The joys of working with animals! (pic heavy!)

Thought I'd share some pics of the animals I get to work around!


This is Star, our resident foul-tempered Llama! See the lovely way she 'smiles' at you?


Star again, with her ears back and glaring!


Sleepy little ferret!


Rufus the big fish!


Greedy Rheas!


Meerkats. They look so cute... until you see them eating...


This little monster likes to pull hair.


Little Dude, the Bearded Dragon. Bless him - he has brain damage.


Leopard Gecko.


Quarantined iguanas - very grumpy!


The bigger one is Herby - he's... somewhat frisky with the lady tortoises!


Jupiter, the Pine Snake!


Halter training the goats. Not. Fun.


Our resident grumpy Boa Constrictor! He enjoys hissing, slithering and biting people in the face.


George the chameleon. He's cute.


Wallaby feeding - probably the cutest animals there!


Except for the calves. They didn't like being ear tagged!


Chilean Rose Tarantula. Thankfully, very slow and lazy!

Great photos - shame you couldn't have shown me at home!!!

I should add that Star bit Eleanor! >

Caryll wrote:Great photos - shame you couldn't have shown me at home!!!

You've already seen most of them! And the results of me being bitten by most of them.

Caryll wrote:I should add that Star bit Eleanor! >

Oh, how I love the little darling. Hmph.

I should also add that the first picture (the smiling one) was taken as she prevented me from leaving the supply shed by standing right in front of the gate.

If I could turn back time................

janey wrote:
If I could turn back time................

I'll swap with you for a day!

Try a month, you can be in charge of the mortgage & bills! Xx

i would love to work a in a zoo with tiger, lions, wild dog or son on my prefect job

WANT!!!

janey wrote:

Try a month, you can be in charge of the mortgage & bills! Xx

Maybe not. I haven't a clue about mortgages and bills!

Steve wrote:i would love to work a in a zoo with tiger, lions, wild dog or son on my prefect job

Same here. I love wild animals.

Hayley wrote:

WANT!!!

He's a cutie, isn't he?
Looks like he's dying, though, which is sad... He's had a form of scale rot just behind his head for quite some time and it's spreading. Not sure exactly how old he is, but he's over thirty!

Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

Great pics, you must have a lot of fun everyday And yay!! You have wallabies some of our cuter ozzy animals

ANattyRat wrote:Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

From what I can make out, most of the time she's up to her elbows in sh1t!

What's with the gloves LOVE the pine snake!

Look like a great place to work

ella wrote:What's with the gloves LOVE the pine snake!

They have to wear them. I think it's to avoid cross contamination, but I could be wrong.

Lovely pictures Eleanor...I mushed at the ferret (we had one called Split for years she was a beaut, would love to have some again one day I love them!)

There's a good selection of animals there, where is it??

Moulton College, Northampton.

ANattyRat wrote:Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

It is fun, I'll admit. I prefer the animals to the people!

Kat75 wrote:Great pics, you must have a lot of fun everyday And yay!! You have wallabies some of our cuter ozzy animals

We have albino wallabies, as well!

Caryll wrote:

ANattyRat wrote:Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

I'll send you a goat!

From what I can make out, most of the time she's up to her elbows in sh1t!

Pretty much. Amongst other disgusting secretions!

ella wrote:What's with the gloves LOVE the pine snake!

Gloves have to be worn when the indoor animals are being handled, to prevent cross contamination. Also have to sanitise the gloves between handling each animal. The tortoises have RNS at the moment, so it's even more important that we don't pass it on to the other animals.

The pine snake is one of the nicer snakes. She'll be happy with what ever you do to her. It's the Boa you have to look out for.

jstaff wrote:Look like a great place to work

It is! Even the theory isn't too bad.

Caryll wrote:

They have to wear them. I think it's to avoid cross contamination, but I could be wrong.

Corrrrrrrect!

PygmyParrot wrote:Lovely pictures Eleanor...I mushed at the ferret (we had one called Split for years she was a beaut, would love to have some again one day I love them!)

Aww. The ferrets are a lot of fun. A couple are a little temperamental, though!

kathytake2 wrote:There's a good selection of animals there, where is it??

Caryll wrote:Moulton College, Northampton.

What she said!

Looks like a great place to work, I would love to work with animals. Brilliant pics

Caryll wrote:Moulton College, Northampton.

i think the question was directed at eleanor caryll and she got a voice and a keyboard interfering parents sorry caryll

Wow, amazing pics

bigwazza wrote:

Caryll wrote:Moulton College, Northampton.

i think the question was directed at eleanor caryll and she got a voice and a keyboard interfering parents sorry caryll

Eleanor wrote:

ANattyRat wrote:Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

It is fun, I'll admit. I prefer the animals to the people!

