Monday, November 15, 2010

A Day in the Life...

We had a busy day today!
We recently received three more Spanish goats, and a few days ago, twin goats were born! (We now have seven goats.)




This morning, the two babies needed a bath. They made the voyage to the zoo kitchen where they got a scrub in the sink.









The brown baby is a girl and the black one is a boy. In these pictures, they are two days old.








After that, our curator used a measure tape to estimate the weight of our newest Marsh Tacky, Drifter. Our Marsh Tacky horses are loaned to us until they are needed by the breeder. You can visit Drifter at the Plantation Barn.




Three new birds were ready to move into our Cypress Aviary. We released a White Ibis, a Snowy Egret, and a Great Egret (pictured below on the right).

New Fawns and Foxes






We have several new animals at the zoo!

We are hoping that these two cuties are the last of the new deer fawns. They are still on one bottle each day.








This Red Fox and the Grey Fox below are from a local rehabilitator. They will join the other foxes on exhibit soon, but zookeepers need to make some minor changes to the exhibit first. The changes will help us to work with all the foxes more easily. As you can see, the Grey Fox is missing one of his rear legs, but he gets around very well.