Monti is one of forest school’s high achievers. She is doing very well, spending lots of time climbing high in the trees. She will often build and use her own nests to rest in. Monti is growing steadily and weighs over 17kg.
She can be quite independent and will disappear from the group to spend time on her own doing what an orangutan should do including foraging for her own food and building nests. She also mixes well with all the other orangutans in the group, especially Bandut who she loves to wrestle with.
Monti can often be seen hanging upside down from a branch, bouncing up and down. Her favourite enrichment is a burlap sack, filled with sawdust, fruit, seeds and nuts. She will keep a sack to herself and slowly forage through it to get all of the treats out. Once it’s empty she will have fun climbing in the sack and rolling around, or covering herself in it and sneaking up on the keepers to give them a bite.
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