Got my blog back after months of absence.

Liefie had more babies 30th jan but only 1 survived. The baby sitter just started whining one morning about two and a half weeks after they were born, the whole famelie came running back down the burrows and after a big commotion Liefie came out with only one baby in her mouth and ran of into the Karoo veld with the whole familie in tow.

Had 2 serious meerkat fanatics (2 bottom pic's) this week, eat sleep and breath meerkats.

Then also have a nature conservation student (top pic) coming to learn the tough and boring side of conservation work, she have to do 50 hours of meerkat observation. just following meerkats the whole day.

Christ festiville

Hi, i hope you all had a wonderful Christian festival all over the world.

All three the baby's are doing great. You remember i told you that the meerkat's share their burrows with all kind of creatures like bug's, ruts, mongoose and snakes, and that i have recently found a 1,8m cobra skin at the entrance to the burrow that the meerkats were using. well it seem's like Moner ( the dominant male) had a run in with this snake. I don't know what happened to the snake, but Moner had a bite on one of his back leg's and is still recovering.

3 Survivors

3 Baby's have survived. Very shortly after their birth i found a very fresh s 1.8m cobra skin in one of the entrances to their burrows. but that's the way nature roles, you win some you lose some. The baby's are out foraging with the grownups already. 14 members and Liefie is already pregnant again.

2 baby's

well it look like the family has grown to 13. Very odd, for a meerkats can have up to 5 baby's. but then i must say there was a cobra in the burrow last week. I found a 1.8 m skin coming out of one of the burrows. We will watch closely maby they are hiding 1 or 2 baby's.

So the new baby's are not out yet. Liefie looks very pregnant 'again'! Had a little rain yesterday.

I'm sure computers were designed by woman they are so full of S... , I lost a lot of files the other day, they apparently went corrupt. So if you did a meerkat tour around the 17th , 18th of november, i am very sorry your photo's have been lost, or they work for the government because they are corrupt.

Will keep you posted on the baby's cause they should be out any day now.

Lactation, ovulation build a nation

A meerkat can conceive while she is lactating, she can fall pregnant within 24 hours after giving birth. Gestation period of a meerkat is +- 75 days and Liefie had baby's precisely 76 days after the last baby's were born. The previous baby's were born on the 25th of August and the newest batch on the ninth of November, so do the math.

Every thing else is fine, all the meerkats are healthy.

Fantastic news

Nothing to exiting happening around Meerkatville. Liefie's pregnancy is progressing very well. All twelve members is still fat and healthy.

We had one run in with a aprox 1,5m cobra but it was resolved very soon.

The fantastic news is that i have been given go ahead on The meerkat and wildlife sanctuary on De Zeekoe property. Now it is the red tape and miles and miles of Nature conservation paperwork that we have to go thru. Then only can i start with all the fundraising. So if you know of any potential sponsors, that can sponsor a enclosure at +- R80000 per enclosure and i'm planing about 12 enclosures, Any info or help of any kind will be appreciated. But all fundraising will only happen once i have a red light from nature conservation.