Last September 14th, Willy B sustained an injury to his face that required medical intervention. During all this time he has been in isolation to allow the site to heal properly but also to prevent over grooming on behalf of his friends. Due to the fact that this group is still considered to be newly integrated, putting him back with the group required planning. We had to make sure he would be accepted in the group after spending time away from them. A week and half or so our reintroduction efforts commenced. We started by arranging one on one play dates with Willy B in his isolation rooms, the front rooms. He had play dates with multiple individuals, and even if they were very eager to groom his face wound, Willy B was very good about setting boundaries to protect it. We were ready to move to the next stage.
With help from Jen Feuerstein, staff decided that the course of action was going to be reuniting Cy, Mave, Honey B, Rayne, and Terry with Willy B and see how that went. We did that yesterday and everyone was very happy to be back together. With no negative moments, we decided to move forward with having all nine individuals together today. That meant adding Gordo, Dora, and Lucky to the mix. The nine are back together and to our delight, it has been an overall mellow day and they have spent most of the day grooming in the sun filled green houses. We really love days like today.
Willy B
Gordo
Honey B – She could not be happier to have the front rooms again!
Lucky
Mave
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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL………..WELCOME BACK TO THE BIG GROUP…..WILLIE B………………………..:laughing:
Yay for Willy B. !
His beautiful face looks SO much better. I’m glad he’s back where he belongs :revolving_hearts:
So glad Willie B is back with his family! Welcome home:sparkling_heart::sparkling_heart:
“Did you miss me?” YES!
so happy that you’re happy to be back Willy.
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Wow, 2 1/2 weeks! That’s a lot of “stories”! (Ice Age).
Thanks for the update, Sofía!
That’s a long time to be on your own. Oh Willy B, I bet there’s not a single enrichment puzzle that you haven’t mastered! Now that you’re back with your family, you can teach them a few tricks!
Looking forward to Giving Day for Apes. Hope you win a golden ticket!
YES!!! You most certainly were missed!! Oh happy day!!! Together again!! Im sure Willy was so happy to have his family back! Such an amazing group!!
Congrats on a successful return to your family group, Willy B! And thanks to Sofia for sharing that gorgeous shot of Gordo with the sun on his face (sitting in a box, I’ll bet!). Truly a beautiful image of him.