who we met, and have plans to see each other again when they visit!! Plus Steve Aronson from Cafe Britt and his son, Benjamin who also flew in for the event. I joked that we had to come to Texas to meet Steve and his son from Costa Rica! </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The Fete du Vin, also honored Parducci Wine with their International Award of Excellence in Sustainable Winegrowing. (<a href="http://www.parducci.com/">http://www.parducci.com/</a>) I was able to meet Tim Thornhill of Parducci wines in Mendocino California, who not only is of course a wine enthusiast, but he also loves owls!! So, I will be sending him some owl photos soon!</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>We had a wonderful time at the dinner, were happy to be a part of the BRIT event, and we also met some other friends of Richard and Victorias who invited us out to their ranch the next day. They also invited us to a fantastic dinner at a great seafood restaurant.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Overall it was a great weekend, and we were able to meet so many interesting people.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AbkMy7o6o3Y/TpyRF6u2WUI/AAAAAAAAB4U/Zgy2ar3ZSvQ/s1600/IMG_1354.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664561962176371010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AbkMy7o6o3Y/TpyRF6u2WUI/AAAAAAAAB4U/Zgy2ar3ZSvQ/s320/IMG_1354.JPG" /></a>Breakfast the next morning! Gourmet biscuits and gravy, Texas style.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Then we were off to The Dallas World Aquarium and Zoo, in downtown Dallas. They hosted a nice lunch and tour for Richard of their facilities. <a href="http://www.dwazoo.com/">http://www.dwazoo.com/</a> The Dallas World Aquarium and zoo, is completely privately owned, Daryl Richardson has one of the largest toucan collections in the world, and he is always willing to let us stay with him a few days, and see all the animals and birds in his collection, and most importantly, meet with his veterinarian, Dr. Chris Bonar who is very helpful with all my difficult cases!</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>My favorite, the flamingo pool, the giant river otters, and the little marmosets !<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzZQcp8l4Oc/TpySbu9YDAI/AAAAAAAAB7I/GxS5dzuH_bo/s1600/IMG_1654-1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664563436484824066" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BzZQcp8l4Oc/TpySbu9YDAI/AAAAAAAAB7I/GxS5dzuH_bo/s320/IMG_1654-1.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UtkBQVBVsDc/TpySbHCuUjI/AAAAAAAAB60/9PRzethj_-Y/s1600/IMG_1576-1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664563425769837106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UtkBQVBVsDc/TpySbHCuUjI/AAAAAAAAB60/9PRzethj_-Y/s320/IMG_1576-1.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mJCe8suDraI/TpySbT_JnbI/AAAAAAAAB7A/rpQDZ29-Hc0/s1600/IMG_1647-1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664563429244509618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mJCe8suDraI/TpySbT_JnbI/AAAAAAAAB7A/rpQDZ29-Hc0/s320/IMG_1647-1.JPG" /></a><br />Back at home with Twili, who has grown a tiny bit!, and horrible weather. Since we have been home there has been nothing but wind, rain and fog. Much of Costa Rica is flooded with people in shelters, we are lucky, as we are higher up in the mountains, but all the outside birds are sick of the cold rain, and it is now affecting all of us! Hopefully the sun will come out soon!</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0K-72YRBRU/TpyRFBneDTI/AAAAAAAAB3w/8GdU_hyh95o/s1600/IMG_1342.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664561946844597554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0K-72YRBRU/TpyRFBneDTI/AAAAAAAAB3w/8GdU_hyh95o/s320/IMG_1342.JPG" /></a><br />Twili, who loves to keep me up all night !<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-20454500385194738022011-10-06T16:43:00.001-07:002011-10-06T17:14:33.137-07:00Issy is so Happy!<div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9m-jpdUmmEo/To49yCXmfnI/AAAAAAAAB3A/d_1xtGfABTw/s1600/IMG_1235.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660529711489908338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9m-jpdUmmEo/To49yCXmfnI/AAAAAAAAB3A/d_1xtGfABTw/s320/IMG_1235.JPG" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#660000;">Isadora Issy Spider Monkey finally has her palace!! Thanks to all of your donations, and a great construction crew we moved her in about a week ago!</span> </div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wUEQwCP96QI/To49yWAtIKI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/YETodmfSs5w/s1600/IMG_1305.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660529716762583202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wUEQwCP96QI/To49yWAtIKI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/YETodmfSs5w/s320/IMG_1305.