Thanks to the Appalachian Bear Rescue website I found this true or false quiz. See if you can answer them correctly- I’ll post the answers soon. The Appalachian Bear Rescue Mission Statement is: (a) to rehabilitate orphaned and injured bears for release to the wild; (b) to educate the public about black bears and the regional threats facing them; and (c) to research bear attributes which may help solve other environmental or health-related issues When a bear stands upRead more
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A bowl full of mashed chow and banana…
…Helps the medicine go down! Keeper Jill wrote a post “Time for your medicine” about all the tricks we use to get animals to take their medicine. She posted pictures of the Red Ruffed Lemurs taking some meds. The Ring Tailed Lemurs aren’t so easy! But I found a very easy mix of mashed lemur chow and banana that seems to mask their dewormer enough for them to eat it. Cross your fingers and hope they eat it all Read more
QuikPost: Bear Enrichment
I had to make peanut butter pinecones for the Bear’s enrichment the other day and tried something a little different. I rolled the peanut butter pinecones in shredded carrots, added just a few raisins and drizzled with a little honey. Gus Bear loved them! The grass was too high that day for me to get a good picture of him eating them though.Read more
Baking for the animals
As Keeper Jill mentioned we had our annual AAZK Rummage Sale on May 5th. This year I baked dog treats to sell. They were dog tested and approved. Below is the receipe from “The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook” ~~~Veggie Treats~~~ 3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup quick oats 1/2 cup roasted, unsalted sunflower seeds 1/2 cup grated carrots 1/4 cup finely diced celery 1/4 finely chopped broccoli 1/4 cup finely diced red or yellow bell pepper (no seeds) 1 teaspoonRead more
Speaking of eggs…
Let’s talk about egg laying mammals- sounds crazy but it’s true! There is a very small group of mammals that actually do lay eggs. They are called Monotremes which include the duckbilled platypus and the echidna. Duck-billed platypus- The breeding season lasts from June through October. Male platypuses are polygmous, meaning they mate with more than one female during the breeding season. The females have two ovaries but strangely only the left one is functional. A typical platypus burrow entrance isRead more
Shrimpcicle
I grabbed the camera when I saw Keeper Jill walking down the hall with a shrimpcicle. What the heck is a shrimpcicle, you ask? Shrimp frozen into an icecube = enrichment for the water turtles. Jill holding a shrimpcicle Below are several pictures of 3 of our water turtles enjoying their afternoon enrichment Click on the picture below to see it closer upRead more