We recently added a box to our barred owl exhibit. The exhibits department did a wonderful job making it and with Keeper Janine’s help of drawing the specs. It turned out exactly how we wanted it. It was installed yesterday and today I was checking on all the animals in the afternoon. When I checked on the barred owls, Kerby was perching on it! It took only one day for them to start using it. As you can see itRead more
2015- AAZK Rummage Sale
In years past I have posted about our Rummage Sale that we have for AAZK. This year is no different! The sale will be held Saturday May 23, 2015 from 7am until 11am at the NC Museum of Life and Science Picnic Dome at 433 Murray Ave, Durham NC 27704. If you would like to donate any items for the sale please come to the NC Museum of Life and Science Picnic Dome on Friday May 22 from 5pm toRead more
Cinderella
Poor poor interns, forced to do manual labor. The office floor is probably one of the grossest floors we have in our department. Its not because we don’t clean it, it gets swept and mopped a lot. All of us keepers in one confined space just make for a very dirty floor. I remember when I first started working, the floor was carpeted. It was a grey carpet until I learned by moving a cabinet that a pink hue wasRead more
QuikPic:Virginia sunning
The other day I went to feed Virginia her lunch and found her on the ground with her arm slung over a log and using another log as a pillow. She is one lazy bear when the weather becomes nice.Read more
QuikPic: Box turtle B
Box Turtle “B” loves to grab onto things when he walks around the room. I am not sure why he is doing this behavior, but a lot of times when he does this it usually ends up with him trying to breed with the object. Sometimes he will do this to my shoe and it makes for interesting times.Read more
Ferrets
If you have read our blog for any extended amount of time, you will notice we have a lot of posts pertaining to our ferrets.Have you ever entertained the idea of having one of your own? Before you go out and obtain one, there are a few things you should know. One of the most common things I hear about people talking about ferrets is their odor. Ferrets are have scent glands and although domestic ferrets are de-scented, they stillRead more