April the giraffe

[ruby59]

http://myfox8.com/2017/03/24/watch-...-behavior-and-position-could-mean-shes-close/

She is still pregnant.

I have been following the live feed waiting for her to give birth.

 

[kgizo]

I've looked at a few times, too. Has the animal park vet said anything? April is really late according to what I read.

 

[ruby59]

They said she is very healthy, and the calf will be born when it is ready, and not a moment sooner

 

[tyty333]

After a while I began to think it was all just a hoax...I think I'm wrong but it has just been going on
soooooo long! I feel bad for April having to be shut up for so long (and her boyfriend too).

I'll go back and watch once the baby is born or if I catch wind that delivery is imminent!

 

[Dee*Jay]

They say any minute now! I was just watching the live cam and she bolted to a standing position from being totally still and lying down so maybe we almost there!

 

[ruby59]

They say any minute now! I was just watching the live cam and she bolted to a standing position from being totally still and lying down so maybe we almost there!

Just watching her trying to sit down - folding her front legs then the big drop - makes me hold my breath.

The vet is saying she will have the baby on Sunday.

 

[ruby59]

Just watching her trying to sit down - folding her front legs then the big drop - makes me hold my breath.

The vet is saying she will have the baby on Sunday.

Poor thing looks so uncomfortable. Looks like she is in active labor.

When she stands near the partition Ollie puts his head over it and tries to nuzzle and comfort her.

 

[redwood66]

The vid in that link was deleted. Here is a new one. She looks so uncomfortable!

http://fox2now.com/2017/04/01/watch-live-video-april-the-giraffes-live-video-feed-is-back-up/

 

[Dee*Jay]

Aaaaaargh! I was SURE we were going to wake up to a new baby giraffe! When I first logged on and the live feed was DOWN I thought, OH NO, what happened?! But apparently just technical difficulties. (If I were running the most widely watched live birth came on the planet I'd have a BACK UP just in case... but that's me... )

You really don't a sense of scale until you see the vet by her with his head just up to her belly! The CB pointed out that the three pieces of plywood on the side of her enclosure are 4' each, so she's about 12' tall. Her head would go about to the top of my bookcases!

 

[Dee*Jay]

The vid in that link was deleted. Here is a new one. She looks so uncomfortable!

http://fox2now.com/2017/04/01/watch-live-video-april-the-giraffes-live-video-feed-is-back-up/

Red, that one kept cutting out for me. The only link I can get good consistent streaming on is this one: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnQCgFa9lCBL-KXZMOoO9Q/live

(Just posting that in case anyone else has an issue so you've got more than one option.)

 

[redwood66]

Thanks Dee!

 

[ruby59]

Thanks Dee!

It is back up now.

And yes DeeJay, I was going to say the same thing when I saw the female handler standing next to April. And when the baby is born it will already be 50 pounds and 6 feet tall.

 

[Dee*Jay]

Ollie is pacing back and forth like a nervous father to be. I hope somebody ordered him some cigars to pass out to the lions and tigers and bears -- oh my!

 

[Dee*Jay]

STILL pregnant? REALLY, April, REALLY?! C'mon girl!!! I got stuff to DO today!

 

[ruby59]

Since the weather has warmed up here on the East Coast, and I assume upstate New York, according to the site April and Ollie will be given some yard time. They are hoping that will speed things along.

 

[redwood66]

I hope so!

 

[ruby59]

I hope so!

Can you imagine being pregnant from 13 to 15 months?

 

[cmd2014]

She doesn't even look like she's in labor yet.

 

[Puppmom]

I saw them open the wall to let April into the yard today. I watched for a few minutes and she didn't walk through it.

I can't resist checking in a couple of times a day even though the offs of catching the labor/delivery is so slim!

 

[Dee*Jay]

I have this stupid live cam thing up and streaming with a split screen on whatever computer I'm using at the time! I'd be so mad to watch and watch and watch and then miss it, LOL. Even the CB is in on it! He came to kiss me goobye this morning when he was leaving for work at 5:30 and whispered in my ear... "No Baby G yet."

 

[Dee*Jay]

When I got out of the shower yesterday morning I found the CB here at the breakfast bar. He was doing whatever he was doing on half the screen and watching April on the other half. He loves it when she comes up really close to the camera and sticks her tongue out for treats!

 

[redwood66]

LOL at the CB.

 

[ruby59]

The did an interview with the vet and I found the below interesting as to the subject of inducing labor.



"Several people who have been following the live-stream of the giraffe since it started Feb. 23 have asked if the can be induced.

“No, I cannot induce her, nor should we want to (those are human constructs which don’t apply to large wild animals and only endanger the life of April and her calf),” officials wrote."

 

[Dee*Jay]

It looks like the door of her enclosure is open but she's not going outside. That surprises me -- after being cooped up for so long I would think she'd be happy to get outside a little!

 

[ruby59]

They have been opening up her door for the last 3 days and the farthest she will go is the doorway.

 

[Dee*Jay]

They have been opening up her door for the last 3 days and the farthest she will go is the doorway.

It that were me I'd be out of that enclosure so far there would be sparks flying off my tail!

BTW, there's a baby rhino expected at the Cleveland zoo. Not until September though, but at the rate April is going along that's about when Baby G is going to be born so we can just switch our live stream screens from one to another, LOL.

 

[ruby59]

It that were me I'd be out of that enclosure so far there would be sparks flying off my tail!

BTW, there's a baby rhino expected at the Cleveland zoo. Not until September though, but at the rate April is going along that's about when Baby G is going to be born so we can just switch our live stream screens from one to another, LOL.

If you enjoy the animal cams, check out the eagle ones. There are a few.

You can watch from when the mated pair make their nest, lay their eggs, the baby eaglets breaking out of their eggs and the feeding and care of the parents. Mom and dad are equal partners in all of this and trade off.

 

[Dee*Jay]

This is all your fault Ruby! I never watched an animal cam in my life until you introduced me to April, and and now baby eagles -- I'll NEVER get anything done!

 

[ruby59]

This is all your fault Ruby! I never watched an animal cam in my life until you introduced me to April, and and now baby eagles -- I'll NEVER get anything done!

If you ever want to take a break from this sometimes crazy world and just watch the beauty of animals in all they do, I know nothing relaxes me more.

 

[ruby59]

In the last 24 to 36 hours, I swear April has not stopped eating.