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, March 31, 2016

New Spaces Are Exciting

I try to keep things interesting for the ferrets.  They love to explore new places so I rotate the places they have access to.  Sometimes I open an empty cabinet, sometimes the long skinny storage closet, sometimes the linen closet and sometimes the closet in my craft room.  Whenever the "new" space is opened up they get so excited and the basically relocate.  They play in there, move their toys in there and sleep in the new spot until the next one is opened up.

I opened the closet doors in my craft room and they have been in there for 2 days now:


So - starting on the left side - the white face is Tabby, the cream face next to her is Theo, the dark and light body is actually Bash - his coat is crazy preparing for summer, the white body going left to right is Violet, the white body underneath Vi that you can barely make out is Kai and the gray girl on the right is Fiona.  The only one missing is Maddie. 
Here's Maddie!!!  Sleeping in her blanket in the hamper...

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Month in Review

I know I say it every month but - what the heck happened to March??

March started out rough with the loss of our sweet Zoey in the very early morning hours of March 1st.  I miss my snagglepuss every day.  I can't believe it's been a whole month already.  The other kitties seem to be adjusting okay.  I was worried that Aggie would be too lonely since she doesn't really get along all that great with either Phoebe or Oliver.  She seems to be doing just fine - my go with the flow kitty.

Thankfully our month improved.  Winston has been much more friendly to strangers and has been well behaved - although there were a few pink turd moments over the course of the month.  Emma celebrated her 13th birthday - holy cow - she's a teenager!!  Winston got registered as an American Mini Pig.  Emma got her spring haircut.  We battled through the yellow haze of pollen with allergies and we did some gardening.

From a health perspective - I think everyone is doing well.  The kitties have been playful and active and the ferrets are as hilarious as ever - I love those crazy weasels.  The whole gang seems happy and healthy.  I will be happy when shedding season is over - hairballs and skinny ferrets as we prepare for summer coats.

Excited to see what April has in store....


Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Belated Birthday Celebration

So - its finally nice enough to do Emma's belated birthday celebration outside on the patio.  It wasn't anything elaborate - just some pet friendly ice cream called Dogsters.  Both Winston and Emma LOVE them.


Here are a few pictures:









I love it when she stands on the plate so it won't move while she cleans up the last of her ice cream







Monday, March 28, 2016

End of Month Snaps

I can't believe its almost the end of March - time really does whiz by.  Here are some snaps of the gang...

Emma - actually cooperating with the camera today

Em

Violet

Fiona

Violet

Fiona

Oliver

Violet

Phoebe

Aggie

Bash

Sleepy Kai

Theo on the left and Bash on the right

Violet

Kai

Fiona

Madison

Bash

Bash

Violet

Tabby

Theo

Bash

Kai

Madison

Madison

Bash and Theo

Theo

Phoebe 
Winston

He is a ham

Silly Pig

Handsome Boy