Amber

The rainbow lorikeets whispering to themselves… were they laughing at me?

#rainbowlorikeet #bird #zoo #zookeeper

“A shutdown falls on the President’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his own party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the president is weak.” -Trump 2013.

Giving kiddie pool a whole new meaning 🐐

#goat #nigeriangoat #zookeeper #domestics #pettingzoo #enrichment

Handsome Mortimer the turkey vulture 🌹

#zookeeper #zoo #turkeyvulture #birdsofprey

Kito running in! He stops to check out his new PVC pipe mobile enrichment, and gives us an excited skip up to the bars ☺️

#zookeeper #zoo #rhino #whiterhino

salt lake city adopts 3 new city flags to circumvent new utah law that bans flying pride/other flags at public buildings
(original: upper left)

Good on Utah!

#Goodtrouble

As an American, neither do I

Monique the acrobat 🦥
3rd image shows off her leg strength as she reaches for her spoon board enrichment below.

#zookeeper #zoo #sloth #twotoedsloth #enrichment

Enrichment in the morning, a comfy bed in the afternoon 😌 Neville knows how to relax 🧘‍♀️

#zookeeper #enrichment #meerkat

Cecil and Monique the 2-toed sloths 🦥

#sloth #2toedsloth #biodiversityhall #southamerica

They are the best!

One of my favs from my new job!
This is Isaac the Nubian goat 🐐 he can be a brat, but he loves attention and will get it any way possible.

#zookeeper #domestics #nubiangoat

“Boys will be boys” as an 80 year old 34 count felon destroys every ally ship we have, effectively fast tracks WW3, and puts us in our country’s 3rd Great Depression…
But if this was a woman, she’d have been impeached immediately.

If this is all the job is now, what’s the point? I love working alone and I hate training people. I guess I didn’t realize it’s such a big part of the job now?

Hey zookeepers,
Do you feel like your job has just become teaching others (seasonals, interns, attendants) to do your job for you?
I’m in school for keeping and working as a seasonal keeper and I feel bad the keeper I’m with has around 4-6 people she’s training at once.

#zookeeper #zoo

All my hard work is paying off and I am another step closure to my career goal! I have accepted a seasonal position as an assistant zookeeper at Niabi Zoo!
This zoo is really special to me as I’ve been a visitor since childhood, and I’m excited to be apart of their team and see their future 💛

I’m sorry… did I just see #SnoopDogg in a #StopTheHate ad? Talking about how the “reasons are just a dumb as they sound” and he can’t believe they have to make an ad like this still? Did this man not just back #Trump by performing at his inauguration a couple months ago? 🤨🙄

Yet again, I am flabbergasted by the results! 🤯
After 4 years of calling Ryder a Pit/Aussie mix, finding out his long hair comes from chow or Eskimo was a shock, but finding out he has some lab really explains his love of water💦
Thank you Wisdom Panel!

#dnatest #breedtest #mutt

#dogmom #dogs #bassethound #pitbull

Weather is starting to turn! ☀️ more walks and puppy photo shoots will be happening soon 💛

Happy World Wildlife Day! Here’s a collection of native Illinois wildlife I’ve found around my home, my job, and local state parks.

#worldwildlifeday #Illinoiswildlife #reptiles #amphibians #insects #birds

New tat 🪦 featuring Ryder’s paw 🐾

#tattoo #dekalbtattoocompany

6. Going to find clothes for a new job!

No Amazon. No Walmart. No Target. No Disney. No Google. No Apple. No Visa or Mastercard. And especially no Facebook or Twitter. Buy essentials such as medicine, food, and emergency supplies, of course, but make those purchases at small, local businesses and use cash. The purpose of today’s economic blackout is to send a clear message: We have the power.

#EconomicBlackout

I work at a zoo directly with animals. I HAVE to have a negative TB test every year. This is going to be so annoying to try to find a solution too…

I’ve decided to start journaling my zoo experience whether it be my volunteer days or my working days. Writing always helps me remember better, and it’s important to remember the routines, the animal’s names, and the processes.
Sticker is by @vsteiner.bsky.social

#journaling #zoo

Hey Flashes!
I’m Amber, I have 3 dogs and a cat, I love nature, and I work at a zoo in my spare time. So if you’re into that, a lot of my posts will likely of those subjects.

#animals #dogs #cats #zooanimals