Monday, August 25, 2008


Hi Yani, Meet "Patas" our only baby Flamingo this year. He has had a very rough start. We had two adult Flamingos killed this year by preditors (raccoons, we think) so when he was just an egg we put him into an incubator because we had to bring in the birds at night. . When he hatched, he had an air sac problem and kept blowing up like a balloon. We had to deflate him daily, pulling out air from under his skin with a needle and syringe. But he made it and seems to be doing okay. We can't put him back with the flock because all of the pairs will want him to be their baby and fight over him, leaving him in harm's way. Isn't he the ugliest but cutest?

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