First Prosimian Husbandry Workshop 2009 - Cleveland Metroparks ...

Question: Have you had a problem with inbreeding potential?
Comment (Julie Taylor): When should kids be separated from relatives?
Moderator (Helena Fitch Snyder): 1.5 years.
Response (Julie Taylor): Slow loris female that conceived at 7 months of age.
Response (Karen Weisenseel): That’s the youngest I’ve ever had.
Moderator (Helena Fitch Snyder): 14 or 15 years old for the slow loris is the oldest age at
reproduction. Oldest potto is 28 years old.
Question (Kris Arnold): Do nocturnal prosimians produce more males?
Moderator (Helena Fitch Snyder):: There is variation.
Question (Adrienne Saunders): Will pygmy loris captive population increase?
Moderator (Helena Fitch Snyder):: We now know that they are CITES 1, more zoos are interested
in bringing in slow lorises. If we do good with what we have with pygmy lorises, we won’t need to
import for awhile.
Comment (Kris Becker): There is a huge male bias in Eulemurs.
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