Yay for hand-me-downs

Dr. Godshalk has been sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo kind and generous over the years. She has done ultrasounds on numerous Museum animals (and all for free!).   (Click here to see how Dr. Godshalk helped with Cassandra. Or click here to see her doing ultrasound on a couple of snakes. She saw several Museum patients at VSH too- click here to read about that).   Just last month Dr. Godshalk donated an ultrasound machine to the Museum. It’s old, but functional. We’ll keepRead more

Keeper Katie ….. She’s at it again…

When Katie was an intern she found it very difficult to find a wireless signal in the Animal Department. One day it seems she finally figured out the best location… in the tool closet! The other day I walked into the office to find Keeper Katie at it again hanging out in the tool closet in order to pickup that elusive wireless signal.Read more

Grabby McGrabby, aka Grabby Pants

Many of us Keepers have nicknames that we give to the animals in our care. Many times these nicknames are fitting to the personalities of the particular animal. One such animal is Maky, one of our new Ring-tailed Lemurs. Sherry and I have had the pleasure of taking care of the new Lemurs while they were in quarantine and we have gotten to know their personalities a little bit. One day when we were deworming the boys, Maky grabbed theRead more

Katy goes sledding

Happy Spring. We’re about 1 month out from the big snow and ice events in February. Here’s what Katy and I did after we got the gator stuck in the ice/snow. (Actually, to be honest, it was me that got the vehicle stuck). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arP4kJOvEME&w=560&h=315]Read more