Kilaguni
Daily updates
November 1st
On a day when the sky was sullen, the orphans headed out to browse in a joyful mood. It was an uneventful day, but for Kilaguni kneeling down on his forelegs and piercing the ground with his small tusks, watched curiously by Sabachi and Kandecha!
Because of the weather, none of the orphans wallowed today, but on the way back in the evening Ithumbah and Chaimu enjoyed a dustbath in an aardvark burrow.
Sabachi
November 2nd
The sky promised rain as the orphans headed out to browse in the morning, Sabachi and Kilaguni enjoying a Pushing Contest, which Sabachi won. At 8 a.m. Suguta’s group got a scare, the cause of which remained a mystery to the Keepers, who had to calm the herd down. The day turned hot, so all the orphans enjoyed the mudbath today. Despite promising rain, the clouds dispersed in the evening.
Kilaguni and Sabachi strength testing
Suguta browsing
November 11th
It was a chilly morning, rain having pounded down all night, so there was no need for the orphans to drink from the Stockade trough before heading out to browse. There Ololoo, Chaimu, |Ithumbah, Melia, Kandecha and Kilaguni enjoyed an early mudbath in a field wallow. It began raining again at 9 a.m., so the Juniors had another joyous mudbath in the rain which went on all afternoon.
Chaimu
Ithumbah browsing
November 12th
Kalama led the Juniors out to browse on a day when there was water everywhere. Kilaguni, Sabachi and Kandecha enjoyed wallowing as they waded through a muddy patch. None of the orphans were interested in their usual wallow, having enjoyed plenty of natural ones as they browsed. In the evening Sabachi and Kilaguni challenged one another to a test of strength, which Sabachi won.
Kalama in the fields
Sabachi and Kilaguni strength testing
November 14th
Kalama and Kitirua led the Juniors out in the morning, with Kilaguni and Suguta guarding the rear of the column. The Ex Orphans have been absent for a few days, since food and water is plentiful everywhere and the countryside resembles paradise.
Kalama
Kitirua
November 15th
Wendi and her group joined the Juniors early in the morning at the Stockade compound. After interacting happily for some time, Wendi and her group headed to the Kalovoto area while the Juniors headed towards Kone, where Kilaguni and Sabachi enjoyed their usual strength test. At mudbath time the Juniors opted for a soil dusting instead of a mudbath.
Orphans in a soil bath
November 17th
It was a chilly morning following another heavy downpour during the night, which left running water out in the browsing area. Chemi Chemi, Kitirua, Ololoo and Ithumbah enjoyed playing in it. Sabachi and Kilaguni had their usual contest, and although Kilaguni did his best, he could not overcome Sabachi. At the mudbath site the orphans found not their usual mudbath, but a lake, in which they thoroughly enjoyed submerging themselves.
Orphans having fun with rain water
Chemi Chemi browsing
November 22nd
It was another rainy day during which Chemi Chemi, Kitirua, Kilaguni and Chaimu had a particularly fun time playing in the rain which did not let up throughout the day. Just after 4 p.m. the orphans took to charging and trumpeting their joy as they knocked down small bushes, settling down when the Keepers called them to order.
Chaimu near a mudbath
Kitirua scratching
November 25th
The Juniors woke up to another wet morning. Kalama instigated a rolling game which all enjoyed before being led out to browse by Naisula. With food plentiful, all soon had filled their bellies, Kilaguni, Sabachi and Kandecha splitting from the rest of the group to feed separately. Ololoo and Chemi Chemi enjoyed a rolling game which left them covered in red soil. The orphans then went to the Kalovoto watercourse where they enjoyed tucking into the long grass along the river edge.
Chemi Chemi coming down an embankment
Sabachi enjoying green browse
November 30th
Having emerged in the morning Ithumbah, Chaimu, Kitirua and Naisula scratched against the Unloading Bay while Olare, Tumaren, Kalama and Ololoo took a drink from the stockade trough. Kilaguni chased Kandecha to punish him for pushing Chemi Chemi. Later the Orphans headed to the Kone area to browse until it was time for their milk and a mudbath, where they took only their milk, before heading back to browse, having enjoyed mudbathing throughout the morning in the natural wallows.
Chaimu on the way to the mudbath
Ololoo and Lualeni