Amur Leopard

Hi Prin*

Oh my goodness, how awful that the maintanence guy lied about being there it's one thing to lie about being there and painting (even though thats not right) but to lie about saying Tiik was ok is just awful and poor Tiik, thank heavens he was ok and no wonder he didn't want to sleep when you got home, he must have wondered what had happened to everyone. I am so pleased he is ok but I would not trust the guy again Why on earth did he say he would do the painting and check on Tiik if he had no intention of doing so and as you say, to then have to face you every day, did he think you would be daft enough to believe he had been there!!!! I suppose the good thing is Tiik is alright and you have learned a lesson about not trusting the guy......give Tiik a from all of us here.

Loved his new photo's especially the ones in the bag, his eyes are gorgeous peeking out at you and I love how you have secured your balcony so that Tiik can get some fresh air and the photo of him asleep on the sofa is beautiful, he really is so adorable Prin*, I actually played the slide show twice

Tiga is all better now thanks and back to his normal self, all cuddles and purrs and much happier
Hopefully you will get to see the film Homeward Bound, you wil have to let me know what you think of it if you do.

Look forward to the videos your husband managed to get of our Leopard family, you wil have to thank him for taking them, I laways look forward to your clips of the girls.

Have a good rest of the week Prin* and big to that boy of yours.

littlewid-x-

A big to Tiik, it sounds like he had a bad time and I hope he is okay now. The maintenance man needs a good talking to for not bothering and for lying.

Lai

Hello littlewid!
Hello Lai!
How wonderful to know that Tiga was already recovering! I hope he's totally fine now!
I am glad Tiik seems to have forgotten all about last weekend now, and as to the maintenance man... Well, he isn't the most intelligent person in the world, so my husband and I chose not to make too much of a fuss about it.
Yesterday was a holiday here, so I managed to record some videos of the cubs!

Hi Prin*

Great news that Tiik is okay and has forgotten about the horrible experience.

Thanks for all the clips, I will catch up with these later today.

Lai

Hi Prin*
Thanks for all the clips. I have managed to watch a few but not all of them yet. MY PC has been having a dead slow Broadband and has also been freezing up most of the time, so it's been a nightmare with the cams and clips and posting in general. I am hoping to catch up with the rest of the clips this week.

I hope you and Tiik are ok and that you have had a good week. All the Furries are fine here nd Tiga has stayed well too which is good.

Have a good weekend Prin* and hugs to Tiik
littlewid-x-

Hello everyone!
I hope you are all fine!

Hi littlewid!
I am very glad to know Tiga is ok , thanks for letting me know!
No videos of the girls yet, but take a look at this deep-felt tribute to Baruto , who went to La Torbiera Zoo on Wednesday!




The zoo:
http://www.latorbiera.it/

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hi Again Prin*

Thankfully I got to play tht clip which surprised me as my pc is awful today.

What a stunning video that was, Baruto is just so very gorgeous it was wonderful to see his grow up in that clip, he really is the most handsome male and the Zoo that has him now is just so lucky, has he gone off to meet his girlfriend?

I am so pleased that clip was not in English because the music was very moving and I bet the tribute to him was as well. I loved the cip of him resting and playing in his hammock, so adorable, I bet he is going to be really missed.
I had a look at the zoo he is now at and from the map, the plan of the zoo it looks a fairly big zoo, I couldn't understand the writing but it does look a nice place.

Thank you so much for the clip and is there anyway you can keep us updated on him or does the zoo he is now at not have anyway of doing that?

Thanks Prin*

littlewid-x-

Thanks Prin* - sadly I can't watch any clips at the moment due to slow speed with Broadband but thanks for the update.

I hope Baruto is happy in his new home.