Kat75 wrote:Great pics, you must have a lot of fun everyday And yay!! You have wallabies some of our cuter ozzy animals

We have albino wallabies, as well!

Caryll wrote:

ANattyRat wrote:Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

I'll send you a goat!

From what I can make out, most of the time she's up to her elbows in sh1t!

Pretty much. Amongst other disgusting secretions!

ella wrote:What's with the gloves LOVE the pine snake!

Gloves have to be worn when the indoor animals are being handled, to prevent cross contamination. Also have to sanitise the gloves between handling each animal. The tortoises have RNS at the moment, so it's even more important that we don't pass it on to the other animals.

The pine snake is one of the nicer snakes. She'll be happy with what ever you do to her. It's the Boa you have to look out for.

jstaff wrote:Look like a great place to work

It is! Even the theory isn't too bad.

Caryll wrote:

They have to wear them. I think it's to avoid cross contamination, but I could be wrong.

Corrrrrrrect!

PygmyParrot wrote:Lovely pictures Eleanor...I mushed at the ferret (we had one called Split for years she was a beaut, would love to have some again one day I love them!)

Aww. The ferrets are a lot of fun. A couple are a little temperamental, though!

kathytake2 wrote:There's a good selection of animals there, where is it??

Caryll wrote:Moulton College, Northampton.

What she said!

Just thought i'd mention snakes and T's aren't usually very happy about being handled by rubber gloves, they don't understand the texture. Which is why i don't use them on mine and use an antibacterial handwash instead.

Also if you get a pissy snake they are more likely to bite with rubber gloves on!

your very lucky ,i'm not jealous though . Is Star getting ready to spit at the camera in the 2nd pic? i would love the animals in the pictures all living in my back garden except for spitty ones lol

Lovely animals

ella wrote:

Just thought i'd mention snakes and T's aren't usually very happy about being handled by rubber gloves, they don't understand the texture. Which is why i don't use them on mine and use an antibacterial handwash instead.

Also if you get a pissy snake they are more likely to bite with rubber gloves on!

The snakes in the RC are only ever handled with the latex gloves, so they've gotten accustomed somewhat to it. It isn't ideal and would be better for the temper of the snake to go without gloves, but with all the reptiles in the room, health and safety is a huge concern, particularly with the outbreak of RNS. All gloves should be thrown away after a session, sanitised between each handling, et cetera. It's a pain!

dave742 wrote:your very lucky ,i'm not jealous though . Is Star getting ready to spit at the camera in the 2nd pic? i would love the animals in the pictures all living in my back garden except for spitty ones lol

I think the picture was taken just before she started working up a gob of spit. She makes a very odd noise just before she spits at you!

Lisa & Cairo wrote:Lovely animals

I think so too. Very interesting!

Might be training the Asian Palm Civet tomorrow, so I'll post pictures if I do! Excited!

Eleanor wrote:

ella wrote:

Just thought i'd mention snakes and T's aren't usually very happy about being handled by rubber gloves, they don't understand the texture. Which is why i don't use them on mine and use an antibacterial handwash instead.

Also if you get a pissy snake they are more likely to bite with rubber gloves on!

The snakes in the RC are only ever handled with the latex gloves, so they've gotten accustomed somewhat to it. It isn't ideal and would be better for the temper of the snake to go without gloves, but with all the reptiles in the room, health and safety is a huge concern, particularly with the outbreak of RNS. All gloves should be thrown away after a session, sanitised between each handling, et cetera. It's a pain!

haha I get it don't worry definitely a pain!

A pine snake is another snake i'd like to add to my lot at some point along with a bull snake! gorgeous animals

ella wrote:

Eleanor wrote:

ella wrote:

Just thought i'd mention snakes and T's aren't usually very happy about being handled by rubber gloves, they don't understand the texture. Which is why i don't use them on mine and use an antibacterial handwash instead.

Also if you get a pissy snake they are more likely to bite with rubber gloves on!

The snakes in the RC are only ever handled with the latex gloves, so they've gotten accustomed somewhat to it. It isn't ideal and would be better for the temper of the snake to go without gloves, but with all the reptiles in the room, health and safety is a huge concern, particularly with the outbreak of RNS. All gloves should be thrown away after a session, sanitised between each handling, et cetera. It's a pain!

haha I get it don't worry definitely a pain!