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#660000;">At first she was a little scared of the vines and still is just now getting into the barrel to sleep, but she loves the space! My friend Carol came to visit and said she seems so much calmer! She is tired after running around so much!</span> <span style="color:#660000;">We visit several times a day and she is always excited to see us and show off her latest leaps and acrobatics.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V9HzCLZ4deE/To49yICthkI/AAAAAAAAB3I/zrvnUXBz2EQ/s1600/IMG_1303.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660529713012901442" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V9HzCLZ4deE/To49yICthkI/AAAAAAAAB3I/zrvnUXBz2EQ/s320/IMG_1303.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ORm7DFyfA7I/To4_XeCNHZI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/7JESrWtUo-s/s1600/IMG_1319.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660531454083145106" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ORm7DFyfA7I/To4_XeCNHZI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/7JESrWtUo-s/s320/IMG_1319.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#006600;">She is now mastering the vines. We still have to paint the roof green and do lots more decorating of vines and plants, but it is complete!! </span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#006600;">She shares her habitat with the 2 curassows (who are also loving the flight area and high perches) and a pair of Swainson's toucans. The toucans we had in the smaller cage on the side for a day, planning on putting them in with her after a couple of weeks of adaptation. The morning after we moved the toucans into the side cage, Jorge came running in to wake me up, "The toucans are missing!" We took off across the lawn to find the toucans in the cage with Issy, she had opened the inner door and invited them in! They are all getting along and seem to be one large happy family...Amazing.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I4xm79a332g/To49x6-4KwI/AAAAAAAAB24/aXDnjkHv_54/s1600/IMG_1231.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660529709507160834" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I4xm79a332g/To49x6-4KwI/AAAAAAAAB24/aXDnjkHv_54/s320/IMG_1231.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-upkIc5JGTJg/To5BWj1SeKI/AAAAAAAAB3g/Qis8po065zs/s1600/IMG_1164.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660533637482969250" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-upkIc5JGTJg/To5BWj1SeKI/AAAAAAAAB3g/Qis8po065zs/s320/IMG_1164.JPG" /></a><br /></div><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">New Arrival Twili, short for Lily2...and because she has bitten me in the neck, so she is named after the Twilight series! Twili was found on the ground by some kind folks in the Guapiles area and came in from the Minae office in that area. She weighs only 505 grams and is very tiny! She is getting along really well, and Milo cannot stop licking her! She loves her froggy and is keeping me up all night long :)</span></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K7fVXNItp2A/To5BWlVxg5I/AAAAAAAAB3o/M2GqGPSzbSY/s1600/IMG_1347.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660533637887656850" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K7fVXNItp2A/To5BWlVxg5I/AAAAAAAAB3o/M2GqGPSzbSY/s320/IMG_1347.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5O68RsRPHVw/To49x0VKPMI/AAAAAAAAB2w/iq8yAs-lEVI/s1600/IMG_1218.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660529707721571522" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5O68RsRPHVw/To49x0VKPMI/AAAAAAAAB2w/iq8yAs-lEVI/s320/IMG_1218.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#003333;">Pokey also came in from the same office in Guapiles with severe bite wounds from a dog or large cat...she was out on her own for quite some time before she was found and was really suffering. She is a juvenile mexican hairy porcupine, like Quilla. She is having touble with one of the wounds in her back leg and has trouble walking, and is currently living with Janet the vet who had to open up all the wounds since they were infected. She has a great appetite, and is recovering nicely, so she will join us soon.</span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;">Prince the large hawk will be moving into his incredible habitat next week!! He will also be a happy camper.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;">Will send photos.</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;">I sit on the porch and can watch the macaws and amazons in their new cages, Issy swinging around in hers, the hawks cage under construction, Jou Jou the kinkajou sound asleep in her new area, the second guest house now under way and I think "My dreams are coming true!" I am so blessed.