So my friend Katy is another keeper here who specializes in the Veterinary aspects of our collection. She does the majority of her work through our vet room and making sure everyone stays healthy (animal wise, at least). But sometimes when we are a little short handed, she jumps right in and lends a hand to help clean exhibits or anything else that needs to be done. Unfortunately, in the excitement of cleaning an exhibit and scrubbing poo off ofRead more
Posts tagged: #opossum
All aboard!
I was reading the news the other day and ran across this in several publications. Photo This little opossum was found on a the subway system in NYC. From the various articles I read people thought it was a huge rat and the riders had to evacuate the train. I am from NYC and would hope to know the difference between a rat and an opossum. Good ending was that animal control came and was able to re-release the opossumRead more
Which one of these does not belong?
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In Memory of J. Pos
I’m sorry to report that Jessica Opossum passed away last week Jessica Opossum enjoying her enrichment Jessica was one of our Education Holding Room animals, she got to educate many school and birthday party children during her time here with us. Earlier this year our other female opossum Cher also passed away, opossums have a very short life span often living no longer than 3 years. Click here to see Jill and baby Jessica dancing WeRead more
A Rough Patch :(
It’s been four days and we’ve lost two animals and a keeper (Kristen is not dead, just gone). We had been concerned about our muskrat and last Friday – he was just not behaving right. By Sunday morning it was time to euthanize him. Cher opossum was under treatment for a UTI. She was getting better but yesterday things seemed worse again. After conferring with Dr. Vanderford we extended Cher’s treatment and had a plan to take her in for x-rays if sheRead more
Today in the hall
The Animal Support Hall is always full of life. Whether it’s a Sunday morning with one keeper and one volunteer inside or a Thursday right before lunch with eight keepers and five volunteers. Today the hall was used for exercise. Our opossums Sonny and Cher are a bit on the heavy side so we place their daily diet in various places around the hall and let them wander in search of their goodies. This afternoon while doing snake enrichment, I wasRead more