Monthly Archives: October 2012

Introducing the Common Palm Civet Facebook Page!

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It started with a civet blog to raise awareness of our last wild urban carnivore and for a long time, we talked about the possibility of having another platform to share news and photos of civets in Singapore and sometimes from our neighbouring countries.

At the start of October 2012, we are proud to announce the Common Palm Civets of Singapore Facebook page! This is courtesy of Genevieve Yeo, who is currently studying the civet population at Portsdown. With this Facebook page, we hope to encourage the public who have seen civets in their backyards or around their neighbourhood to share their photos and sighting records.

Civet FB page

If you wish to follow up on civet news and research findings, just LIKE the page and you will receive the latest news and blog updates on your Facebook wall. Please feel free to share this news with your friends!

Lastly, we want to share with you a beautiful photo of a Portsdown civet taken by David Wells at 8am in the morning. Even though civets are mainly nocturnal, they have been known to be active at dusk and dawn. Just like this sighting, every new sighting or photo could reveal new information, as we have yet to learn all the secrets of this masked bandit!

Civet at 8am David Wells

Successful civet rescue case in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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In the first week of October, we received an email from Ms Doff asking for advice on how to help an injured young civet that was found in her backyard in Kuala Lumpur. This was a rare case as most of the time we only received emails regarding rescue cases from Singapore and to date, we only had one other case from KL back in February 2012.

Ms Doff quickly updated us on the injuries on the civet and how it was found. She said that the baby civet had been lying in the bushes for two days. On the first day, the mother appeared and kept peering into the bushes, but she disappeared on the second day. Ms Doff only discovered it when her cat was looking inquisitively at the bushes. When it was found, it was motionless and looked to be in a bad shape.

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For it to recuperate, it was given apple slices, water and housed in a pet carrier which was dark and quiet. Fortunately, its injuries gradually improved and it slowly regained movement in its limbs, but has yet to regain full body movement. Luckily for the civet, Ms Doff was persistent in ensuring that the civet received the best care. It is now in good hands, as we eventually found a reliable caretaker who took it to a vet and would keep us updated on its condition.

We are grateful that Ms Doff took time and effort to care for this civet, she even found us on the website to ask for advice. Thank you very much for making a difference to this civet and for sharing the photos!