It’s National Zoo Keeper Week so I gave the Keepers off for the afternoon yesterday. Okay, it’s not as bad as when I work alone on Christmas, but we all know what happens when I am here alone. The Keepers started trickling out for the afternoon around noon. I think I was literally under the leaking fish stream when Katy, Sarah, and Marilyn left. Then, the power went out while I was working on the computer. An explicative or two were said, (I thinkRead more
Posts tagged: #Zoe
Delusions of Grandeur
I did a search of the Animal Department blog for “turtles” and I have to say, we don’t have very much (except about Zoe). I think some of the other turtles figured this out and decided to do something about it. One of our exhibit water turtles (a painted turtle) decided to garner our attention by trying to convince us of his superpower status with a superhero cape. The off-exhibit box turtles saw how much attention Godzilla got when heRead more
QuikPost:Turtle Enrichment
Enrichment for the animals is a big part of our job here at the museum.I walked into the reptile room and was able to snap this photo of Zoe who appears to be looking at his. The turtles also have had rubber ducks,tunnels and rubber balls.If you have a suggestion what Zoe might like, let us know in the comments section.Read more
Kristen chimes in…
…about the previous posts. ( I could have left comments on each post, but I’d rather abuse my blog authorship privileges!!) Here’s our new ferret LadyBelle (previously named Tinkerbell) Just how many ferrets named Tinkerbell do you think are out there in the world? Karyn, our newest blogger, rocks as much as that landslide at wolves in the volunteer department! I hope she’ll post her ‘Auggie in the sheep yard’ video! I ( and by I, I mean Mikey) leftRead more
QuikPost: office visitor
It’s Thursday night, around 6:30 and I am sitting at my desk trying to get stuff done. I hear some quiet rustling outside my office and assume it is the cleaning crew trying to be quiet. I was wrong. Out of the corner of my eye, something dark is moving across the floor. It’s Zoe! Zoe is a large water turtle, of mixed lineage. (The floor tiles are 12 inches square). He is being treated for some shell issues andRead more