Keyta the Meerkat

Our Baby Meerkat, Keyta

We were given the amazing privilege of naming a new male baby Meerkat in Feb 2024 - Keyta.

We became the proud parents of a baby Meerkat at the Gorge Wildlife Park !  

Keyta the baby Meerkat held in a human hand

About Keyta, from Shaz the Meerkat Keeper

Keyta was born on January 20, 2024 to experienced parents Amani and Xola. Meerkats usually have 2-4 pups per litter, but sadly Keyta’s litter-mate brother was stillborn. Keyta was the smaller of the two, but he was a little fighter from the very start. By 4 days old he weighed only 43 grams, at this stage he was still blind and staying in the safety of his heated nest box. He opened his eyes for the first time at 12 days old, and by that time he was 71 grams. As the only-child, Keyta was getting more milk than the average meerkat pup, so he started hitting milestones at an earlier age than most. Most meerkat pups start emerging from their dens at 3 weeks of age, but Keyta started a week early!

He explored with amazing confidence for one so young; thankfully always under the watchful eyes of mum, dad and 9 older siblings. Together, the family taught Keyta all he needed to know, such as what foods are safe to eat, how to communicate with other meerkats and how to recognize (and respond appropriately) to potential threats.

At 13 weeks of age, Keyta’s life took a big turn when mum Amani gave birth to her next litter! Two more pups, named Harvey and Felix, became the new focus of everyone’s attention. At first Keyta was not a fan of his new siblings: he tried to steal any food given to the new pups and quite literally begged the adults to give him all the attention! Poor Keyta didn’t realize that he was now considered a teenager in meerkat society…

But thankfully - with time - Keyta has come to love his new siblings and tries (emphasis on tries) to help raise them alongside the rest of his family. Every individual matters in meerkat society, and every single meerkat has their own personality and story to share. Only by working together are they able to thrive. They never fail to amaze me.

Keyta the baby Meerkat held in a human hand

Gorge Wildlife Park

  1. Learn the science underpinning anxiety.
  2. Learn new skills and how to use them every day to increase calmness.
  3. Help you identify links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and to recognise unhelpful patterns.
  4. Assist you to change these thoughts and feelings into positive patterns and to increase you confidence in your ability to maintain this.
  5. Help you develop resilience.
  6. Have fun while you learn these new skills.
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Meerkat Sponsorship

Paragon PsychConnect is proudly sponsoring the Gorge Wildlife Park Meerkat Mob.

Our Meerkat mascot Brucee, is very excited about our sponsorship, and he had the chance to meet the Park Meerkat Mob and their brilliant keeper Shaz!  The Park Meerkat Mob also meet Brucee's Meerkat mob!

Our team members have had a wonderful Meerkat Encounter experience with the feeding of the Meerkats at the Gorge Wildlife Park.

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Cost

A large percentage of our work at Paragon PsychConnect focuses on anxiety. We believe that skills to manage anxiety and retrain the anxious (Meerkat) brain are best learnt in a group setting.

We have tried to make this program as cost effective as possible. 

Our Anxiety Programs are for both compensable clients (paid for by RTWSA and the CTP insurances) and private clients (partially funded by Medicare).

Our goal is to ensure that as many people as possible can complete the program.

Please contact us to find out about costs if you are a private client as costs will differ depending on your circumstances (discount if on Centrelink payments).

Please register your interest or please contact us for further information. 

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Where

At our office ( 303 Payneham Road Royston Park SA 5070 ) or via zoom (after an initial f2f session).

We have great car parking at our office for clients.

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For More Information

For more information about the Meerkat Anxiety Program please register your interest using the button below or phone (08) 7095 3484 or email us and we'll get back to you.

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For more information on one of our many programs, like one of the following, please select the relevant link to register your interest.

  • Pain Therapy Programs ranging from prevention to managing persistent pain.
  • Meerkat Anxiety Therapy Programs for innovative ways to manage anxiety and train you to achieve resilience and calm.
  • SOMNI Sleep Therapy Program includes education about sleep, reducing and helping you eliminate the need for medications as well as hypnosis to aid in regulating your sleep patterns.
  • Driver Active8 Therapy Program for treating trauma and fear of driving or being a passenger.
  • Patient to Person Program to help reduce the merry-go-round of treatments which do not add to your overall health and wellbeing.
  • Art Therapy Programs to help express emotions without words and process complex feelings which can help you find relief from what is causing you angst.
  • Adult ADHD Therapy Program addressing many of the issues you may have encountered including identifying the symptoms of Adult ADHD, strategies of management, and turning your ADHD into a superpower.
  • CRPS Therapy Program uses techniques like cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and neuroplasticity exercises to assist you to rewire the brain's response to pain, helping to reduce the intensity and frequency of CRPS symptoms.
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