Zoo update :)

Today was an interesting day at the zoo. One of the Siamangs had to undergo surgery :( she had to have a hysterectomy :( but she came out just fine, just with a huge scar. Anyways, as me and the keeper were getting ready to make the rounds, the vet tech came out and was like if you wait a minute I could really use some help. So then I we chill...and then after 10 minutes he goes out to find her so then there's Ella in the cage and I'm there on the side waitin... I wait for a little while longer and then Dave comes back and says that It's good to have someone there, but not really the keeper because they don't want the keeper to be associated with the shots :( and stuff like that cause then then the animals will fear the keepers and that is no bueno. So back to the story, I'm chillin, and he says that Maria (the vet tech) is working on a gibbon and will be over in a few minutes...I think all doctors are on the same time because when I go to my dr. they stick me in the room and then I wait. and wait and wait. Just like today with Ella...we waited 45 MINUTES. I was about to go out there and see if they had forgotten I was in there! LoL
But it was cool, I got to take a nice break and chill with the ape :) she's good. For the whole time we were just enjoying each other's company and she was chillin, and so was I. She was sitting real still for a while (quite boring actually) and then suddenly, very suddenly her hand moves...and I'm watching her and DUDE. she's caught a fly! it was actually pretty awesome. She caught it, took it apart and ate it :) LoL the circle of life right there. So that's what she was doing...and then I started to watch her more carefully and she was waiting for the flies. she'd sit really still and wait for the flies to stop moving, she knew if they were too far, it'd be a bother to try and catch them because they'd just fly away, so she waited there carefully until the fly was close and it stopped moving for a little while...and then BOOM. she's grab it. LoL it was really cool.
Then the vet tech came :( and she had three shots for Ella. She was in what's called a "squeeze cage" and it's kinda difficult to describe, but there's like the outside cage and there's a kinda a cage on the inside and then you can pull the inside cage so that it gets smaller and therefore forces the animal to one side, it's better that way, then she doesn't have a chance to hurt herself and the injections get in all the way and it's a whole lot quicker. She was brave and didn't fight too much, but it did take two of us. So then we gave her some treats afterwards and then I left to do the regular rounds.
Overall good day, got to work half as hard in the morning but had to work twice as much in the afternoon.

omg. I am thankful for thanksgiving. 3DAYS OF HOLIDAY. yes. *does a happy happy dance*