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Here is an update from the team about Suzie, our recent rescue as promised. Suzie has been introduced to all the members of the Bilinga group. She especially enjoys spending time with Tom and being groomed by him. Suzie doesn't know how to groom because of her lack of socialization. As you can imagine, this is a major issue, since may be difficult for her to bond with the others. We are hoping with time that this will change. She is coping slowly with the presence of the rest of the group. This is not surprising, since she is older and has been living alone for many years. Recent news is that she is now spending time with the other females in the group.

Suzie loves eating lettuce and cucumber and basking in the sun in her favorite corner hammock. Her caregivers are collecting feces samples every day so that they can monitor stress (cortisol) levels due to the associations, which will be analyzed in a study together with the faculty of Veterinary of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. It will be very interesting to see how her stress levels change over time. Suzie is also getting accustomed to being weighed by her caregivers. This provides a further measure of her health and well-being. They are conducting associations every day, so it is only a matter of time before she is accepted into the group.

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