A Day in the Life of a Zookeeper

A Day in the Life of a Zookeeper
Ever wonder what its like to share your world with a bunch of crazy critters? Tune in to find out!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

"Pet Peeves"

My critters are adorable angels and I do love them with all my heart but there are those rare occasions when they make me a little nutty!!

One major issue in our household is food:

Emma wants to eat cat food
Cats want to eat dog food
Ferret has food that the cats and the dog are nuts for - too bad the ferret hates the ferret food

So - here's what they do eat:
Nigel - eats a combo of ferret food (he likes it) and cat food - supplemented with his worms, fruits, veges and yogurt
Clooney - eats cat food mostly and some dog food - this is fine as ferret food is somewhat new to the market and high grade cat food was the way to go before it was available
Kitties - eat cat food - occasionally snack on dog food
Emma - eats dog food and steals the cat food whenever she thinks she can get away with it

Here's the thing that makes me nuts - for Nigel - I will grab a handful of cat food when we are downstairs and put it in his pen. The cats go nuts - they HAVE to have it from the pen.  Somehow it doesn't matter there is a gigantic feeder full of the exact same food 10 feet away.  Grrr - critters....its a good thing they are cute!

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