Good things always happen after eating Chipotle

My evening started with a planned adventure--going to Chipotle; and if you have never had Chipotle, you need to slap that one on your bucket list.  So I was driving back to my housing in the zoo when I saw the night keeper drive by.  She asked if I wanted to follow her around on her night shift and of course I said yes!  The next thing I knew I had my hand in a hippo's mouth, feeding it!  We have two of them here at the zoo; they are referred to as "our girls."

They love their indoor pool and spend about 80% of their day in the water!  They receive daily training as well and on one command, open their extremely large mouths.  Both really liked being pet, but their skin is super slimy.

I also spent the evening preparing diets for the animals, including gorillas and all the birds.  Speaking of birds, I went through the Budgie Buddies exhibit and was shocked at just how many their were.

You can get these sticks with seed on the end and feed them; birds will literally land on you!

I put this one up because it looks like our old family cockatiel Jojo; Jojo was mistaken as a boy that would be able to talk someday--they were wrong, Jojo never peeped a word and turned out to be a female.

A lot of this was prepared for the Colobus monkeys; they get a lot of veggies!  There is a diet recipe for each animal the zoo has.  I helped prepare the Meerkat Diet; they get little meat balls! So here is what Timon from The Lion King eats:

"Slimy, yet satisfying!"

I had an awesome evening.  More giraffes tomorrow.  Looks like I have another reason to eat Chipotle!