A journal of his first days of feeding and development shows that the routine suited the tiny animal well and includes the dates that he first sprouted hairs on his front legs and both his eyes opened.ĭave Crumpton, the Centre’s Head Curator of Life Sciences said: The mother of two young children has, once again had to endure sleepless nights, this time to administer care and bottle feed the armadillo, who fitted into the palm of her hand. Zoo curator, Samantha Pardoe is one of the team who has fought to save the baby armadillo. Veterinary advice resulted in a planned programme of hand rearing the baby armadillo with bottle feeds of milk at two hourly intervals throughout day and night. The zoo team decided on life-saving intervention when hours of encouragement to get the mother to care for her baby ended in failure. An urgent search through the deep straw bedding of their residence, after a volunteer helper reported that one of the armadillos showed signs of carrying milk, found the single newly born baby who was cold and in danger of rejection by his mother. The dramatic discovery of the tiny male was made after a couple of new resident Armadillos, whose owner was no longer able to look after them, settled into their purpose built enclosure at the Centre. The surprise birth of a rare baby Armadillo at All Things Wild Nature Centre, Honeybourne is causing a round the clock vigil for Zoo curators who have succeeded in saving its life through hand rearing the infant three-banded armadillo, an endangered species from South America.
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