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What Happened to My Chair?

Keeper Jill walks into the office with a brush, a towel and an animal. She hands them all to me and says, “here, do something useful” and walks out. Which animal did she leave with me? Leave your guess in the comments! More importantly, is this animal now completely bald???Read more
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Accident Report

I arrived at work this morning to find another creative accident report from Sarah. (Please note that Sarah does not like the photo of herself sitting at the desk. Please refer to this photo or this photo for one she prefers). I’m embarrassed to say I would like Sarah to get “hurt” more often so I can read more creative reports!  Read more
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Giving me Grief

After our department meeting on Thursday I got a lot of lip from the keepers about the crappy pictures I take of them and then post on the blog. Forever, they now live with ruined lives because the only photos out there of them are poor and ugly. Obviously, I disagree, but we took some new photos right after the meeting. Here you go:    A close up of Bugsy sleeping (he did not approve of this photo).    Read more

It’s the Little Things

Our Jersey steer, Max, is a picky eater. Unlike most bovine, which will eat anything you hand them, Max really only eats his hay and steer chow (breakfast cereal for cattle). Keepers Kent and Jill and I have been working extra hard since last summer to sneak extra pieces of training foods into his giant mouth, just to get him to try something new. For training reasons, it’s a good idea for Max to learn to eat foods that are moreRead more
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Sheep Update

Since the arrival of our 4 alpacas, we’ve had many people inquire about our sheep. A member of our farrier‘s family (the man who comes out to trim Lightning’s hooves) was very excited to provide the retirement home for our old ladies. They now live about an hour from Durham on a few acres of grass with a roomy stall they can access at any time. Their only jobs are to mow the lawn and to look pretty. Our farrier,Read more