On Sunday’s the snake enrichment is to be held. Volunteer Colet is always eager to accomplish this task. After holding this corn snake for awhile she let it crawl on the floor for a bit. Read more
Posts filed in: Enrichment & Training
A Training Quiz!
In the tradition of Sherry’s quiz about her trip with Aaron, I’m posting a quiz about our training program here at the museum. Answers to follow in a few days! Which animal are we currently training to get voluntarily into a trailer, just in case they need to be transported to the vet? a) Auggie b) Lightning c) Gus d) Chummix Craisins are the favorite training treat for which animal? a) goats b) lemurs c) black bears d) donkey WhichRead more
Farmyard Pumpkin Fest 2012
Only a couple days after we were given that truckload of giant pumpkins, I answered a radio call from Sherry telling me to drive the gator very carefully so I wouldn’t spill the cargo (I didn’t spill any). With our Quarantine stall in the Farmyard already full of pumpkins, something needed to be done to whittle down the collection. The result: Pumpkin Fest 2012 There was even some pumpkin smashing! Read more
Return from AAZK conference
I have recently returned from the 2012 AAZK conference held in Syracuse, N.Y. It was held at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo and I was really impressed with the conference. My day started at about 7am and lasted till about 5pm. All day I was in classes, lectures and one of the days we got to go to the zoo. The conference offered several workshops or classes that I signed up for and paper presentations between. Some of these included RaptorRead more
QuickPic: Goats on Spools
The bears and lemurs have stumps to learn to station with and the little goats have spools! Even Lightning, the donkey, gets into station training. Teaching “station” or “place” is a great way to get an animal to give you some breathing room when you’re training multiple animals at once. Read more
This week in ETW
Recently I added a hammock to the Ring Tailed Lemur indoor stalls. I have seen both Cassandra and Satyrus snuggled up together in it but when I reached for my camera they jumped up. I got lucky the other day and snapped a pic of Lycus lounging in it. I was working for Keeper Jill this past Saturday (who was attending the AAZK conference) and wanted do some fun enrichment for the Bears and for me to watch. So IRead more