This week we started work on the new black vulture cage. It is located behind the Drumlin Wildlife Care building up a small hill. It was constructed on the remnants of an old enclosure which was very broken down and unused. I drilled pre-cut boards together and helped apply mosquito netting. The black vulture is coming in Monday and we need to be prepared.
In other news, the opossum's abscess grew back a little bit, and she needs to be brought to the vet to be checked out again. Jasmine also needs to be taken to the vet due to her not grooming properly (it may be arthritis because she isn't using her raised litter box like she used to).
We had camp again this week which I'm really getting used to. I enjoy leading the kids through cleaning and doing diets for all of the animals. It is a lot of fun to teach them the skills that I have learned. I also go to present the American kestrel to my camp kids. My friend Helen held the broad-wing hawk and we taught the campers the differences and similarities between them!
This week I also presented my deer diet paper to my bosses. I think it went really well and I just have a few more changes to make in it. I was able to go into the deer cage to see which plants were present in the enclosure to better change my diet plans.
This week my boss Flavio also held a barbecue. It was extremely kind and super fun. All of the interns got together to talk about everything we learned and did, and we got to see his family! I really appreciated it and enjoy all the fun times that were had at this barbecue!
