With Gratitude

Boxes of gifts seemed to pour in the past few days. (The pile of recycling in my office is hefty). Each time I passed a gift note to the Team to read, another gift would arrive.     I am so thankful for the well wishes… and who doesn’t love opening gifts! Yet again I am reminded of the impact gratitude has on life. It’s a gift for the giver and receiver. (Check out Dr. Laurie Santos‘ work, or clickRead more

Eye exams complete

Dr. Westermeyer, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists, and member of the NC State Veterinary Medicine team, visited last week to check on some animals. He brought two residents with him, and the team checked out the eyes of several Museum animals. We learned that the critters are stable, with no new issues to address. Some photos below of the visit.    Read more

Fall herd check with Dr. Cannedy

Dr. Cannedy was here on Tuesday checking on the goats, alpaca, and cattle. The primary focus of this visit is to make sure the critters are in good shape going into winter. Some animals get food added, but it is rare that we ever decrease food going into winter. This year, everyone’s diet remained the same. In addition to getting dewormed, everyone was checked head to toe. (Teeth, hooves, coat condition, eyes, etc.). The alpacas get a BCS (body conditionRead more

The past week

I can’t figure out where the time goes. It’s Monday again and last week came and went seemingly before I could blink. Lots got done (I think that’s always the case though). Can you tell the location of the photo below? We conducted a lemur escape drill. Rob and Shayna had there first experience using our tracking equipment. Two plush lemurs were placed at different spots around campus and the Team had to find them. Due to being short staffedRead more