Okay, here we go again! Now it’s time for some species specifics on a few of the more common released pets that can turn into invasive species. You’ve probably seen or even had some of these animals sometime as they’re pretty common in the pet trade. This is Part 3 kiddos, so if you want a recap of our earlier fun click here for Part 1 or Part 2. Or click here just because it has nothing to do withRead more
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In Memory of J. Pos
I’m sorry to report that Jessica Opossum passed away last week Jessica Opossum enjoying her enrichment Jessica was one of our Education Holding Room animals, she got to educate many school and birthday party children during her time here with us. Earlier this year our other female opossum Cher also passed away, opossums have a very short life span often living no longer than 3 years. Click here to see Jill and baby Jessica dancing WeRead more
Clark’s Grebe
Several posts back I wrote about a blog titled If you could be any animal- which would you be? and I choose the Clark’s Grebe. Sherry asked me in the comment section to share a photo or video with everyone. It’s a little late but here it is. People ask this question a lot- what animal you would be- and I always knew I’d be a waterfowl. Strictly because I would be able to swim, float, and fly all inRead more
Don’t Let Them Go! (Part 2)
Hello and welcome back to the Wonderful World of Mikey! (Formerly Mikey-vision, but budget cuts forced me to adopt a used and cheaper name to copyright infringe upon) 🙂 This is the second installment of a post (click here for the first part) I had started where we talked about various exotic pets and the very bad practice of letting them go when they were no longer wanted or able to be cared for. We had talked about the manyRead more
Let sleeping dragons lie
Katy caught shots of Godzilla, our Bearded Dragon, sleeping. (Click on the photos to enlarge).Read more
Don’t Let Them Go!
Okay guys and dolls, it’s time to wrap your minds around a bit of a concept that can seem like a good idea at the time, but can later have very negative effects. No, I’m not talking about dating your second cousin, I’m talking about what to do with your unwanted pets. So many people get something little and cute and it seems great at the time, but then it keeps growing, or gets to be alot of work orRead more