If you are a regular visitor you may have noticed a change at lemurs. The ring tailed lemurs are now in the inside exhibit and the red ruffed lemurs will spend their estrus cycle off exhibit. We made the switch on one of our closed Mondays. In terms of animal stress it was minimal. All lemurs spent a lot of time exploring their new areas. I snapped several great pictures of the ring tailed lemurs checking out every square inchRead more
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Red Ruffed Lemur Training
I recently mentioned we’re now working on crate training the red ruffed lemurs. It’s been quite awhile since they have worked on this behavior. The last couple days have been very successful. All three lemurs have gone all the way into their crates. 🙂 This is just the beginning so check back soon for updates. Iris is going into the top crate at the same time that Jethys is going into the bottom crate.Read more
Ring-Tailed Lemur training update
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated and we’ve seen a lot of progress. My last post was about Cassandra exploring the vet room. We allowed her to do this once more and it went about the same as the first time. I believe the second time, she took longer to come down, seemed like she was enjoying exploring too much. Before that I wrote about crate training, which has been my biggest goal with the ring-tailed lemurs. (now it’s ourRead more
Lemur Super-clean
We clean the lemur house everyday but once a month we get a little crazy! We call this super-cleaning. I took some step-by-step photos from last month’s super-clean. I started this super-clean on a closed Monday afternoon and finished the next morning with Keeper Jessi. First we remove the mulch from inside viewing. This is where the Red Ruffed Lemurs hangout during the day. Basically, we shovel the mulch out, I used a laundry basket this time. We wear glovesRead more
Largest living lemur
Back when people first explored Madagascar there was a 400 lb lemur the size of a gorilla! Unfortunately, due to hunting this species was quickly wiped out. Today the largest living lemur is the Indri. This lemur is two and a half feet in length and typically weighs 13-15 lbs. It’s a diurnal lemur that feeds on canopy fruit and leaves and travels through the tree tops, often leaping 30 feet between tree trunks! They are known for theirRead more
QuikPic: a college memory
When I left home for college (more than 25 years ago) my parents (my mom) had towels made for me with my name on it- one blue and one yellow, each with a script “Sherry” embroidered on it. Old towels never die, they just get re-purposed. Read more