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

Kristen chimes in…

…about the previous posts. ( I could have left comments on each post, but I’d rather abuse my blog authorship privileges!!) Here’s our new ferret LadyBelle (previously named Tinkerbell) Just how many ferrets named Tinkerbell do you think are out there in the world? Karyn, our newest blogger, rocks as much as that landslide at wolves in the volunteer department! I hope she’ll post her ‘Auggie in the sheep yard’ video! I ( and by I, I mean Mikey) leftRead more

QuikPost: office visitor

It’s Thursday night, around 6:30 and I am sitting at my desk trying to get stuff done.  I hear some quiet rustling outside my office and assume it is the cleaning crew trying to be quiet. I was wrong.  Out of the corner of my eye, something dark is moving across the floor.  It’s Zoe! Zoe is a large water turtle, of mixed lineage. (The floor tiles are 12 inches square). He is being treated for some shell issues andRead more