So today my morning started off by feeding squirrels; we have the three baby reds, one young red, and the two young gray squirrels still. All three of them were fed formula and the one single red was given his solids as well (nuts and other things). A rehabber and I went on a produce run shortly after at Save More and Trigs. Thank God we did because Save More gave us two boxes of very nice fruits and vegetables!!! We ended using quit a bit of them today for our patients. Anything we could not give to our animals or was rotten was tossed to compost for the deer to use but we were able to use 90% of what we were given.
We then grabbed the Snowy Owl and worked on her bandages; took the old ones off, applied/injected necessary medications, and put new bandages back on. Once she was finished we put her back into a clean cage with new food and water then I had to feed squirrels again. At some point I aided the other rehab intern on duty today by simply carrying raccoon bowls to the raccoons, handing them two her, and changed a water dish. I was going to chart but kind of failed so she finished it up. I think we went on lunch after 12pm feedings, with squirrels, were finished up.
After lunch it was back to work of course. I had more feedings at 2, 5, and 8pm but in between 2 and 5 we managed to catch some resident birds. I personally captured Eddie the Bald Eagle which I was super excited about! The other intern captured Ethel the Great Horned Owl, Fritz the Eastern Screech, and I think Cecil the Northern Saw-whet Owl. I was either feeding or working on other stuff when she captured the three. Below is a picture of me with Eddie!
We also grabbed Woody the Wood Turtle and Tatiana the Russian Tortoise. When we captured the birds we checked out their beaks and talons; trimming or coping (filing) what is necessary. Same applies for the turtles beaks and nails; trimming or filing as well. Without the filing and trimming their beaks can close to where they cannot eat and the nails/talons can become sharp and hurt us or the animal themselves.
Besides bird/turtle exams we bleached the counters and did dishes. I eventually worked on our feeding schedule. I tore off any tape, erased all information on it after writing it down, and then began to cut tape to put new stuff on. We were hoping to redo the board by making the lines more straight and adding a medication section (what times they needed their medications which encourages us to check the folder to see what meds are being given out at those times).
At the end of the day our last chores were sweeping, mopping, dishes, garbage, and compost. I did some dishes and mopped while other intern took out garbage, a rehabber took out compost, and another rehabber mopped. I also helped out education by swatting flies in Hortense's enclosure then went upstairs. I eventually fed at 5pm as said before, went to a movie rental place to pick up "Mirror, Mirror", and then came back. We watched said move later, pausing only for 8pm feeding, and now I am finally typing up this blog post.
Overall the day went very well with work and after. Some news regarding Rocky Boots and the job applications! Rocky called today for an over the phone interview. The lady who called, I know her name but never mention names on her, asked me why I wanted to work at Rocky and wanted me to describe what all I did at my last three jobs. She then told me that today they were doing phone screenings and would either call tomorrow to schedule an interview (the next step) or not call at all. I'm hoping they call back and ask to schedule an interview. It would be soooo amazing if I could work at Rocky Boot considering it's one of the places I prefer to work at the most!
Pray they call for me, please! Pray even more that I actually get the job for this school year! I need experience, cash, and something to do when I am not focused on school!!!
Leaving this post off with a picture of one of our three baby red squirrels and a picture of one of our baby gray squirrels.
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