I am sad to report that Sonny Opossum had passed away on Thursday morning. We were fortunate to have Sonny around for a very long time when it concerns opossums. The maximum is usually 2-3 years and Sonny was 3 .5 years old. It’s always hard when anyone of our animals pass and we will definitely feel Sonny’s absence.Read more
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It’s Sonny out again…
In February, I posted about our opossum Sonny going for a walk. In March, Sonny went for another stroll and this time he made it all the way up to the farmyard. Read more
How some animals beat the heat
As I write this it is the second day of summer and I am already done with the heat. Naturally, I was then asking myself who may have it worse off then I do in this heat.I began to think of animals in the desert and what methods they use to stay cool. A lot of desert animals are crepuscular. This means that they are active during dawn and dusk. Some are nocturnal which show up during the night timeRead more
Watermelons for the farm yard bunch
Here is a video of the animals in the farm yard enjoying some watermelon. Its rare that everyone can agree on one food and watermelon seems to be it. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYzKP7l2JgM&list=UUltZ6FbBazxe_A58DRBfjGA&index=3&feature=plcp[/youtube]Read more
Watermelon carvings
If we had much more free time in the day, I could see myself getting creative and give animals certain watermelons PIGS solidrecipe.com TURTLES google RABBITS MY HOUSE RABBIT OWLRead more
More eggs
Recently, a friend of the Animal Department donated some eggs to feed our animals. The animals that we usually feed eggs to are the bears,wolves,opossums and recently we gave one to the muskrats. In my opinion the opossums love them the most.They are real eager to eat them. Here is a little video I made of Galileo and Sonny Opossum devouring the gifted eggs. Read more