feeding time
amazon animal orphanage
Pedro Bello, the Jaguar, eats 3-4kgs of meat , fish, liver or chicken six, days a week, which costs about $10 each day, One or two times each month, fish gills are donated to the Orphanage from "Explorama Lodges," which have lots of tourists. Unfortunately, they don't have a freezer to be able to accept all the fish that would be given. Also, like all cats, the Jaguar gets, tired of eating the same things.
Monthly cost to feed Pedro: $200-$280
The Pygmy Marmoset family was brought in by a young girl who found them. They are so small when full grown, they will fit into the palm of your hand. Their habitat is restricted to the small corner of South America indicated on the map.
The monkeys find a part of their diet on their own from fruit trees on Orphanage land. Because Chavo is mostly a seed eater, and the the Orphanage does not have all of the trees he would naturally feed from, they purchase raw, peanuts (all three monkeys love the peanuts), Brazil nuts, and others. The monkeys also eat vegetables (carrots, tomatoes) which are expensive in Iquitos because they are flown in from Lima. The little monkey still gets baby food and oats with milk, so that diet costs a little more. Monthly cost: About $20
The parrots eat fruits, nuts, a bit of meat (chicken)., The amount depends on their size. Right now the Orphanage has 2 Macaws, 2 Amazons, and 2, blue-head, parrots.
Monthly Cost: About $50
monthly costs
Lolita, the tapir eats vegetables, fruit, pumpkins, carrots and a flour made of rice shell and corn. She also needs mineral salts. And she eats a lot. She weighs about 150kgs. When fruits are in season, the Orphanage spends less, when not, they have to spend more.
Monthly Cost for Lolita: $70-$100
The turtles are the least expensive animals — they eat fruits, rotten meat, vegetables, and plants which are cut for them everyday.
Cost for caring for the turtles: about $5 each, or $30 for all of them.
The young anteater needs milk, oats and baby food while she's still small. Rosa, the adult one, is almost on her own and doesn't come round often anymore. Anteaters are nomads and go off in search of ants after 8-12 months. Sometimes there are no expenses for them.
The Tamandua (Lesser Anteater) has a shorter snout than those of giant anteaters. They live in the trees and use a long prehensile tail to grasp branches. The Tamandua eats baby food and oat-milk.
Monthly Cost: About $10
The parrots eat fruits, nuts, a bit of meat (chicken); the amount depends on their size. Monthly Cost: About $50
If you can help, please contact Gudrun Sperrer directly at pilpintuwasi@yahoo.com. . We are working to establish a better donor system now.