…Helps the medicine go down!

Keeper Jill wrote a post “Time for your medicine” about all the tricks we use to get animals to take their medicine. She posted pictures of the Red Ruffed Lemurs taking some meds.

The Ring Tailed Lemurs aren’t so easy! But I found a very easy mix of mashed lemur chow and banana that seems to mask their dewormer enough for them to eat it.

 

Here's the mashed chow

Add mashed banana

Add the dewormer

Mix it all together

 Cross your fingers and hope they eat it all 

Cassandra (in front) and Satyrus eating their dewormer mix

Lycus eating his dewormer mix

 

Here are some great moms of the animal kingdom

Elephants: After carrying a baby for 22 months, she delivers 250 lbs of cuteness.

Octopus- Talk about self sacrifice,this  mom (depending on its species) can lay up to 200,000 eggs. As if that’s not enough work she may decide to eat her own arms because she will not leave the area to look for food. The kicker is after all that she dies when the eggs start to hatch.

Sea Louse- This one comes from a scene from Alien…when the babies are ready to go they  nosh on mom from the inside out.

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/why-lone-alaska-wolf-traveled-thousands-miles-only-die-starvation

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And don’t forget, you can still help out red wolves until 11:59 PM on May 15th:

The Red Wolf Coalition- the only not-for-profit whose only goal is to advocate for the long-term survival of the red wolf – is part of an Earth Day Fundraiser through Crowdrise. Right now through May 15^th, the Coalition is part of Crowdrise’s Earth Day Challenge. Any dollar amount large or small would help. Donate in honor of the Museum’s wolves, an animal keeper, or just because. An extra $25,000 could be won to help red wolves!

Kim breaks ground!

Kim Wheeler, the Executive Director of the Red Wolf Coalition, sent me some photos of groundbreaking for the new wolf exhibit out in red wolf country. This will be the only facility located in the heart of red wolf country- where red wolves roam free – where people can actually see a red wolf. The enclosure will be finished sometime this summer, and I’ll keep you informed as to when wolves will arrive for viewing. It’s exciting!!

truck loads of fencing materials arrived May 7.

Installation begins.

Homemade Dog Treats

 They were dog tested and approved. Below is the receipe from

“The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook”

~~~Veggie Treats~~~

3 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup quick oats

1/2 cup roasted, unsalted sunflower seeds

1/2 cup grated carrots

1/4 cup finely diced celery

1/4 finely chopped broccoli

1/4 cup finely diced red or yellow bell pepper (no seeds)

1 teaspoon minced garlic

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup water

(I altered this a bit- I used whole wheat flour, diced the carrots, and added extra celery and broccoli instead of using bell peppers- just to use what I already had at home)

1. Preheat the over to 350 degrees
2. Mix all the ingredients well. Using your hands, knead the dough for a few minutes
3. Form the dough into a ball and drop it onto a floured breadboard (I used the counter). Roll the dough out to about 1/4 inch thick.
4. Use a 3 inch cookie cutter (I used the mouth part of a small jar) to cut the dough into shapes. Place the cookies on greased cookie sheets.
5. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown
6. Remove from oven, let cool, store in airtight container- or from crisper treats, turn oven off and return treats on cookie sheet to oven. Leave them in the cooling oven for several hours or overnight to harden.

Write in your phone and set your reminder for tomorrow

Saturday,May 5th

Museum of Life and Science Picnic Dome

7am-11am

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Consider donating:

$25. One dollar for each year the red wolf has been restored to the wild at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

$20. One dollar for each year the Museum has housed red wolves.

$13. One dollar for every red wolf pup born at the Museum

$10. One dime for each wolf that roams free at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.

The link to the fundraiser is below: 

http://www.crowdrise.com/redwolfcoalitioneart

Here they are waiting for their cage to be cleaned. The black ones name is Joker and the one behind it is Penguin.