Today marked my second trip to volunteering at Billabong Sanctuary, and it began with some early morning rain. I mention the rain only because it's the second time since I've been here that it's rained, and both time were days I was at Billabong. Anyway, today I worked mostly in food prep for all the animals. A dietitian for wombats, kangaroos and crocs, if you will. I was also on bird cleaning duty, which turned out to be pretty eventful. I made friends with one of the lorikeets very easily; the second I got in his cage he flew to my shoulder and started nuzzling my hair and neck. He was pretty happy with all the attention and wouldn't budge off me the entire time I was working in his cage. As for Jacko, a beautiful Cockatoo, I was allowed to handle him and hold him on my arm. I set him down across the room when I went to clean his cage, but he promptly came chasing after my shoe laces. It was quite entertaining.
After bird duty, there was some time to play with the 5 month old dingo puppies. They are gorgeous sister pups, and they are quite playful and well trained. Really made me want to own one actually. I watched in on a few of the saltwater croc shows, and actually learned quite a bit. My other exciting job was collecting hibiscus flowers to feed to a bearded dragon. I actually thought the ranger was joking when he asked me to go pick flowers, but no. They were devoured by our bearded dragon, along with cockroaches and grapes. A mini garbage disposal.
Anyway, I had a really good experience once again and I really enjoy getting to do so much with animals while I've been here. I plan on going back, but not until after lecture recess (which is next week already!). I'm getting really excited for my trip to the Red Center... 7 days!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment