Extra Love

All of our animals were showing some extra love today. Olivia our owl monkey decided to take a ride on one of keepers backs while the keeper cleaned her enclosure. She was feeling a little needy today and wanted some extra love and attention. Flick and Finn our Fennec foxes had some socialization today, and both of them were loving the attention. Finn wanted scratches and Flick wanted to cuddle.Lou the Owl Monkey loved getting some scratches today!

Finn soaking up the love

Big T loves to eat his watermelon!

Flick loves finding a nice lap to cuddle in.

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Its Time for Some BE!

Behavior Enrichment (BE) is very important to the animals here at Zoofari in order to make sure that they are constantly being stimulated everyday. Today, BE consisted of paper bags and boxes stuffed with shredded newspaper and a few hidden treats, along with some special scents. Take a look at some of the animals trying to get to their treats!

Meadow the grey fox is wasting no time in finding her treats

Acacia the bat-eared fox is very curious of the new bag in her enclosure

Diablo the Coati is checking out all the new scents on his box

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TLC

From brushing fur coats, manicures, baths, new play toys, and just plain cuddle-time, Wild Wonders animal ambassadors get lots of TLC all year long.  They deserve to be spoiled and our staff and volunteers wouldn’t have it any other way!  Come & visit us, take a tour and see for yourself.

Valentino Lynx relaxing

Frankie Fox enjoys his new tunnel

Cezar gets ready for his manicure

Cuddle-time for Meadow

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Rounds

As part of our job as keepers we observe the animals constantly. So, to help us do this in a systematic way we do something that we call rounds.

Rounds are done three times a day and during this time we account for all the animals and make sure that there is nothing wrong. We check their food, water, shelter, house and also their body language as well as their behavior. That way we can supply them with more water or whatever they might need but also catch anything thats weird about their behavior. 

An animals behavior tells us a lot and if something is wrong or an animal is sick you can often discover whats going on through how they are acting. Though, it doesn’t tell us everything, it can be the first step in finding out something is wrong. That’s why it is important for us to check on the animals regularly throughout the day.

Yet, in most cases everything is fine and you often get a grumpy animal looking at you because you just woke them up. 

Here’s a few pics I took during am rounds…

Lou and Olivia

Siri

Kiki just waking up

Victor

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Changing the Gator Ponds

Today was another busy, fun-filled day here at Zoofari.  After our regular feeding and cleaning routine was over we decided it was time to clean the gator ponds.  We try to clean them out about once a week to keep our alligators happy. 

Here is Cajon’s pond before we cleaned it out:

Look at all the green algae!

He loves playing in the water while we fill his pond!

And finally, look how happy Cajun is in his nice clean pond!

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Snakes Get Walks Too?

Some are only used to walking their dogs, but here at Zoofari even our snakes get to go out for some exercise. They love soaking up the hot sun while stretching out their long bodies. Gomez, Maizy and Pugsly all had a nice relaxing walk in the sun today.

Maizy the Albino Boa

Gomez the Albino Python

Pugsly the 100lb Burmese Python

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Save the Date

Our 4th annual Soiree is coming up fast on Friday, October 8th in La Jolla. Come and enjoy the night with special guests Rebecca Klein of the Cheetah Conservation Center in Botswana, Honorary Chair Donald Schultz and Marti Emerald, and of course live animal guests! There will be plenty of food and beverages as well as an auction, so come and join us and help benefit the cheetah conservation center in Botswana and Zoofari. Tickets are $75 in advance and $85 at the door. Call zoofari at (760) 360-9230 to purchase tickets or visit our web page at www.zoofari.net

Hope to see you there!

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Penelopea gets some exercise!!

Our little Penelopea got some much needed exercise in the barn today!  We put out some forage, like peanuts and carrots, for her to look for while exploring the space.  Enjoy the video below!!

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It FINALLY feels like Summer!!

Over here in in Bonsall, it gets to be over 80 degrees in the summer. To help keep our animals nice and cool, we give them homemade popsicles and water bottles. Here are a few of our animals enjoying their tasty treats!

Maya is curious of her new treat

Here is Raji trying to figure out how to get to the fruit

Sitka the artic fox definitely enjoys his ice cold treat

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Read what the Keepers For A Day are saying!

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