</span></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-14503650167940699922011-09-18T14:41:00.000-07:002011-09-18T15:50:09.679-07:00Construction Update!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y14_Se6ulrY/TnZmW6Drg_I/AAAAAAAAB1Q/tC5AzcIMqcU/s1600/IMG_0776.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818925938082802" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y14_Se6ulrY/TnZmW6Drg_I/AAAAAAAAB1Q/tC5AzcIMqcU/s320/IMG_0776.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju-PqqDou3w/TnZmGuy37bI/AAAAAAAAB0w/RcNgu9g--A8/s1600/IMG_0725.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818648036896178" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju-PqqDou3w/TnZmGuy37bI/AAAAAAAAB0w/RcNgu9g--A8/s320/IMG_0725.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#006600;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Jou Jou, Kinkajou's Enclosure is finally done!!! It's been very busy here, we don't have many guests in the Bed and Breakfast now, as it is green season, but we are always busy with the animals! Jou Jou was very shy about her new enclosure, at first she had to smell everything, then hide in her box, then come out for her favorite banana, then she got comfortable with me sitting on a wooden stump for an hour playing with her and she is now a happy camper. The first night out she had a stand off with the whistling ducks, they surrounded her cage and she was paceing back and forth, then the ducks got bored and left her alone. She did get a few minor sores on her feet from the cement, but we have fixed that now by adding hay to the bottom of the enclosure. We still need to decorate it with bromeliads from the farm...I'm sure she will love to destroy them!</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aFfbk97IAfI/TnZmWrlQxaI/AAAAAAAAB04/Vg0sRyENGCM/s1600/IMG_0731.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818922052404642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aFfbk97IAfI/TnZmWrlQxaI/AAAAAAAAB04/Vg0sRyENGCM/s320/IMG_0731.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J88h_s6Is-w/TnZmWssrnGI/AAAAAAAAB1A/8RB7cHa8JsE/s1600/IMG_0749.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818922351959138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J88h_s6Is-w/TnZmWssrnGI/AAAAAAAAB1A/8RB7cHa8JsE/s320/IMG_0749.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1qnCHst5e70/TnZmW-YY9ZI/AAAAAAAAB1I/MJAeWA35fjA/s1600/IMG_0763.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818927098688914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1qnCHst5e70/TnZmW-YY9ZI/AAAAAAAAB1I/MJAeWA35fjA/s320/IMG_0763.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J4yECD86V9M/TnZm45oDqjI/AAAAAAAAB2o/wydLzZRhMao/s1600/IMG_1106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819509937777202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J4yECD86V9M/TnZm45oDqjI/AAAAAAAAB2o/wydLzZRhMao/s320/IMG_1106.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Charley the Scarlet macaw is now staying out all the time!! She is loving being outside and as you can see, although she is severly handicapped she enjoyed taking her first rainbath!</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vu3L0eV5b6I/TnZm49JkBKI/AAAAAAAAB2g/FTa46AMm1Dg/s1600/IMG_1098.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819510883615906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vu3L0eV5b6I/TnZm49JkBKI/AAAAAAAAB2g/FTa46AMm1Dg/s320/IMG_1098.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Our little terror Georgie has been enjoying the sunny days and now can reach out to the almond trees we planted next to the outside climbing gym and can have a snack when he wants!</span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4i9a07WN8AE/TnZm4aWSBYI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/jvpCJybOAWE/s1600/IMG_1075.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819501541721474" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4i9a07WN8AE/TnZm4aWSBYI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/jvpCJybOAWE/s320/IMG_1075.JPG" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ePBcewPnMNM/TnZmowDj-2I/AAAAAAAAB2A/I6H9y1Bh-Rg/s1600/IMG_1045.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819232490879842" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ePBcewPnMNM/TnZmowDj-2I/AAAAAAAAB2A/I6H9y1Bh-Rg/s320/IMG_1045.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Please consider a donation to the Teresa fund!! Teresa mottled owl was dropped off here about a week ago, friday night. I was just settling down to dinner and TV (I know it's a bad habit, but relaxing) and I received a phone call from La Condessa hotel in San Rafael. They had our brochure and were trying to identify an owl that their driver had picked up on the side of the road. They said the wing was "bad" and they wondered if they could bring her down. So, I said, yes and at 9pm they arrived with Theresa, a juvenile mottled owl. She was in shock and not feeling very well with her broken wing. She was very dehydrated and in pain. I gave her electrolytes, pain medication, antibiotics, and basic first aide treatment for the wing, it was not severly mangled like the other wings I have seen, but the point of the bone was sticking out. The next morning I was trying to figure out what to do with the broken wing, I thought maybe it could be saved.