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memento1Well, I am back! And just in time to leave again. My internet is finally back up, but I'll be gone Sunday through Wednesday in San Diego. We're going to visit Sea World, San Diego Wild Animal Park, the Navy dolphin program, and much more. I'm excited!
Anyways, guess it's time for the big news - that thing at the zoo that ate up all my time. For almost the last two months I've been helping raise a baby gibbon. A Siamang, to be more precise. Out of nowhere, the zoo was called by another facility about hand-raising an infant siamang since its mother was not taking adequate care of it. The baby arrived at 9 days old, and I was one of 4 students chosen to be a primary caretaker. That was a thrill beyond imagining. So, my time since has been a lot more active. We transformed a room at the zoo into a nursery and I spend a lot of my time in there with the baby and various other caretakers. Along with holding her and playing with her, I keep up on cleaning bottles, pacifiers, and toys, keeping records, changing her diaper, and feeding.
I could talk a lot more about her, but you'd probably rather see pictures. I don't have that many yet, and the ones I do have are blurry, but here's a few when she was just a few weeks old.
She's a lot more active now - playing on her jungle gym, chewing on toys (she's teething), and generally just being fussy! I need to get some video of her now - she's just adorable.
Anyways, there's a lot more I need to catch up on - the fire, Hawaii trip, MadTV taping, spring animal assignments, and other zoo things, but for now, I need to go to sleep! *L* I'll update more later. For now, good night! Love you all.
Anyways, guess it's time for the big news - that thing at the zoo that ate up all my time. For almost the last two months I've been helping raise a baby gibbon. A Siamang, to be more precise. Out of nowhere, the zoo was called by another facility about hand-raising an infant siamang since its mother was not taking adequate care of it. The baby arrived at 9 days old, and I was one of 4 students chosen to be a primary caretaker. That was a thrill beyond imagining. So, my time since has been a lot more active. We transformed a room at the zoo into a nursery and I spend a lot of my time in there with the baby and various other caretakers. Along with holding her and playing with her, I keep up on cleaning bottles, pacifiers, and toys, keeping records, changing her diaper, and feeding.
I could talk a lot more about her, but you'd probably rather see pictures. I don't have that many yet, and the ones I do have are blurry, but here's a few when she was just a few weeks old.
She's a lot more active now - playing on her jungle gym, chewing on toys (she's teething), and generally just being fussy! I need to get some video of her now - she's just adorable.
Anyways, there's a lot more I need to catch up on - the fire, Hawaii trip, MadTV taping, spring animal assignments, and other zoo things, but for now, I need to go to sleep! *L* I'll update more later. For now, good night! Love you all.
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Date: 2006-12-16 12:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-16 05:25 pm (UTC)memmmmm have fun in san diego! and YAY you have internet again! *loffs*!!