Tons of Fun

It's snack time for Billy, and she insists on having her two bottles of WARM milk every day. (Billy won't drink cold milk.) Sheila Siddle is happy to oblige; after all, she's been taking care of Billy since the baby hippo was just five days old. Hunters shot Billy's mother. Some wildlife rangers found Billy all alone and brought her to Sheila at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Refuge. Sheila bottle fed Billy, and the hippo decided that Sheila would do just fine as her mother. Billy soon became good friends with the dogs on the farm and began following them into the house at night where she liked sleeping on the leather sofa and chewing the cushions if she got hungry. Eventually Billy grew too big to be in the house, and now she lives on her own out in the wild. But she still comes back every day for her two bottles of milk and a big tub of fruits and vegetables. During our visit Billy also jumped in the pool and enjoyed a a long soak.