</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">I had had a visit from the vet who works at the downtown zoo just a few weeks ago. He was telling me about starting a Raptor Foundation and about the various surgeries he has performed (bone grafts, pins, complicated orthopedic surgeries) to save wings. My first thought was to call him and see what he could do for Teresa. I have a vet on staff now, but she does not do orthopedic surgery like this, so for us it was the consideration of a "double expense". After talking it over with my vet, we decided to take her into the zoo and meet the orthopedic surgeon. He said it would be complicated, but gave her a 50% chance of recovering the wing. </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">We have so many owls with amputated wings that we felt that if we can give Teresa a chance of keeping the wing we needed to do this for her well being. So, a very long surgery ensued and she is now back with us. She has two internal pins, a outside fixator for the pins and a small bone graft. In two months we will know if she will regain use of the wing...it's going to be a long wait.....and of course expensive...so please consider a Teresa donation to the Toucan Rescue Ranch!!! She will need another surgery to remove the pins once the wing has healed.</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">My good friend Carol has volunteered to give Teresa flying lessons if and when we get to this point!! She will need to have daily exercise in hopes of release...but for now we are in intensive post opps.</span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0mBWXy-Z1l0/TnZmXHu2DlI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/M2QyBpJAR6E/s1600/IMG_0943.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818929608789586" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0mBWXy-Z1l0/TnZmXHu2DlI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/M2QyBpJAR6E/s320/IMG_0943.JPG" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#330000;">Coco and Lulu are now weaned and in a small cage learning to eat fruits on their own, they had a few setbacks, but are now doing really well.</span></strong><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kK886g5zkB8/TnZmoiI7iFI/AAAAAAAAB14/wUynollsTD0/s1600/IMG_1041.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819228755298386" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kK886g5zkB8/TnZmoiI7iFI/AAAAAAAAB14/wUynollsTD0/s320/IMG_1041.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYBHP_UuUAY/TnZmombDpzI/AAAAAAAAB1w/ZC5azTVSWDA/s1600/IMG_1038.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819229905069874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYBHP_UuUAY/TnZmombDpzI/AAAAAAAAB1w/ZC5azTVSWDA/s320/IMG_1038.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AGLfd6pfLlU/TnZmoZKcxSI/AAAAAAAAB1o/uLKTrflwLs0/s1600/IMG_1034.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819226345751842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AGLfd6pfLlU/TnZmoZKcxSI/AAAAAAAAB1o/uLKTrflwLs0/s320/IMG_1034.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#330099;">Millie, Milo and Georgie love hibiscus flowers and we have planted an entire hedge of them so that we are sure there are no chemicals on them!! Yummy treat!</span><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-POFAN7USfG8/TnZm4VrI15I/AAAAAAAAB2I/421FzUQ95is/s1600/IMG_1070.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819500287022994" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-POFAN7USfG8/TnZm4VrI15I/AAAAAAAAB2I/421FzUQ95is/s320/IMG_1070.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#000099;">I took this photo of Jorge helping with the construction of Issy's enclosure...note his constant companion and supervisor Josie the goose!</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#000099;">The enclosure will be completed this next week. Very exciting!</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lkmJlg-cM1Q/TnZmGf-x1yI/AAAAAAAAB0o/Cdbi1E5rFSo/s1600/IMG_0696.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818644060296994" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lkmJlg-cM1Q/TnZmGf-x1yI/AAAAAAAAB0o/Cdbi1E5rFSo/s320/IMG_0696.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ubmo6QA8-jA/TnZmGJioKoI/AAAAAAAAB0g/FPwt7qY2VD8/s1600/IMG_0664.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818638036642434" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ubmo6QA8-jA/TnZmGJioKoI/AAAAAAAAB0g/FPwt7qY2VD8/s320/IMG_0664.