A Day in the Life of a Zookeeper

A Day in the Life of a Zookeeper
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Monday, April 07, 2014

Schedules

We have had an interesting shift in the snoozy schedules of the ferrets - one that I am very much enjoying.  It used to be that they were all on different schedules - this is was nice as it afforded me a good bit of 1:1 time with each of them.

In the last couple of weeks they have all been awake and asleep at the same times.  This makes for much fun with all five of them interacting with each other.

The day starts out with all of them up in the mornings.  The boys play in the shower while it warms up, the girls play under the covers of the bed.  We do treats and pets and wrestles.  Then everyone follows the hubs downstairs as he prepares to leave for work.  Getting out the front door can be a challenge some mornings.

Everyone heads back to bed around 11ish.  They all get up again around 4 and the whole thing starts all over again.  Then back to bed around 5:30 and up in the evenings.

The evening schedule is not the same for everyone - Finn is usually up first, then Maddie, then Vi, then Clooney and late night visits from Theo.  Whatever time they are up - I do enjoy them so....


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