In my last blog I told you guys I was going to focus on poop. I try not to break my promises.
So can anyone identify this lovely specimen?
Remember, this is not restricted to the farmyard so there are a lot of possibilities.
I would also like to add that I found this poop sitting up straight and I was impressed.
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“Ewwwwwwww!”
That is one of the most popular words I hear being shouted by children as they watch one of the farmyard animals defecate. But, hey…. we all “do” it. There is that popular book entitled Everyone Poops (that just so happens to be sold in our gift shop) that explains how everyone and everything capable can and will poop.
Poop, can actually be an animal keepers best friend. Now, I don’t go to the movies with a scoop of Scout scat. I just mean that we keepers can tell A LOT about an animal just by looking at its poop.What its eating, if its dehydrated,if they have worms are just some of the benefits of getting close to poo!
In the near future I will be posting some more about poop and will be posting some pics for you guys to identify what animal it came out of!
Don’t get too excited.
I can hardly wait!!!
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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:
Kimberly approved this photo.
I hope Sarah approves of this photo!
A close up of Bugsy sleeping (he did not approve of this photo).
There was a much better one of Jill, but she didn’t want me to post it. I assume she is fine with this photo!
And Finally, there is nothing better than an “Aaron hugging Kent” photo:
Kent’s expression in the hugging photos are priceless.
I’ll approve of Bugsy’s photo for him. He looks like a gummy bear with long ears. Anything that adorable deserves to be shared with the rest of the world.
My photo’s not so bad, either.
I want you to post the other one of Jill 
Am I the only one that noticed the stellar picture of Marilyn in the background or Kimberly’s photo? That one deserves and award!
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A while ago, I posted about Lightning getting a visit from the dentist. A few weeks ago our alpaca Retro had to get her teeth looked at too. Her teeth needed to be floated so Dr. Cannedy came and went to work.
Retro has a large under bite, looks like I may need to get my teeth floated too!
A towel gets placed over her eyes to keep her calm and a speculum is put into her mouth so it stays open
He dremmels her teeth while I struggle to keep her still. I learned at this moment that alpacas were much stronger then I thought
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The San Francisco 49ers go head to head with the Baltimore Ravens, so who is our woodchuck and opossum rooting for?
A few years ago Henry was right
Last year we had a snafu with the video and Henry chose incorrectly, but Galileo was right.
Watch the video below to see who Henry and Galileo chose
I have to agree with Henry even though he dislikes me…go 49er’s!
I didn’t really care who won since the Steelers weren’t playing but this was fun to watch. Thanks to Henry, Galileo and the Animal Keepers!
Maybe Henry has a future in Vegas? My money is with Henry.
Opossums Rule!!! Woodchucks Drool !!!
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I was going through old blogs and found one I hadn’t posted yet which was a video of Yona playing with a box.
I have some boxes I need to flatten and recycle here at the house. I think she could be a big help!!
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Henry is our resident Woodchuck in Carolina Wildlife. Below are pictures of him getting some exercise time on the Keeper Hall. Keeper Katy found it a great opportunity to get him on the scale. We weigh our animals on schedules, some may be once a week, some may be once a month. In addition, anytime we have an opportunity to weigh an animal -we take it! Keeping a good record of animal weights is very important and can help decide diet changes or even bring up health concerns. Henry weighs a whooping 5.96 kg that translates to 13.11 lbs.
Keepers Katy, Jill, Kent, and Sarah and Mr. Henry the Woodchuck
Henry on the scale
So cute!
Sherry took advantage of Henry’s good mood and got a scratch in
Be on the lookout for Henry’s 2013 Super Bowl prediction.
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“Accession” is a word the zoological world uses to mean, “adding to.” It’s the term applied to newly acquired individuals to a museum/zoo/aquarium’s collection. We don’t have a large turnover in our collection at the museum. Every year we lose some animals due to old age, health problems, or transfers to other institutions and we gain a couple, but our collection stays at about the same number.
Because we don’t take in new animals very often, I found it interesting to learn that the animal keepers here each have a sort of “buddy animal” that joined the animal department at roughly the same time they did.
Sherry and Ursula (Fall 1991)
Kent (Summer 1996) and 2 American Robins (Winter 1997)
Marilyn and Chummix (Fall 2003)
Katy and Virginia (Spring 2005)
Jill and Scout (Fall 2005)
Me and Robin Owl (Summer 2010)
Kimberly and Ladybelle (Fall 2010)
Aaron and Jaybird (Spring 2011)
Jessi and the baby Pine Snakes (Summer 2012)
Great post, I love that Marilyn looks like she’s about to attack Chummix
2013 for me is about enjoying the ‘moment’ whether that moment is truly a moment or a whole day long; “smell the roses” so-to-speak.
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If you give a Whistle Pig a pancake…
He’ll chase you down the hallway until you give him another.
It wasn’t quite like the book
oh he loves him some pancakes!
This just goes to show that we love all the “staff” here at the museum!
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I snapped this photo on a real rainy day while I was waiting the storm out in the barn. The alpaca seemed real relaxed. This position is cush sometimes spelled kush in alpaca vocabulary.
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I’d like a reference point please please- like a ruler or a quarter next to the pile of poo.
If you give me a hundred dollar bill for scale I could use that.
Pig poop!
Does the white ridged background provide a clue or is just a shovel?
I cant tell you then it could give it away.
The answer is coming soon