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gw4PctfegSo/TnZmGL6FC6I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/A3rGj81D1HQ/s1600/IMG_0663.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 274px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818638671874978" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gw4PctfegSo/TnZmGL6FC6I/AAAAAAAAB0Y/A3rGj81D1HQ/s320/IMG_0663.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#993399;">Isadora Issy, and I had a fun play afternoon in Jou Jou's enclosure. Before we moved Jou Jou in, I took Issy over there to see her reaction and to start getting her used to being away from the porch. For the first five min. she would not let go of me, but after some coaxing and encouraging she would leave me for a few seconds, and 10 min. later she was having fun exploring. I think she will love her new huge enclosure. It is 8x7 meters. We are going to have a decorating party when it is complete!!</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#993399;"></span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OJn9fyY3Xdk/TnZmoGFD_MI/AAAAAAAAB1g/1Raxs2QYLag/s1600/IMG_1026.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819221222882498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OJn9fyY3Xdk/TnZmoGFD_MI/AAAAAAAAB1g/1Raxs2QYLag/s320/IMG_1026.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Still trying to get the perfect photo!! Here is the Scintillant, smallest hummer in CR in our front yard!</span></strong></div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dUomwj3xivA/TnZm4jDtU_I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/1RNoHW4-jLw/s1600/IMG_1082.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653819503879738354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dUomwj3xivA/TnZm4jDtU_I/AAAAAAAAB2Y/1RNoHW4-jLw/s320/IMG_1082.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#000066;">Our good friend Rita, from Casa Bella Rita Bed and Breakfast donated this display case for our store! Now we have eveything in one place and it looks great on the porch.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#000066;">Thank You Rita!!</span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-47cDEr_xe4I/TnZmF62rMdI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/aFIQv7Q0uZ0/s1600/IMG_0539.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653818634094195154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-47cDEr_xe4I/TnZmF62rMdI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/aFIQv7Q0uZ0/s320/IMG_0539.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#000099;">The official greeters, the ducks have taken over the railings.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-69874921766308748002011-08-30T10:43:00.000-07:002011-08-30T17:39:09.424-07:00Summer Update!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tghLKLsJoqU/Tl03PLvDT-I/AAAAAAAAB0I/tQGHZ9dkNoQ/s1600/IMG_0238.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646730241780174818" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tghLKLsJoqU/Tl03PLvDT-I/AAAAAAAAB0I/tQGHZ9dkNoQ/s320/IMG_0238.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#000099;">It's been two weeks now and the little squirrels are doing great. One morning I was taking the birds outside to the flight, when the neighbor called me through the fence, shaking the bushes! I wondered what was up, and he said that he had just found a nest of baby squirrels on the ground all torn up! There were two babies that he picked up, one had just opened her eyes, the other still had her eyes closed.</span>
<br /><span style="color:#000099;">He passed them through a hole in the fence, I showed the babies to my mother who was here visiting and she was very excited. She loves to tell the story of when I was younger in school, living here in Costa Rica, we had a pair of squirrels that lived with us. One day I went to school with my favorite squirrel hiding under my long hair, the teachers did not see the humor and asked my mother to come pick up the squirrel....So there we were years later looking at baby squirrels, remembering the fun times we had had. I called the vet and she alerted me that being so young they would be very difficult to get started on milk and raise, that they would probably die...well, now that's a challenge! So, we set out to give these little ones a chance at life, every 3 hours around the clock, fresh goats milk and pedialyte and as you can see they are doing great! We have so many squirrels here in the yard, hopefully when they are older they will find some friends to teach them about living outdoors!</span>
