This week in ETW

Recently I added a hammock to the Ring Tailed Lemur indoor stalls. I have seen both Cassandra and Satyrus snuggled up together in it but when I reached for my camera they jumped up. I got lucky the other day and snapped a pic of Lycus lounging in it. I was working for Keeper Jill this past Saturday (who was attending the AAZK conference) and wanted do some fun enrichment for the Bears and for me to watch. So IRead more

Photos from Explore the Wild

Lemurs- Cassandra having a bite to eat Lycus sitting between the shift door The beginning of station stump training Ring Tail!    Bears-   Gus laid out on a hot day, Yona is curled up close by I love seeing Mimi’s cute face each morningRead more

Tiny visitor

This little snake slithered up the drains in the bear house one day while I was cleaning. So I moved it outside so we could both continue on with our days.   Keeper Kent says this is a common brown snake and won’t get much larger.     There are lots of little visitors on grounds: This is one of many tree frogs we find in Explore the Wild-   And this is just pretty-  And some recently hatched spiderlings- (which is know aRead more

QuikPost: Nope…not new tattoos

So I am sitting in my office working on the budget when I hear Kimberly say something like “wow…you got new tattoos”? Jessi says no and sounds down. She got a wicked-bad case of poison ivy when clearing the brush pile from Friday’s bear yard work. It was a bit funny, but poor Jessi… SORRY JESSI      Read more
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Cassandra explores the vet room

Ring Tailed Lemur training is going well! Here’s where we were last time Lemurs in Crates. Last week with  guidance from Julie Grimes and assistance from our Vet Keeper Katy, I let Cassandra, our female ring tailed lemur, out in the vet room. The idea was to let her out of her crate into a vet room cage. This is where she will spend a little time on the day of her physical. In training terms we are desensitizing herRead more