I had to make peanut butter pinecones for the Bear’s enrichment the other day and tried something a little different. I rolled the peanut butter pinecones in shredded carrots, added just a few raisins and drizzled with a little honey. Gus Bear loved them! The grass was too high that day for me to get a good picture of him eating them though.Read more
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Enrichment at home
Enrichment isn’t just something I do at work. At the end of the day I may have several scents on me- snake musk, opossum funk, steer slobber and many many more. So I go home, lay out my clothes and watch my cats- it’s both enriching for me and them. Read more
Enrichment at work
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QuikPost: Fun with enrichment
As I stated in another post, sometimes animal enrichment also serves as keeper enrichment. Last summer, the exhibits department donated the large stuffed horse from Play To Learn to the Animal Department when it was time to buy a new one. The horse sat on our support hall for a very long time, but finally one of the keepers decided to use it as enrichment for some of the farmyard animals. Obviously, this is an item that needed to haveRead more
QuikPost: This evening’s enrichment
It’s around 6 PM and I just finished checking on Carolina Wildlife animals. The opossums and woodchuck had “toys” for their evening enrichment. It seems like gas cans with large holes drilled in them were the items of choice. You can see the opossums sleeping a few feet to the left of their can. I am not sure what scents or food the keepers may have put in the can- I’ll have to check in with them tomorrow to see.Read more
QuikPost:Turtle Enrichment
Enrichment for the animals is a big part of our job here at the museum.I walked into the reptile room and was able to snap this photo of Zoe who appears to be looking at his. The turtles also have had rubber ducks,tunnels and rubber balls.If you have a suggestion what Zoe might like, let us know in the comments section.Read more