EnrichBits: A monthly look at animal enrichmentIf you’ve been enjoying learning about animal enrichment from these EnrichBits posts, you’ll definitely want to mark your calendars to come out to the Museum on Saturday, October 11 for our Wild About Animals event. Besides all the great activities focusing on our museum animals (meeting our farmyard veterinarian, reptile programs, behind the scenes tours, animal first aid, Hawk Talks and much more), we’ll be focusing on all things ENRICHMENT at Bear Overlook. You’llRead more
Posts tagged: #Kristen
“Watch it grow!”
Katy called me over first thing yesterday morning to look at our new animal on exhibit… a chia pet!!! (a.k.a. our exhibit box turtle buried under his moss) Ch ch ch chia!Read more
mealworms
Mealworms are a portion of many Musuem animal diets, including the robins in the aviary, the bearded dragons, our Silkie chicken, and our American toads. For weeks I have been hearing rumors about a “national mealworm shortage” but as our supplier never had any problems providing us with our normal 20,000 large mealworms, I wasn’t too worried. Well, I guess this shortage has finally made its way up to the major suppliers, because when I called to order… there wereRead more
my visit to Yellowstone National Park
I just returned from a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park, so I thought I’d share some pics of the cool wildlife we were able to see. What a beautiful part of our country! Click on the pics to see them better. Bison (also referred to as buffalo) This guy is shedding out. Bison are herbivores that can weigh in between 900 and 2100 pounds! They are massive. Mountain Bluebird (he and his mate were delivering bedding and bugs toRead more
EnrichBits: It’s hot!
EnrichBits: A monthly look at animal enrichment As you probably already know by now if you are a regular reader, enrichment is all about giving our captive animals the opporunities to exhibit their natural behaviors. Well, on a 95 degree afternoon, the natural behavior for a lot of our outdoor animals is to find a cool shady spot and sleep. These are afternoons where there is no interest in new scents, none of the animals seem to want to exploreRead more
Update on our new keeper
A while ago, I wrote about all our keepers and how each of their strengths make our animal department team better. We were in the process of hiring a new keeper then, so I thought I’d give an update. New keeper Cassidy has worked in the past with lemurs and also with black bears and other native NC wildlife. She was actually a volunteer here at the museum when she was a teenager!One of the great things about having aRead more