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Pumpkin enrichment

In the fall we receive A LOT of donated pumpkins that are used in the animal department. Some animals eat them, some animals play with them, and some animals don’t really do anything with them. Our muskrats really like to eat pumpkin, so we give it to them sometimes as enrichment or as a substitute for another vegetable in their daily diet. In an effort to use some of the many pumpkins that we had, I decided to do both.Read more

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
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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

King of the hay hill

During our daily Meet the Keeper program, Gus climbed up on top of a huge hay bale. I thought he looked very handsome. Three of these hay bales were left over from Pumpkin Patch Express, they make great enrichment for the bears.  After he finished hanging out on top of this one, he walked over to another one and started tearing into it, ripping hay from it while walking backwards. (the bales are round and roll) You never know whatRead more