Work with the Pandas

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Work with the Pandas

 

arrangements can be made to volunteer to help with the Pandas

along with Miss Lin was responsible for three Panda

 

Miss Lin

 

#20

 

Lu Lu

 

Le Shing

Daily Duties include:

    Preparing the Food

    Feeding the Panda

    Cleaning the cages

    Keeping records

    Bringing fresh Bamboo to the outdoor runs

    Cleaning away the waste Bamboo

    Training

    General Appearance


Preparing the Food

 

Bamboo is the main Panda food

 

a special Panda cake

is make from Bamboo, flour, rice and vitamins

 

chopping the bamboo

 

adding the vitamins to the panda cake

 

 

putting cake fragments over the vitamins


Feeding the Panda

 

feeding the Panda the panda cake

 

eating the panda cake

 

 

eating the panda cake

 

feeding bamboo shoots

 

apples are a treat
so pills are hidden in apple slices

 

having a treat


Cleaning the cages

 

a messy cage

 

Panda scat

 

cleaned from the cages

 

to the disposal spot

 

clean scat from the outdoor run

 

dumping it over the fence to fertilize the plants


Keeping records

 

keeping records is a daily responsibility


Bringing fresh Bamboo to the outdoor runs

 

bamboo bought from the local farms

 

placing in the outdoor runs

 

tender bamboo to those in the Nursery

 

more bamboo arriving on a rainy day


Cleaning away the waste Bamboo

 

carting away the waste bamboo


Training

 

in the training cage

 

sequence of clicking and feeding
to keep their attention
so that medical procedures can be done
like ultrasound on the tummy to check for pregnancy


General Appearance

 

sweeping the walkways
to keep the visitor area clean

 

"The Traveler" got this certificate
even though I took the photos as my wife did the work


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