We like to make work fun around here whenever possible. Sometimes that fun can be as simple as joking about what the emergency radio call would be if someone were to spontaneously combust while busting up ice in the bear moat (this is a joke between me and Kimberly). But the fun can also be as simple as pranking one of our teammates…. or even just picking on them. The other day, Kimberly and I set out to make aRead more
Posts tagged: #Mikey
A morning in ETW
Sherry is always trying to remind me to take the camera out with me in the morning before heading to Explore the Wild. After all, you never know what sorts of interesting things you could find to blog about! Well, a couple of Thursdays ago, I finally remembered to take the camera! So this is what mine and Mikey’s morning looked like… It started with one of our vehicles being broken, so we had to share a vehicle with theRead more
New Faces
It’s been awhile since I did any sort of Spotlight- sorry. We have a bunch of new faces at the Museum and I thought I would quickly update you and share some of the changes and some of the newbies. We’ve made posts about the new animals: Ladybell ferret, Henry the Woodchuck, and Red Wolf 1287. We have other new animals too (maybe one of the Keepers will write about Jessica opossum or the new aviary birds which arrived onRead more
A wet and wild slip n’ slide
You may have noticed that it rained a lot last week. I think it actually rained every day, as I worked outside in it quite a bit. I don’t know about you, but when it rains that much, I try and think of all the good things that will come from it, instead of just focusing on the fact that I can’t seem to dry out. And while it’s good to think of these benefits to the rain, sometimes thereRead more
QuikPost:Mikey is worm free!
The other day Mikey,our new animal keeper, was giving a de-worming treatment to one of our wolves. In order for the wolf to ingest the medicine we have to inject it into a thawed rat. Apparently, Mikey did not inject it properly because he wound up wearing most of it.Read more