A pine snake is another snake i'd like to add to my lot at some point along with a bull snake! gorgeous animals

The Pine Snake is definitely one of my favourites. How many snakes do you have?

currently have 23 2 more reserved for next summer and hopefully within the next 2 or 3 years will be setting up a breeding program for the black ratsnakes

Hi there
Your so lucky to work with animals must say it was my dream job if I could start again I would love to have been a vet or something similar.
Im enjoying the series of Rolf harris ive been lucky enough to visit leighhurst a few times my freinds horse was there a couple of weeks ago, they are amazing the vets there.
Keep the pics and stories coming

Love the pics thanks, you have a wonderful job, love the pic of the ferret i used to keep and breed them so it brought back some happy memory's for me thank you so much for sharing

ella wrote:currently have 23 2 more reserved for next summer and hopefully within the next 2 or 3 years will be setting up a breeding program for the black ratsnakes

Wow, that's a lot! They must take some looking after!

gem wrote:Hi there
Your so lucky to work with animals must say it was my dream job if I could start again I would love to have been a vet or something similar.
Im enjoying the series of Rolf harris ive been lucky enough to visit leighhurst a few times my freinds horse was there a couple of weeks ago, they are amazing the vets there.
Keep the pics and stories coming

I'll make sure I keep updating! Working with animals is my dream job, as well. Can't get enough of them (as my mum will tell you - I was a pain around animals when I was younger)!

mickgill wrote:Love the pics thanks, you have a wonderful job, love the pic of the ferret i used to keep and breed them so it brought back some happy memory's for me thank you so much for sharing

Ferrets are amazing animals. We have a couple of albinos who like to curl up in people's pockets!

Found some more photos on my phone. Enjoy! >


Herbie having his way with his lady friend. She hates him. Really. I feel quite sorry for her!


A little blurry, but that's a Pygmy Marmoset. Small enough to sit on your finger.


Little Collared Lizard. Very hard to catch!

Eleanor wrote:

ella wrote:currently have 23 2 more reserved for next summer and hopefully within the next 2 or 3 years will be setting up a breeding program for the black ratsnakes

Wow, that's a lot! They must take some looking after!

actually not really! I also have 3 leo's, 2 cresties, 3 hedgehogs, T's, toads, hamsters and the 2 boys

Great Pics!!

Caryll wrote:

ANattyRat wrote:Aw that's not fair, I want to work with all the animals I envy you, but great pictures

From what I can make out, most of the time she's up to her elbows in sh1t!

Some days after a hards work, it's best to come home and give your mum a big cuddle >< .......then get a wash

Eleanor wrote:I'll make sure I keep updating! Working with animals is my dream job, as well. Can't get enough of them (as my mum will tell you - I was a pain around animals when I was younger)!

School trips were a nightmare when Eleanor was in Primary school - I always had to tell the teachers to keep a strict eye on her - keep her away from water (she would always go in!) and watch her like a hawk when there are dogs around because she would just go to stroke them!

ella wrote:

actually not really! I also have 3 leo's, 2 cresties, 3 hedgehogs, T's, toads, hamsters and the 2 boys

Quite the collection!

Caryll wrote:


Some days after a hards work, it's best to come home and give your mum a big cuddle >< .......then get a wash

After the dog has given you a thorough and very suspicious sniffing attack!

Caryll wrote:

School trips were a nightmare when Eleanor was in Primary school - I always had to tell the teachers to keep a strict eye on her - keep her away from water (she would always go in!) and watch her like a hawk when there are dogs around because she would just go to stroke them!

True, true. I made life exciting!

Three new little arrivals - twin Marmoset babies and a little meerkat cub have been born!


Here are the little Marmosets. I'll be training one of them soon. Will be posting pictures!


Little Meerkat cub. The others rarely let him out of the heated room and into the rest of the enclosure, so we don't often see him. He's tiny!

super cute

Little Dude posing for the camera!

Eleanor wrote:
Little Dude posing for the camera!

great pic

Thanks. He's proud of his big beard!

My gorgeous baby, Jupiter!

Eleanor wrote:Found some more photos on my phone. Enjoy! >


Herbie having his way with his lady friend. She hates him. Really. I feel quite sorry for her!

So thats the horny finger breaker lol. They must be married if she hates him

dave742 wrote:

Eleanor wrote:Found some more photos on my phone. Enjoy! >


Herbie having his way with his lady friend. She hates him. Really. I feel quite sorry for her!

So thats the horny finger breaker lol. They must be married if she hates him

That's the one! And it's an open relationship - the other male has a go with her even more than Herbie does!

My fingers are fine now, thankfully! Just in time for my commercial duties week! Only on my first day and I'm exhausted!

you posting animal porn

Steve wrote: you posting animal porn

yes she got the video posted on youtube but with them being tortoise its 9hours long