Cleopatra - R.I.P @ Cheetah Experience

Sadly little Cleopatra has passed away from an infection. The Cheetah Experience team kept her alive, safe and warm for 3 weeks and she fought bravely to get this far....

What an amazing job Cheetah Experience and the volunteers do for these wonderful cats. Cleo wouldn't have had any chance of survival in the wild but she had 3 weeks of love and hope with the team.


There love has no bounds - even to the point of adopting a little domestic cat (now named Kitty) who turned up on the doorstep of the  Cheetah Experience  volunteer house. Read all about it in the Cheetah Diaries by clicking on the following link:  Cheetah Diary - Kitty's arrival  


And just like the 'recessive genes' some of the lions and leopards carry at Cheetah Experience which produce white lions or black leopards - Kitty has had a pure white kitten, along with a pure black kitten and three 'split' kittens....  :-)

Cleopatra - 4 Days Old

Baby Cleopatra is battling to fight the odds and doing fantastic - she's absolutely adorable!!

She is still at risk of a lung infection, but with the necessary care every day, the chances of her survival increase!


Her gorgeous tear drop markings round her little nose as she sleeps after a feed.






She loves her feeds.....

And is so courageous and determined to live.

The medical care required still comes at a cost to Cheetah Experience which is a 'Not for Profit Organisation', so please check out the Cheetah Experience website or their facebook page to get involved with this fantastic group of people:

https://www.facebook.com/cheetahexperience

Pepsi Gives Birth at Cheetah Experience!!

A little blessing is born.... on Sunday 01st September the beautiful Pepsi, who we adopted at Cheetah Experience through fundraising, gave birth to a darling little girl....."Cleopatra ".   A beautiful name for a beautiful Cheetah.

One day old...awhhh

The birth wasn't smooth sailing and little Cleopatra failed to breathe safely on her own. She inhaled amniotic fluid into her lungs during the birth (a potentially fatal condition for any newborn). The necessary emergency care was given to save her life and she is still receiving medical care to prevent lung infections over the early days which can be fatal.















Both Mum and baby are doing well, resting and recovering!!  Sadly Pepsi hasn't produced milk but fortunately Riana and Rene are experts in raising Cheetah's and are taking special care of her.

She now weighs an impressive 390 grams and every day that passes increases her chances of survival!! Amazing work by Cheetah Experience.

Check out the Cheetah Experience website or their facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/cheetahexperience

Cheetah Experience - 'Pepsi'

Back in June 2012, I adopted 'Pepsi' from the money that was fundraised for this amazing Non-Profit Organisation.

Pepsi is pregnant with her first babies and being looked after with considerable care!!






She is doing well during her pregnancy - look at her beautiful belly growing larger.

If anyone would like to donate further to the fantastic work that Cheetah Experience does with breeding the cheetahs, along with breeding and/or raising other endangered big cat species,

please feel free to donate directly at the following link:  http://cheetahexperience.com/donate.php

Moshi Fundraising for Sports Uniforms

It still brings a tear to my eye reminiscing over these photo's and the ecstatic joy the kids from Korongoni Special Needs class had when they received these sports uniforms from my fundraising!!

Ready, set, go.....and we're off running races. Loved it - couldn't even run the race without them wanting to hold hands.

Richard standing at the back, always went off by himself instead of playing football with the other kids. With the uniform on, he totally surprised the teachers and I by playing football with us and racing round - he was good too..... What a huge difference a uniform has in fostering a feeling of being proud for participation.