I lost track of the day...

Yesterday we trained on back habitats and got to see the leopards, the bobcats and learn more stories of the other cats. So far we have been trained on Front, Cougars, House, Front Habitats and now Back Habitats. Tomorrow we are doing tiger row! :) I think I have a handle on most of the cats names and how to tell them apart. I was helping everyone record names and how to tell them apart last night at the house. I felt very proud of my "cat knowing" abilities! I went back to the compound during my lunch yesterday to try and learn the stories of the compound cats and witnessed some very ferocious love making. Haha!! Zena is in heat and Zeus took full advantage, I have never heard such loud noises in my life. Zeus was trying to be as impressive as he could and kept throwing his head back and roaring. Meanwhile, Jesse was on the prowl. I think he was just in the mood because Keesha definitely was not in heat. She wanted nothing to do with it, while he kept biting her tail and back. Pretty incredible teeth. While walking around we saw Detroit drag his toy tire up the hill, release it and chase it back down. That tire had to weigh like 100 lbs!! The next most amusing thing I saw was Brody the lion, putting the moves on his girlfriend...the 50 lb ball (4ft by 4ft at least). He didn't seem to mind that she is plastic.  Today we are training on house and got to meet and learn to care for the cats that only get to be accessible to the lodging guests. We also took care of Cheyenne the coyote, the caracal and the servals. I am on my lunch now and am trying to relax before having to go back down to the food prep area to prepare about 1,000 pounds of meet. Next week, we clean and medicate everything by ourselves! Yikes..because everything is snow covered and all we have been doing is having hypothetical explanations thrown at us. Hard to learn procedure without actually seeing it. And tours start Wednesday. I am glad I am a little ahead being able to identify all the cats and know their stories because our first day actually working we are graded by our supervisors and then placed in a permanent weekly schedule based on our performance. I really want to be able to give tours, work habitats and compound, do enrichment and training so cross your fingers for me! Hopefully my first tour goes well. And hopefully my ideas for training and enrichment are up to scratch so I can be able to do a lot of that as well. I think a lot of enrichment that I did at Woods can be modified and applied so cross your fingers!!!

I'll post more pictures tonight