All in a days work

SO i just realized that my blogs are mainly pictures and not a lot of words but i figure for the family this is what they would rather have:) I know its not really a "typical" job that I have so it seems like it is best described with pictures:)! So here are some photos of my last few days at work. It has been a bittersweet week with everything going on right now. Sadly we had to put down our 12 year old Coatimundi Carmen, but she had lived a good long life and it was the right thing to do. I can say that now after i spent the last 24 hours sobbing over her passing. On a happier note i had some excellent times with my coworkers and the other animals we have. My week just would not be complete without some cougar kisses. This is Ashkii, he is one of our year old cougar "cubs" if you can still call them that when they weigh 120 pounds! Ashkii has always been my fave. of the three boys and he is such a sweetheart. I guess he knew i needed some cuddles after my hard day!

Quillson is our threey year old North American Porcupine. He is such a silly boy. He likes to spin in circles, we call it his dancing. I spent some time with him this afternoon before his walk.

Violet, our opossum.

Miss Tyra, our kinkajou. She is related to a racoon believe it or not. This little girl is the one that put me in the hospital and had me out of work for a week and on light duty for a month after that last October when she gave me a nice bite on my right hand.

One of my newest projects, Java an African Bushbaby. These lesser primates can be a challenge but he is so laid back and has such a great personality. He has been a blast to work with.

Goodbye Carmen. I miss you so much already!

They didnt listen to me when i asked them nicely not to bite my feet!

To end on a lighter note the penguins always make me smile(well almost always they can bite pretty hard!) We stopped by the penguin display today to take some pictures and have some fun:) These little guys were some of the penguins that worked with Adam Sandler on the movie 50 first dates:)

For anyone that is wondering where Jacob is during all of this... today he spent a productive day at home... cleaning up the house and catching up on rest... not too exciting but ill try and get him in on some photos this weekend that we have off together:)