Animal Food preperations

• Milk:
• Get enough sterilized bottles.
• Read off the board the measurements of how much milk eachanimal gets.
• Measure the milk, and pore it into the bottles.
• Put the right colour  cap on, to identify which bottle belongs to what animal.
• Put the bottles in luke warm water. 
• If there is not enough milk, use dencovite(Milk powder) for giraffe
• Put the correct teats on the bottles. 
• Meat: get the right amount of bowls out. 
• Measure the right amounts of meat/ chicks for each animal.
• If the meat is more than a day old, put predator powder on, to put back the nutrients.
• Some of the cervals get Iams, soak it in hot water.
• Clean and sanitize afterwards!!!!!
• Meat and milk MUST be separated!!!!

Animal safety

With all the animals you have to remember they are still wild so you need to respect them.
Lions: Always know where they are. Do not turn your back on them. Look at their body language, if they are aggressive or calm. Don't crowd them, leave them a space to "escape".
LEFTY ( CERVAL WITH BRAIN DAMAGE): Talk to him when you approach him, so he knows where If he hiss at you don't go closer to him. Because of his brain damage he is unpredictable, so be aware of that.
Cerval: Look where they are, try to stay as far away from them as possible. Take stick in your hand, and put it between you and them. If they hiss at you, don't go closer to them.
Giraffe: Have something between you and the giraffe when you feed him, otherwise he can run over you. If he runs at you, get a tree between you and him.
Zebra: Do not stand behind them, they will kick you. If they storm you, throw them with a small rock.

weekend at wildlife centre

• The weekend I worked at the wildlife center.
• Friday: 
• I cleaned the Avery.
• I packed 200 packets of Boskos. 
• I went in with the lions and played with them. 
• I put chicks in bowls to feed the owls and two mongooses (Juliet and Ratatouille)
• I helped cut meat for the lions and cheeta.
• I fed the Red Hartebeest (Mrs. Magoo) milk and electrolytes. 
• Saturday:
• I give giraffe milk.
• Feed chicks to owls.
• Cleaned the sleeping places of cevals and caricals, and put hay back in the cages.
• Watch how the cheetah and the lions are fed.
• Play with a baby squirrel and bushbaby.
• We got bunnies for food for Trigger (cheetah)
• I debone a chicken for the lions, because thee wasn't any other meat left.
• Sunday:
• I feed Buttercup ( baby Blue Wildebeest) milk.
• Clean the kitchen, scrub the walls,floors and fridges. 

Safe food preperation

How to keep your food safe:

• Wash all raw fruits and vegetables before eating.
• Refrigerate, it slows down bacterial growth
• Buy food from reputable suppliers.
• Check used by dates.
• Cook food thoroughly.
• Do not wrap food in cling-film.
• When reheating food, serve it piping hot.
• If you need to keep food warm, keep it above 63'C
• Defrost in low rack in refrigerator
• Do not use the same knife or chopping board for raw and cooked food. Clean after yourself as you go.
• Personal hygiene!!   

Planning meet the management function

Today we are planning meet the management function. All 45 students are planning it. It is going to be on the 24 January. We are going to have a presentation, song and dance, slide show and role plays of everything we have done so far. We are learning to work in a big group and handle the conflict with all the different personalities. I get to know everyone better.

WOP course

24-28 January 
I met a lot of people and learnt everything about Sondela. We did a lot of teamwork and got used to talking infront of people.
1-4 February 
We did a First Aid and Fire fighting. I learnt how to do CPR, the Heimlich maneuver,  splinting of a leg and bandage a cut. We learnt what to do in situations likea heart attack, snake bites, epilepsy, head injuries, ext.
In Fire fighting we learnt about the different types of extinguishers and how it works. We went to the Gwarry and extinguish a fire.
4-6 February
The weekend I helped check the fences. I allso did a game drive and learnt a lot about the animals and how to handle the guests. On Sunday we put out mineral blocks and molasses for the animals.
7-11 February
We did a lot of role playing and learnt how to welcome guests. We learnt how to make something useful out of something simple, that helped us to think practical and out of the box.