Our summer intern started this week. Meet Bethany. She goes to school with Jamie and Jessica.
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QuikPic: Gecko’s old skin
May 12th, 2013
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QuikPost: red wolf quarterly report
May 8th, 2013I get sent the red wolf quarterly report from USFWS. Here’s the link to the most recent report:
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QuikPic: goat and cats
May 4th, 2013The most interesting thing, to me, about this photo is not that there is a goat in my living room, but rather that my big cat on the floor (Scout) is resting on a cat toy. He does not play with cat toys.
Actually, Scout hasn’t rested on this carpet in I-don’t-know-how-long, and Kobi hasn’t slept on my chair until recently when the goat moved to my living room.
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Looks like the cats are staking out their territory in the presence of the goat.
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A Goodbye Present!
April 25th, 2013Interns Jamie and Jessica finished their work with us last week and gave us a goodbye present.
Jamie, on the left crying, painted the picture for us that Jessica is holding.
We were happy and impressed with our present:
Sarah, Kimberly, and Jessi (L-R)
We’ll miss Jamie and Jessica and wish them well at their summer internship sites (Jessica is heading to the Western NC Nature Center in Asheville and Jamie is heading to the Knoxville Zoo).
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So sweet! I’m going to miss those ladies.
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Naked Alpacas
April 23rd, 2013We used to have naked sheep once a year- check out last year’s sheep shearing. The four of them lost about 21 pounds of wool. Much less than the 35 pounds the 4 sheep took off last year This is our first year shearing alpacas and today was the day. They no longer look like this:
Ray experiences her first complete shearing
Jonathan lays the alpacas down, straightens them out, and ties their legs. It goes pretty quickly and easily.
come look how skinny Emily is!
We’ll get some video and more photos up in the near future, but do come by and check out the girls. I am sure the keepers will want to talk about hairdo options and more!
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Awww- Ray was so fluffy before! Now they all look like drenched crazy giraffe poodles.
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What’s going to happen with the wool?
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What’s the difference between good and bad quality wool?
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The good stuff is taken strictly from the body. The neck, legs and head isnt really good enough to use and its not as long as the hairs on the body
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Sounds like a good fund raiser.
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They are so skinny now. Imagine what our bears would look like if we shaved them!
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The Produce Bomber Strikes Again.
April 17th, 2013If I only had a video camera to show you how the following played out you would laugh so hard.
my gift bags from Donna
Last week, I approached my driveway at 9 PM, I stop the car because someone is at the foot of the driveway. I assume it’s a dog walker, but my neighbor turns around says something like “oh…I’ve been caught” and starts to run back to her house with a large grocery bag in her arms.
I yell for her to come on back. I’m laughing as I do this (and I hope Donna is too). I then yell “Does it need to be refrigerated?” The conversation continues back and forth somewhat. I park the car and come out to greet her. We chat for a minute or so - she is embarrassed. (Me, I’m thankful for the gifts). She places the bag into my truck (which has been parked in the driveway). She leaves walking away talking about making “Popsicles” for the critters since it’s been so hot.
I thank her and head to the truck to not only find the large grocery bag she just placed there (watermelon inside), but three other grocery bags. I evidently caught her on her last drop off rather than her first one!
this week’s gifts from the “produce bomber”
People like Donna and all that she does for us and the animals make days like Monday a little bit easier. THANKS DONNA!!!!!
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What do you do with the marshmellow creme?
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Tell Donna I made “Pina Colada” popsicles/ice cubes for the critters out of the pineapple and coconut! We haven’t tried them yet, but I’m sure they’ll be a hit.
Wendy- I don’t know what other keepers use Fluff for (bears maybe?), but Jill and I used a small amount last fall to make popcorn balls for pig enrichment.
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Usually Jill eats all the fluff before the animals can get any!!!
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Another Difficult Goodbye: You’ll be missed Chummix
April 15th, 2013
We started the blog over 5 years ago. Our goal was to bring you into the life of a Keeper at the Museum. Death is a part of life. Some animals die on their own, others are euthanized. In fact our very first blog post was about saying goodbye to Moo.
As we’ve written previously, some days are tough and some days suck. Today has been one of those days. I’ve written in the past year about Chummix and his “old goat disease“. We’ve been monitoring him and the keepers have been working hard to keep him eating. This past week it was determined that it was time to euthanize him.
Chummix will be missed by keepers, guests, staff, volunteers, and likely by Max. I’ve already received condolences from several staff members and friends. For those folks who especially cared about Chummix, my condolences go out to you as well. We’re often asked, “what can I do?”. (A few years back I wrote some suggestions- click here for ideas).
it’s hard to remember that Chummix was once bigger than Max!
Below are links to some of my favorite blog posts about Chummix.
Chummix and successful training
“Chummix’s” New Year’s Resolutions (Resolution # 2)
Chummix would always head butt things when I was around- ALWAYS. I think this is how I will always remember him.
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I’m so sorry for your loss. Chummix was awesome.
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He was the first animal that injured me so that I had to go to the dr!
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I always looked forward to seeing Chum on my daily walks. He will certainly be missed.
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RIP Chummix. We’ll miss you and your crazy eyes.
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A sad time, but comforted knowing that Chummix had good, long life with such a great team looking after him. Thanks to all of the keepers for the care you give to all of the critters that live at the Museum. Thinking of you all.
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QuikPic: furry alpacas…last chance
April 13th, 2013The girls are going to be sheared on April 23 (weather permitting). Get a last look for now at ful coats. Make any hairdo requests in the comment section.
back row L-R: Emily, Equinox.
front row L-R: Retro, Ray
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Mullet!!!!
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Dreadlocks for Retro
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I agree with Jill. I think a “mullet” in the crowd would add the needed cultural diversity to the group.
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Poodle
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Sorry Dad, we don’t have Suri alpacas; they’re the ones with the dreads. Our 4 girls are all Huacayas. I’m voting for at least 1 mohawk.
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Galileo’s Field Trip
April 11th, 2013Galileo took a field trip last week. ( I love when the keepers get the opossums out for field trips. I think Sonny’s field trips were my favorites).
Intern Jamie was his Chaperone
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She ate the skin too which a lot of geckos do.
I made sure to look for it the next morning and it was all gone
Wow!! How often and why does Gordon shed her skin? And how long does it take for the entire shedding process?
That’s impressive!
Depending if its still growing it will shed more but usually every few months
However, we dont really know because like I said a lot of the geckos eat their skin
I noticed the day before though she was a different color then usual so that was one hint