ripped_fear Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Though I would give the animal lovers here a little smile but first the story which led to today! As some of you know I work at a local zoo to me, and have done for a little while now. And unfortunately although I love my job I did become a little despondent a few months back, due to the park moving away from conservation and seemed to be heading in the farm stock direction. This is by no means the area of careerer I want to pursue and started to get a little down regarding work. After a while it built up inside and ended up in the office and decide to express all of my concerns, after a long meeting I got the go ahead to try and focus my attention on introducing a breeding program for a couple of our soft bills. Need less to say I got to it, and after a refurbishment to the enclosure, change of diet, new nesting areas/materials and a few other alterations it was in the hands of the birds. And much to my excitement went into the enclosure today and they have a chick!! and here is the bird in question- Spreo Starlings! no pics of chick as obviously its in the nest but when it fledges, assuming it survives I will update I also turned my attention to breeding our Green Crested Touraco's to and a week ago they laid and egg, unfortunately they stopped sitting yesterday so I had to pull the egg and incubate it so I may be hand rearing it soon which isn't ideal but still great news. quick pic- we have also bred a few million duclings as always here is a pair named splidge and splodge I'm not guilty of the name:p and we have also bred are Bennets Wallabys and one of which we are also hand rearing due it mum rejecting it. Hopefully I will be able to update with a few more, as our white cheeked touraco's, Siberian ground Thrushs, Red tailed laughing thrushs and a couple of others are building need less to say i am chuffed to bits as I now feel as if I have managed to steer one area of the park away from farm life and more to conservation Thanks for Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Refreshing in this day and age to see someone so passionate about how they pay the bills. Well done fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Awesome work. That must be very satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Great story and I admire your work Ducklings and ducks in general rule! That wallaby is cute as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 What a job to have, I'm envious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Strike Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 congratulations, quite a stunning bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Good work Jake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Must be a very rewarding job at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Must be a very rewarding job at times yes it is very rewarding, very stressful at times too, but as soon as it comes to breeding season it becomes very rewarding when rare animals start to appear Good work Jake. Cheers Adam congratulations, quite a stunning bird. yeah they are stunning unfortunately you do not see that many of them any more in the uk, zoo's prefer the big animals. Shame really the birds tend to get over looked by allot of people. What a job to have, I'm envious. thanks man its a great field to work in, no rich quick unfortunately but great none the less. Great story and I admire your work Ducklings and ducks in general rule! That wallaby is cute as well. ducks are awesome i do tend to take them for granted though as we literally have tones Refreshing in this day and age to see someone so passionate about how they pay the bills. Well done fella. thanks man to work in the area I do you have to be passionate otherwise you wouldnt do it, it can be hard at times but the passion is what keeps you going and eventually it pays off. Awesome work. That must be very satisfying. yeah it is very satisfying I love my work. and I am very happy today as despite the very bad storm last night the chick survived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 So do you volunteer there or are you a qualified keeper/on the pay role? Went to Monkey World last year, loved it, and an previous ex of mine's friends mum (tenuous link!) ran a small zoo, I fell in love with the Capybaras, sound just like guinea pigs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 8, 2011 Author Share Posted May 8, 2011 yeah im a fully qualified animal keeper, have been for a few years and bad news today the spreo chick died in the storm last night hopefully they will reclutch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 Well although the spreo past away, GREAT news one of the green crested touracos has hatched and i am now hand rearing him, pics to come soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shima60 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Awesome i love animals and always wanted to work in a zoo well done to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 thanks bud and you should go for it, one quick pic of its feed ten mins ago not the best quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 even more gutted now as the Green crested touraco took a turn for the worst late morning today and as a result he passed away, gutted as i had come very attached to him in such a short space of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 The poor thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Our Kookaburra pair have laid, and at least one has eaten their newly hatched chicks, for the last three seasons. It's a cruel world, the animal kingdom is not dissimilar to us humans. You are doing a great job though, frustrating and occasionally saddening as it may be, I am very envious. Stick with it, and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shima60 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Shame Its horrible when that happens. I recently lost one of my chameleons to sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 We have a hand reared Emu that is imprinted, it follows the wife and I like a puppy. Not sure what we will do with it, but it's far better than most X Factor contestants, talent wise, and if it disappointed you could always eat it and feel "green" with a virtually fat free home produced meat produce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 We have a hand reared Emu that is imprinted, it follows the wife and I like a puppy. Not sure what we will do with it, but it's far better than most X Factor contestants, talent wise, and if it disappointed you could always eat it and feel "green" with a virtually fat free home produced meat produce you know what you can do with it, give it to your fellow bird lover as for the kooks we had the same problem last year we eneded up hand rearing to chick and they did well but 6 hatched! so they ate 4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Shame Its horrible when that happens. I recently lost one of my chameleons to sucks that sucks dude, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 thought i would bump this thread with some good news, the Green crested Touraco's have re clutched and now have two eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeG Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Thats good to here, i don't think i could work with animals in that way, i would get to attached to them, but good work your doing there keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 Thats good to here, i don't think i could work with animals in that way, i would get to attached to them, but good work your doing there keep it up yeah I get attached to it can be hard but incredibly rewarding at times. thanks bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BazzaAlpine Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Yay good to hear. Hopefully they won't get rejected and it'll be a happy outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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