Mumbai: There are two new additions for Humboldt Penguins colonies at Veermata Mumbai Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and zoos in byculla.
The facility currently has seven adult penguins (3 men and 4 women) where two breeding couples managed to grew up this year.
Couples-Donald (male) and Daisy (female) put one egg and a male girl named ‘Oreo’ hatched on 1.
May too, another breeding couple -Molt (male) and fins (women) put one egg and A girl hatched on August 19 last month, a zoo official said.
Director of the Zoo, Dr.
Sanjay Tripathi, said, “We do not know the sex of Molt and Flipper girls because they are still in the area of ​​nesting with parents themselves.
For now, we let the old man raise it and us.
The VETS team only helps parents By giving them eating (parents) every 2-3 hours.
“Oreo, meanwhile who is now four months old, has intervened with a colony, especially because he is with parents and they slowly introduce it in the colony and protect him when birds Other penguins attack him.
Parents also taught him to defend themselves and attack others if necessary, said zoo officials.
“At present, Oreo does not enter the nest and mostly associate with a penguin of an adult woman named Bubble and Rooms around the exhibition,” said an official zoo.
The age of 3 months, officials said that young people were very vulnerable to disease because they had weak immunity.
“Therefore we are careful and take the best treatment.
Veterinarians do physical examinations every morning, auscultation of girls and give one formula milk,” the zoo said.
Keep in mind that Penguins Flipper and Molt previously previously in August 2018 who died in a few days.
Initial checks during post mortem at that time had revealed that there were anomalies born in girls such as the yellow bag retention and liver dysfunction.