I received the following email from a staff member and thought I would share this interesting story: A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee) on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge of the bridge. Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety. Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned SundayRead more
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superclean continued…
Piggybacking on Marilyn’s post…Here are some more pictures of those perches, baskets, feeders, etc that we have to scrub and switch around during the lemur house superclean.. For the perches, we use hardwood limbs, pvc pipe, bamboo, trellis pieces, old hose, and thick rope. Laundry baskets, tubs, and closet shelving make good sitting spots and plastic baskets, buckets, plastic milk jugs, frisbees, colanders and the like make great feeders. You have to have a large supply of bungee cords, zipRead more
Lemur exhibit change
This past week was a hectic one in the animal department. We “super cleaned” the entire lemur house so that we could switch a different species into our inside veiwing area. Super cleaning is basically where everything gets taken out of the exhibit, scrubbed down and put back in as a new set up. For the lemur house, this is quite a task as we have many perches, hanging baskets, and assorted feeders to change out and re-arrange. But nowRead more
Spotlight: Debbie Vanderford, DVM
Dr. Debbie Vanderford has been a veterinarian for the Museum for almost 11 years. You can’t really see her under the mask, but she’s getting urine from one of our red ruffed lemurs during its physcial last year. (That’s Katy with her but I’ll tell you more about her in next month’s Spotlight). When Dr. V. started with the Museum she was a veterinarian at a veterinary office in Durham. Then she began her own mobile veterinary practice. She didRead more
EnrichBits: Tactile Enrichment
EnrichBits: A monthly look at animal enrichment We’ve talked about Exhibit Design and Feeding and Foraging as two categories of a good animal enrichment program. Another important way we keep our animals challenged is by providing them with different textures and sensations. Big or small, warm or cool, soft or hard, bumpy or smooth, round or square– these are all different textures that we use for diets, toys, or exhibit “furniture”. By using different things like burlap bags, piles ofRead more