September 17 2018

Big Cat Updates

Natalia & Frosty are both doing well.

Alexa Flash Briefing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHFNEBkUC3c

Where are the Tiger King stars now?

360 VR Tiger Andre Sniff Lens Drinking

You can almost feel his hot breath on your skin as Andre, the 22-year-old tiger sniffs the lens in this 360 Virtual Reality video. This looks a lot more awesome in our VR headset you can get at BigCatRescue.org/VR

Walkabout Video – Evening Snacks for Big Cats

Enjoy a walkabout the sanctuary with Carole to see the cats. She talks about why Seth Tiger’s big platform was dismantled. If the video below does not load you you watch it on Facebook at this link. https://www.facebook.com/bigcatrescue/videos/2211405569136781/ Carole also talks about Natalia leopard’s recent vet visit.

https://www.facebook.com/bigcatrescue/videos/2211405569136781/

Coordinator Report – Lauren Buckingham

Today was very hot and humid but we had lots of volunteers come out to help clean and feed.

Food prep was finished before lunch so we had time for projects in the PM.

Mac Cougar’s old enclosure was finished and clean up started around the outside.

The roof section of Seth’s enclosure was done. He was given full access before we left this evening

Interns and volunteers, that needed them, got operant/enrichment sign-offs.

Cameron did not come for food or his meds this morning or in the evening. If he comes to the roof section tomorrow we need to try locking him in to give us a better chance at getting food/meds in him.

Frosty, the elderly serval cat, ate well this morning but ate only a few pieces with his PM meds. I put a ceramic dish into his cage so I could leave food overnight. I left 5oz ground turkey and turkey pieces.

Natalia was looking a little better today. She had a second cage added so she has more space.

Hoover ate well overnight but left both his meds and supplement. I left him 10lbs of food for tonight, his meds are in chicken breast.

That’s it from me!

Lauren Buckingham