– Trained in and implemented daily husbandry for herptiles, avian species, fruit bats, meerkats, red wolves, and cheetahs.– Provided daily enrichment for animals under my care, including social, scent, food, and tactile enrichments.– Prepared diets and appropriate nutritive supplements for animals in the zoo.– Propagated feeder insects, primarily fruit flies, and cared for crickets and superworms.– Trained in catching up and restraining sedentary birds, primarily flamingos.– Proficient in utilizing zoo record keeping program, i.e. ZIMS.

– Trained in and successfully performed general domestic dog husbandry, e.g., feeding, medicating, bathing, nail trims, clean up– Physically restrained dogs when necessary for nail trims and intranasal medication– Managed, handled, and socialized dogs individually and in groups of 10-12– Cleaned kennels. i.e., vacuumed, scrubbed, mopped– Trained in general domestic cat husbandry

– Trained in husbandry of a variety of herptiles, including squamates, chelonians, anurans, urodele, and knowledgeable about crocodilian husbandry– Created and provided enrichment for various herptiles (Biak Tree Monitor, Komodo Dragons, Fiji Banded Iguanas, Aldabra Tortoises, snakes, etc.)– Learned about and worked with basic life support systems and performed backwashes and rinses on sand filter systems– Trained in and performed amphibian husbandry within anuran quarantine rooms, i.e. Puerto Rican Crested Toads and Panamanian Golden Frogs– Used venomous snake hooking and tubing techniques on non-venomous snakes– Dismantled and redesigned gopher tortoise habitat– Assisted in providing Keeper Talks during the zoo’s Aldabra Tortoise Encounter– Cared for and propagated feeder insect colonies, i.e. crickets, fruit flies, termites– Assisted in and observed feeding and operant conditioning sessions for crocodilian species (Indian Gharial, Malayan Gharial, and American Alligators)– Assisted in an alligator catch-up and nest removal– Assisted in an alligator removal and relocation

– Interned with Desert Dome Reptile and Lied Jungle Departments– Trained in and learned about general herpetological husbandry of a variety of herptiles, and other animals; water testing, stripping and redesigning exhibits, measuring and weighing animals– Provided daily enrichment for animals– Trained in and learned about special husbandry of zoo’s Amphibian Conservation Area, i.e. species quarantine rooms– Gave “Keeper Talks,” an animal encounter time where I handled a particular reptile and responded to questions from zoo visitors about that reptile– Assisted in alligator and caiman training record keeping

– Cleaned commercial and residential sites (bathrooms, vacuuming, dusting, trash removal, floor stripping and waxing, mopping, etc.)– Managed cleaning jobs, cleaning crews and trained new employees