Climbing her new branch!
Today Patrick, one of our volunteers, and I went into Baloo and Raji’s enclosure to hand feed them their PM diet. They loooove the fruit so they eat that up right away. Then when the fruit’s all gone they’ll go for the monkey chow. They save the veggies like string beans and broccoli for last like some picky eaters I know!
Check out the video!
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.
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
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!
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
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!
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
Hey kids. Do you love animals? Do you love going to the zoo? Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a real zookeeper? Well then join us this upcoming Tuesday, August 10th, for our exciting Keeper For A Day program! Follow us behind the scenes as you learn how to clean, feed, and care for several of our exotic animals. The staff members will show you how animal diets are made and what types of food our different animals eat. So come join us on our exciting adventure where you’ll get to meet several different animals! And make sure to bring a friend!
Go to http://www.wildwonders.org/our-services/keeper-for-a-day/ for more details.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra
Leave some gums for me
Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop Kookaburra, stop Kookaburra
That’s no monkey, that’s…a Kinkajou!
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