There’s been a great response so far to the washer/dryer fundraising drive initiated by our blog community. At this point we’ve received over $1,300 towards a heavy duty washer and dryer to help us keep up with all of our chimp laundry. We’re still doing research to find the best equipment, but we’ll let you know as soon as we settle on something. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Thank You
Here are a few more photos from yesterday. I think Missy’s expression in the last photo says it all. Thank you all for helping to put a smile on her face.
Burrito walking along the deck:
Annie resting in a bed of straw:
Missy sleeping in the most elaborate nest:
And one very happy chimpanzee:
Grooming
Foxie and Jody had a great grooming session today. Foxie was particularly interested in a scratch on Jody’s back that she got during a fight with Jamie. One of the trolls got in on the action too.
Jamie’s Paintings
There was a comment on an earlier post about chimpanzees painting, so I thought I’d post a couple of Jamie’s latest. I guess you would call these “mixed media”, since she used paint and crayon.
Jamie
Drinks from the hose
The Troll Soap Opera
We recently sent out a request for more troll dolls, and we were fortunate to receive quite a few from our volunteers and regular blog readers. Last night, we decided to offer a couple of them to Foxie to see if she’d be interested. Interested would be an understatement – she was thrilled! Here are some photos of Foxie with one of her new dolls, which we have dubbed “Princess” (don’t tell anyone that I have been naming dolls, please). Thanks, Cindy, for sending them. These are both “action” shots because Foxie likes to stare at her trolls and shake them…
And for those of you who are willing to admit that you suddenly feel sympathy for the inanimate doll known as “Trixie” (Foxie’s first adopted troll), I am happy to provide an update. Ever since Foxie took an interest in Trixie, Jamie has been threatening to take Trixie away. Now, I don’t want to sound judgemental, but Jamie can be a bit manipulative and she enjoys getting a rise out of her chimp friends sometimes. So we figured that she was just having fun at Foxie’s expense. But as soon as Foxie put Trixie down, Trixie was adopted once again… perhaps I was wrong about Jamie?