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<br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Corazon (heart in spanish)</span> <span style="color:#006600;">Is recovering well from his amputated wing. Soon he will be able to be outside in a handicapped flight cage. I'm sure he will feel better once outside with all the night sounds and activity. Currently he is in physical therapy learning how to hop and get around off balance. He is our 3rd owl with amputation, so now we have the routine down! Last week another owl came in needing amputation as well, a Mottled owl, with bones exposed, but unfortunately he died the next day of internal injuries before the operation. That's how it is sadly. We can save some, others pass on.</span></p>
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<br /><span style="color:#660000;">The Amazons are recovered, gaining weight and are no longer the quiet stressed out birds that came in. Now they are super loud, and having a blast in the new enclosure that we built for them...well actually we built it for Jou-Jou the Kinkajou, but we had a design problem with the roof, for the Kinkajou it was dangerous, so we did a switch and put the Amazon parrots here and they are loving it. Our porch is almost clear of cages!! Lorita, the two new Amazons (we need names!) and Bella are here, as well as handicapped Charly, Scarlet macaw. Charly is still inside her smaller cage, as we are building a handicapped jungle gym for her. Once that is complete, she will be able to be in the larger area. They are all getting along well...whew! It's just very loud!</span></div>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#000099;">So, now we have started Jou Jou the Kinkajou's enclosure and it's actually almost finished! We love the design and style of these cages, they are elegant, simple and very spacious. Cement floors with drains make it easy to just hose down. Each one of these cages cost $900.00, so please keep that in mind if you are able to do any fund raising projects for us!!</span>
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<br /><div><span style="color:#330033;">We had our first guest request to help with taking a little stray kitten back to the States! Carol Beck and her lovely family found this little kitten on the side of the road one night in Guanacaste. They were staying their last two nights in Costa Rica with us and asked if we could help with the paperwork and vet care to be able to take little Corazon back to the states. He was absolutely adorable and loving his new pampered life! They call him the black panther from Costa Rica. I loved the name so much, we named the Black and White owl in his honor. Janet the vet spent two days running around getting all the papers, shots, carriers etc. and now little Corazon is in San Diego, with his loving new family.</span>
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<br />For the rainy season we have actually had very sunny mornings, so the sloth's have been outside on their perch getting some much needed exercise.
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<br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;">And for all of you that have met Ralph the whistling duck on our tours, he says hi!</span></div>
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<br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">Next up is Issy, Isadora Spider Monkey's enclosure/palace and then finally Prince the hawk!!! We need to do some major fund raising for the hawk, as it needs to be a tall flight cage with plenty of room for his huge wingspan!....and then eventually our sleepy sloths!</span>
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<br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;">Hope you all had a wonderful summer, we are bracing for our heavy rains this time of year :) Thanks to everyone who has toured or stayed with us, and who have sent in donations...as you can see, these do go directly to our rescued animals and are put to very good use. </span>
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<br />Toucan Rescue Ranchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02998020364575013713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3775807424016432089.post-52469000439338681982011-08-10T16:29:00.000-07:002011-08-10T19:04:09.789-07:00Toucan Mom, Sloth Mom and now Owl Mom<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NRUWIgqSR4E/TkMWkaQN4BI/AAAAAAAABxE/Ve__cJQAKiw/s1600/DSC08906.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 318px; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639375973176434706" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NRUWIgqSR4E/TkMWkaQN4BI/AAAAAAAABxE/Ve__cJQAKiw/s320/DSC08906.JPG" /></a>
<br /><span style="color:#660000;">We have been super busy with Raptors lately, this young Spectacled owl came in two weeks ago, from the Caribbean side of the country. Some folks found her on the ground and took her in. The problem is that they also clipped all her wings. Unfortunately when this happens it can take a year to grow out...so she is stuck here with us. We have a large adult Spectacled owl that I have always wanted company for, and indeed he has accepted her well and they are together in a huge enclosure, but for now I have her in a large cage within the cage while we make sure that she is adjusting and eating well. This is the type of situation, that if they had left the baby alone, in the trees, the parents would come and feed it. Education is very important and we will be talking about her to our visitors. She is very large, like 15 inches, and looks like cotton candy with claws.</span>
