Every day working with our animals is a pleasure and an honor to us both. There’s something about the Short-Tailed Python complex that really just fills us with joy and love. January was a tough month. It has been interesting battling humidity due to extremely cold temperatures here in Pennsylvania (and much of the U.S.). Since we have everything under 24/7 surveillance and closely track our temperatures and humidity on our phones, it was easy identifying any kinks in our armor and taking quick action to supplement what we already had going on in our rooms. Where is this going? Well, despite having to work a little extra hard around the clock to make sure all husbandry parameters remained perfectly dialed in, we feel these challenges opened our eyes to the importance of being prepared for possible issues ahead of their arrival and reminded us that no level of experience should equal complacency. Our favorite part of the month was learning more about our own setups and about how we can improve and better equip our rooms/facilities for inclement weather/emergency situations. That’s it. Education. This education came with wholesome conversations, fun activities and ultimately a permanently safer environment for our animals. It is important to highlight that things change and as keepers we must learn how to better perform for our animals as new information is discovered and we must all remain teachable and open to making adjustments to our previously learned routines.

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