Lai

I will catch up on Baruto's vid later Prinz*, just got in from work. It's good that the gene pool of Amur Leopards is being expanded, and hopefully he's happy in his new home. Hows Tiik going on
WS

Hi, WS, Lai, littlewid!
Tiik is doing fine, thank you very much!
My husband and I will be away for two weeks in December, so I was very worried about leaving him, but then his previous owner told me about this wonderful cat hotel! Unlike many places that house pets, in this place the furry ones don't get thrown in some cage but have individual little rooms with suspended shelves and bed, besides, of course, the litter boxes. They are also allowed out to a garden, which is protected against dogs and is totally sealed with nets so that the little ones do not run away either.
I obviously know that Tiik would rather be home, but this is a place where he has already stayed - three or four times - so I am not that worried anymore.
Look! I just found him on the hotel website! With his previous name...



Littlewid, I was a bit busy this week, so I haven't even entered the Estonian forum, but I am sure there will be news on Baruto, because otherwise there would be an uprising there! Yes, La Torbiera Zoo is where Birba, Baruto's bride, lives, and people are keeping their fingers crossed for them to fall in love with each other at first sight and have a lot of little Amurs in the near future!

What about the cold up there, my friends?
Our Amur girls just loved the snow, they were playing all around the enclosure today!

Hi Prin*

I have just thoroughly enjoyed watching all those clips, a fantastic way to spend some of the afternoon. How those girls enjoyed the snow, they were leaping, digging, chasing and just having such fun, it was great to see the play at the beginning to the end in the den having cuddles and a wash from mum

I didn't relise it had snowed there and it was fairly deep wasn't it, luckily we haven't had any snow here except Doogs has in Scotland, it is just very cold here and has rained a fair bit this afternoon.

As you say, hopefully there will be updates on Baruto and Birba, I do hope they do fall in love and produce little ones

Tiik looks really happy in those pictures so I am sure he will be fine when you go away in December. It sounds a lovely place and as you have had it recommended and he does look happy, it doesn't sound as though you will have anything to worry about. Are you going to anywhere nice?

Everyone is fine here, which is always good. Have a good week Pprin* and thanks again for those lovely clips, they have given me a smile this afternoon

littlewid-x-

Hi Prinz*
great that you have found such a good place for Tiik to stay while your away, and at least your mind will be at rest that he's Ok and being looked after so well. Have'nt had time to watch the vids yet, just finished work, but murs are made for snow, they love it. How brilliant you found Tiik in his previous life on the web.
I hope Birba, and Baruto hit it off, and as you say we get lots of little Amurs. Loved the last video of him thanks. You have a good week to
WS

Hi Prin*

I love the idea of the cat hotel, it sounds perfect and at least you know Tiik will be loved and well cared for.

He is such a handsome cat.

Lai

Hello everyone!
I hope you are all fine!
I'm ok now, but I had a very bad case of sore throat - I even missed work two days - so I didn't have much time to see our Amurs, sorry .
Furthermore, Darla and the girls exchanged places with Freddi for a few days, to make it easier for the zoo people to switch the old stump for a new one. I believe it's much easier to handle dear old Freddi than those three wild little creatures!
I did find two cute videos of some other Amur cubs, take a look!





By the way, I am going to a very nice place, littlewid! :)
We are going to Reno and San Diego, which I am especially happy about because there are Amurs in the zoo there!
And guess what! They are Freddi's great-grandchildren!
Very nice pix here!

http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/SDZoo-WAP/San-Diego-Zoo-April-29-2012/22709756_9CBWvq#!i=1820247033&k=T8SfPpZ



Tiik thanks you all for your kind words and sends his love!



Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi Prin*

Sorry to hear you have not been feeling well but pleased to hear you are now feeling better

How lucky are you to be going to San Diego and to the zoo and getting to see Freddi's Great Grandchildren that is going to be so exciting. I have just checked out the link you gave and the photo's are truely stunning, hopefully when you have been you will be able to share some of your photo's with us I am sure you will have a brilliant time, one of the guys I work with hs just been to San Diego Zoo and he loved it.

Two great videos there Prin*, in te first one they were dashing about ll over the place but the second one was a bit calmer and they are just so adorable and it looks as though they have a really nice enclosure.

I imagine one Freddi compared to Darla and her three girls is much easier to handle, so I don't blame the zoo for moving them for a bit

Just love that picture of Tiik, his eyes are beautiful, thank him the picture and give him a hug from all of us I am on holiday this week so I need to get my camera out and take a few more photo's of mine.

