Mystic Aquarium

Today I worked in pen 1 with Niki, which includes baldies and chesties. Baldies are chicks that have lost their feathers and are in the process of re-growing them and chesties have some congestion of some sort when they breathe. Niki was kind to me and took care of the most of the chesties which required administering medications. I mainly took care of the healthiest of this group, about 15 or so of them.

Today I worked in ICU and again I was able to pick up on bit more of this routine since it was my second day in a row. Lucy was the supervisor of the day in this routine and Candace, one of the SANCCOB staff, helped quite a bit in the morning.

Day two and three are combined since yesterday was bit of a hard and long day. It began at 8am. Nola was working so I was glad to see a face more familiar to me. Each morning we go over a board which has a plan for the day as far as which pen area each person will be working in. Each area has a person listed as a supervisor and volunteers. Obviously the supervisor being someone that knows a bit more of what is going on. Well, due to a small number of bodies to do the work, my name was listed under supervisor for pen 2.

Well, I have my first full day under my belt! I started at 8am donning the green slickers and boots. I was assigned to pen 2 working with Neels from France. I was a bit overwhelmed at first, but by the afternoon I started to get a sense of routine.