My first penguin task of the day was to help Claire catch three of the penguins and put some cream on their feet. This is because their feet are becoming cracked. The cream has to be put on twice a day. Two of them we caught easily, one by tempting him with some fish, the other by cornering them in their enclosure. The third penguin refused to be caught and went swimming instead. This meant when he finally was caught we had to wait for him to dry before rubbing on the cream.
I then had to hose down the rocks while Claire hoovered the pool (with a wet vacuum cleaner).
After we were done, I left the penguins for a while and made up the feed pot; a mixture of carrot and cabbage that the public can buy in bags and feed to a number of animals around the park.
In the afternoon, I finished off my work with the penguins by getting to feed them which Liz gave a talk to the public. I say getting to feed them... Actually only one was hungry so I only really fed the one... But it was fun anyway! :) This is me feeding Vera below:
It was a great day and the penguins are lovely. I also went with Liz to check on the two penguin eggs they have incubating. They're quite hopeful at the moment and they hope they'll hatch 15-18 May so fingers crossed for the safe arrival of chicks soon!
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