I was doing a program recently for a Summer Camp group and one of the kids asked “what’s it like to work with all the animals“. I asked Jill, Katy, Kimberly, and Marilyn to respond. Guess who said which comment: (Kent took the quiz and got everything right). It’s Awesome, the best job ever It’s pretty cool It’s wonderful It’s a lotta lotta lotta work. All the answers describe accurately what it’s like to care for all the animals. KentRead more
Posts tagged: #Katy
The Farmyard is Closed…
Members of the museum are rewarded with several perks- one of them is being able to visit the museum at 9am- an hour before it opens to the general public. However, some of our animal exhibits aren’t quite open that early. Carolina Wildlife and the Farm Yard both open at 10am. The reason these exhibits aren’t open at 9 is simple really- we have to clean. Most of us Keepers arrive at 8am, we gather our food, enrichment, and volunteers and head out toRead more
Update: Jean is a pain in the…
Jean, as you know, has been confined to the Exam Room to recover from her injury. She’s been on over 3 weeks of cage rest and now she gets 3 weeks of some non-jumping floor time. She’s doing great. However, I come back to work from being off and read the following emails. The first from Jill, and the second from Katy. **************** Subject: Word to the wise Gave Jean Rabbit exercise in vet room this weekend and when IRead more
If you could be any animal- which would you be?
I asked my fellow animal keepers this question awhile ago, thinking I’d come up with a funny blog to post. I got a bunch of answers: Kent – Mottled Rock Snake Sherry- Eagle Katy- Elephant Jill- vegetarian Polar Bear Kristen- Giraffe Aaron- Killer Whale Sarah- Atlantic Puffin Marilyn- Spectacled Bear Mikey- Stegosaurus Me- Clark’s Grebe While all of these are great answers, it wasn’t really as funny as I’d hope it would have been. Insert Interns— As you may haveRead more
QuikPost: Video of the wolves howling!
One morning last week, Katy and I were in Explore The Wild when the wolves started howling. Katy managed to record it with her camera. It was awesome to watch them howling in front of us, so make sure to watch the video and have the volume up! (Special thanks to Sherry for spending 19 minutes of her time downloading the video so that she could unknowingly steal this post from me, until Katy stopped her and told her theRead more
Worm on a string
Were I a bearded dragon, my chin would not be turning black with anger/ excitement but instead, red with embarrassment. You see, a couple of weeks ago, we determined that we needed to be extra vigilant about making sure Godzilla was getting enough exercise. We have been a little worried about his back legs and keeping them in good, active shape. He is an animal that by nature tends to sit and bask a lot, and by upbringing sits aroundRead more