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Posts for February 2009
Carnivore Update
Well, as so often happens when working with animals…things have not exactly gone to plan.
Our female Fennec Fox did go to Sydney on the Monday and the Serval and the male Fennec Fox arrived safely on the Tuesday. Yesterday however, did not see our Sea lions arrive.
The weather in Western Australia was simply far too hot to send them over. We have a ‘Hot Weather policy’, so while I’m disappointed they are not here, I’m very happy their welfare remained the number one priority. They will be arriving some time in the near future when conditions are more comfortable and a suitable flight is available.
Back to Normal
The flamingo is still doing well, activity patterns have settled back into a daily routine though it can still adapt to changes. We recently removed a plant from its enclosure and this now creates a new path that the flamingo uses often. Weight is still good, most recently at 4.10kg. With its last few weights varying from 4.1kg to 4.3kg (with the variation possibly caused by whether it has recently fed or not) its weight is consistent enough to be of no further concern.
My Working Week
So far in this blog I’ve told you about events that have already taken place…so to change things up a bit I thought I’d tell you about my up coming working week.
Monday the 9th of February (day 1) is going to be a big day…so much is happening… I’ll arrive at work tomorrow around 7:30am and will have maybe 30 minutes to check, catch, box, weigh, recheck…and finally send a female Fennec Fox to Taronga Zoo in Sydney (she’s booked on a flight early morning so there’s not much room for error on my part). She’s left here for breeding purposes and on Tuesday we will receive a male from Taronga…also for breeding purposes…Exciting!
