Christmas was a breeze, and now I know why- SNOW!!!!!! A bummer for me on my day off to be at the Museum, again, at 5:30 AM. The snow is beautiful, but it makes for quite the day of work. Kimberly and Sarah made it in to work- thank goodness. We’re closed today as it is not safe for guests to be on grounds until we can clear the paths. Yona was playing around in the snow. By the time I got closeRead more
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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
Lightning training update
Well it looks like our newest keeper, Sarah, has officially become Lightning’s new primary trainer! The three of us (Sarah, Lightning and I) took several walks together over the last few weeks to get her transitioned and for Lightning to learn that she is now one of his trainers. Lightning has made great strides with his behaviors recently, including doing things that he would never do before. One of these things is walking over unfamiliar objects or substrates. For instance,Read more