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!

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Winter Weather

It's been crappy cruddy and just plain icky in the weather department the last few days.  We don't get much snow around these parts but a couple of days ago we ended up with about 3 inches.

Most of the critters - 60% - do not care for the cold weather.  That would be the ferrets and the dog. Emma is a cold weather weenie and literally runs outside to do her business and heads back indoors.  The ferrets don't care for it much either.  When its overcast they tend to sleep even more than usual.  Clooney doesn't seem to like the cold the older he gets.  Violet and Theo both had a chance to dip their toes in some snow - neither one was all that taken with the experience and both shivered like crazy.

The kitties seem to be fairly unaffected by the weather.  They are lazy, snoozing all day regardless of the conditions outside.  They have been spending quite a bit of time on our bed or on the heated dog bed - not sure if its weather related or just because they can.

50%  of the humans hate the cold -- yes -- that would be me.  Hurry up spring is all I have to say about the matter....


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