Lightning turns 20 on Tuesday November 6. I was here the day he arrived as a fuzzy 5-month old. I watched him grow up here. He’s met numerous Keepers, lived with several goats, and met thousands and thousands of members and guests who have been charmed by his personality. While not over the hill yet, he’s no longer a spring chicken. We manage several health issues with diligence and medication. I am sure it is no exaggeration to say he’sRead more
What’s Behind the Locker Room Door…
I’m thinking of creating a recurring post titled “WHAT’S BEHIND THE DOOR?” This will be my third post about surprises I have found on other sides of doors. What do you think? Good idea? (post #1, here, and post #2, here). Anyway, I opened up our Locker Room Door and found this: Read more
Bears in the Gift Shop?
Our Retail Ops Team dressed up as our Bears this year for Halloween: Last year folks from our Guest Relations and Services team dressed up as the wolf family. A few years ago Ro from Development dressed as me- check it out, here. Read more
QuicPics: Pumpkin fun
Check out the enrichment Keeper Jill used today for some of the Carolina Wildlife animals. Read more
Male Wolves
Ranger Greg got some great pictures of the red wolves, as did a friend of mine. The pups are huge, and life with the family seems to be going well. Read more
Lightning’s physical (and upcoming Birthday)
Lightning had his fall check-up a couple of weeks ago. Dr. Cannedy has asked that Dr. Cochrane, an equine specialist, come to the Museum and take care of Lightning on grounds. In general, Lightning continues to chug along with his known issues (fatty lypomas, club foot, patella issues…) and is doing rather well. As Lightning has aged, he’s become more reactive to certain vaccines. We’ve moved towards checking titers levels to see if he has antibodies at appropriate levels toRead more