Have a great week Prin*

littlewid-x-

Hope your feeling better Prinz*. Have a great time at San Deago and seeing Freddi's great grand children, I bet you'll really love that. Two lovely videos thanks, and thats a really great pic of Tiik, he looks really well. Looking forward to seeing any photos you manage to get
WS

Darla and the girls are now back in their enclosure so Freddi must have been moved as well. The Den cam is not up but the Lair and Creek cams are. The girls are dashing all over the place and moving so fast they are just a blur, plus it is quite dark there.
One blurry leopard but a nice new log to play on which they have been darting through

There must also be lights in the enclosure as all of a sudden these loely lights shone through and I don't think its the sunset.Ine of our Lepoard girls is sitting in the picture

littlewid-x-

Thanks for the update LW. Nice to see the Girls back, and they are really moving in those pics you were lucky to get anything. It would be nice if they have lights set up as well
WS

Hello, littlewid!
Hello, WS!
Huge thanks both from Tiik and from me!
I am looking forward to seeing Tiga's pictures, littlewid! And I hope you have a wonderful week with the furry ones!
By the way, the girls move so fast that WS is totally right: you were really lucky to get that shot! Thanks!
According to the Estonian forum, they were moved back on Sunday, and Freddi is in the small garden again, but he doesn't seem to mind.
These shots of him were taken by a very dear lady called Kaia. She always gets the most amazing ones!





The zoo also posted those clips, as well as the pictures:









I hope you all have a very nice week!

Hello Prin*

I have just had the most massive giggle at that second video of Darla and the girls :Ha: it was spectacular, they were really going for it, I have never seen them have so much fun as they were having in that clip, it was brilliant and Darla was really joining in wasn't she, in fact I think she instigated a lot of that play.

Loved the first video shot in the evening, some real stalking going on there, it was lovely to see them at night.
I have really enjoyed both of those clips so thank a lot

Those pictures of Freddi really are stunning, he is so handsome isn't he and I love the snow pictures as well. This Leopard family are something special aren't they

I haven't taken any pictures as yet but I will sometme this week, been a little busy trying to get most of my Christmas shopping done before I go back to work on Monday as then I will only have weekends and the time flies by but I will post some as soon as I get them.

Thanks again for those clips and pictures Prin*, they were much better than my efforts yesterday

Have a good rest of the week
littlewid-x-

Hello littlewid!
Hello everyone!
Littlewid, I hope you managed to have your Xmas shopping done but still had some time to take some pictures of sweet little Tiga and co.
I'm looking forward to seeing the furry ones!
I am sorry I haven't posted for a while, but I haven't had much time for the Girls or luck whenever I happened to have some time...
I have no videos of my own, but I just found some very nice ones at YT robin2012ism's channel:























Thanks, robin2012ism!

Have a wonderful weekend, my friends!

Hello again!
I forgot to tell you about this amazing gallery!
Besides Amur leopards, beautiful snow leopards, Sri Lankan leopards, Amur tigers, and lions!

http://www.simons-photography.co.uk/Wildlife-and-other-animals/Big-Cats/12481670_j8xzZk#!i=2057052165&k=z4zJPVP

Thanks for Gallery link Prinz* those pics really have the factor, and the Videos of the Girls. I'm a bit buy myself at the moment running a Pub while the owners are on holiday so no Xmas shopping done yet. Hows Tiiki going on hope he's Ok
WS

I am enjoying sifting through this thread, even if I am a little behind time!

I have tried to watch some videos, but the pictures don't show. I am not sure if it is my computer or if videos no longer available. It does play and has sound

It is a little sad that Freddi has to be separated, but we can't change who we are I guess. Leopards = solitude

Thanks for all of your contributions on this thread Prin*

And also to Caats, our chief leopard reporter.

Sorry, I meant Doogs

Strange you cant play the Videos GR. Can you play any Videos from You Tube, and what browser are you using on your PC ?. Just checked the last ones that were posted, and they play OK.

WS