A Look Back … Part 1

Let’s take a look back at some of the goings on in the Animal Department. Some of these critters have moved on to further their careers and education, some of them have retired, some of them have passed away and some of them are still with us in the Animal Department, just older and wiser now! I have 10 years worth of memories and pictures of all the happenings in the Department… here are a few of my favorites! KeepRead more
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In Memory of J. Pos

  I’m sorry to report that Jessica Opossum passed away last week   Jessica Opossum enjoying her enrichment Jessica was one of our Education Holding Room animals, she got to educate many school and birthday party children during her time here with us.  Earlier this year our other female opossum Cher also passed away, opossums have a very short life span often living no longer than 3 years.     Click here to see Jill and baby Jessica dancing     WeRead more
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A Rough Patch :(

It’s been four days and we’ve lost two animals and a keeper (Kristen is not dead, just gone). We had been concerned about our muskrat and last Friday – he was just not behaving right. By Sunday morning it was time to euthanize him. Cher opossum was under treatment for a UTI. She was getting better but yesterday things seemed worse again. After conferring with Dr. Vanderford we extended Cher’s treatment and had a plan to take her in for x-rays if sheRead more
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QuikPost: Enrichment serving its purpose!

I just wanted to share some photos of our opossums making good use of their enrichment. This is Sonny and Cher, our Carolina Wildlife opossums that live together on exhibit. As you can see, they like to sleep together, whether it be in an old tree trunk, a hammock, or a shoe box. You may only be able to see one face peaking out of the shoe box, but both of them were in there. It was kind of funnyRead more

Creature Feature: Cher the opossum

This beautiful opossum is Cher! She lives on exhibit with her brother, Sonny, in Carolina Wildlife. In the picture above, she was in a tub of random enrichment items that was on the support hall. She had climbed into it during her exercise time while her exhibit was being cleaned. Cher (along with her brother, Sonny) was born in March of 2009 and arrived at the museum in late April. Both of the opossums were found motherless when they wereRead more