Our morning began with filling peanut butter dog Kongs, decorating Carmen's habitat, hanging out with and holding Carman, and feeding feral cats.
Our first speakers were JoAnn Nichols from the Humane Society, and Kayla, a young girl who is passionate about animals and helps JoAnn with her educational visits. First we learned all about Vermont bats. We learned about the anatomy, where they live, what diseases most commonly affect them, and what we can do to support bats. We then played a few rounds of echolocation tag (one camper was blindfolded and a counselor supported them while they walked around searching for buzzing "mosquitos").
We then went back to the tent and Kayla brought out her little friend Rick. Rick is an African Pigmy Hedgehog who is just a few years old. He is incredibly socialized and was happy to climb all over the campers. We learned about how he lives and lots of fun facts about hedgehogs.
After this, we made our way down to Red Rocks Park where we had lunch and played games. We walked back just in time for our second speaker, Vanessa Zerillo. Vanessa is a long-time volunteer at the shelter and most commonly does MAC (morning animal care) in which she cleans the cat condos and other animal areas, provides them with the proper food and water, and gives the animals lots of love and attention. Vanessa taught us all about cats - why do they tackle your ankles, why aren't they using the litter box, why are they overweight? She taught us so many fun facts and helped us figure out how to solve many common problems that cat owners face.
Camp ended with Carman time and friendship bracelet lessons.
Don't forget to bring in pictures or stuffed animals for pet share tomorrow!
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