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<br /><span style="color:#003300;">This Black and White owl also came from the Caribbean with horrible injuries in the wing...all the tendons and blood vessels were gone, so the vet decided the only way of fighting infection and problems would be to amputate the wing, so he survived the surgery and is actually doing very well. He is the third owl that we have with an amputated wing. It's a long recovery process, which we are just beginning. Once he heals from surgery we will be doing extensive therapy with him to re-gain his balance. This marks owl number 14 in our program! Amazing creatures that I never imagined I would be working with :)
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<br /><span style="color:#000066;">Our Barred Hawk is getting along really well, eating tons, and adjusting to life at the ranch. I was able to speak with the veterinarian who initially treated him and we spent a long time on the phone discussing his situation. He has actually been in captivity for 6 months now. He was found on a farm with his "elbow" shattered. The vet in Turrialba had the bird with him for a few months, then they sent it to a macaw rescue where they had him in a huge flight and there they realized that he really cannot fly. Apparently that is why they asked me to take him. I was under the impression that he might be able to fly when I accepted him, for possible release. I did a flight test in our large flights and he flutters down to the ground. He is able to move and use the wing, but not sustain flight, or hunt. Very sad. I had my biologist friend come check him, as well as my vet, and another friend, everyone has the same conclusion....he can probably fly a bit, but not well enough to hunt...one friend even suggested that his wound looked like a small pistol shot from a 22. I asked the vet about this and he said very likely. His scientific name is Leucopternis princeps, so we named him Prince.
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<br />The Toucan babies are now juveniles and full of energy, they spent a few weeks in a smaller cage outside, getting used to the elements and now are in one of the small flights. They cried all day every time they saw me, begging for me to feed them, but they can feed themselves now, so I just went in to visit with them :)
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<br /><span style="color:#006600;">Also new to the Ranch are these two Emaciated Red-Lored Amazons. They were taken out of a very bad situation and came in literally starved to almost death. They have not stopped eating in 7 days and barely bring their heads out of the food bowls. Soon they will figure out that there is more food coming each day and settle down. When this happens they usually start to shed the feathers and grow beautiful new ones...good thing, because once again...you guessed it, horrible wing clips.
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<br /><span style="color:#330000;">Remember Charley the Scarlet macaw? Well look closely, she is finally using her foot to hold herself up and perch!! Only one foot works, but as you can see she is getting along nicely. She now climbs up and down her cage and gets plenty of exercise like this. (scroll thru previous blogs to read her story)
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<br />We are working on constuction of Enclosures!!! Tomorrow morning we have ground breaking for Jou- Jou the Kinkajou's palace, and then we finally got the permits back from the Municipality to make a huge enclosure for Isadora Issy the spider monkey...hopefully she will be as thrilled as we are. Thanks to many many donations from our visitors and followers we are making wonderful habitats for these two lucky ones!!
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<br />I will send photos of these habitats when finished, and now we have a new challenge, funding for Prince and his large flight that we will need to build! It never ends.....but just in case you are wondering if I ever say no to anything, in the middle of all these new arrivals I got an emergency call from Fish and Wildlife here asking if I could take in several small parrots and amazons that were all confiscated out of some trafficers house. We were waiting for the owl to return from surgery, and trying to accomodate all the new arrivals, so I actually said, no I'm sorry...we are full for now! </span>
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