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on the 17th of may we worked as a group to get all the animals food and water done and cleaning out the enclosures me and olivia and steven sorted out the cuni cuni pigs and the other pigs and the small goats food and water out. after that we went to the bigger goats and cleaned out there enclosure aswell as changing the food and water this was difficult because the smell was horrific coming of the matts, we had to sweep the hay up and clean there house.

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10th may painting and cleaning out enclosures

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10th may painting and cleaning out enclosures

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on friday 10th may as a group we had to clean out the small mammals enclosures as a group. i worked with tyler to rake the hey and the leaves and put them in a wheel barrel and take them to the mud heap. the reason of painting the fences is to make it look professional and keep the colleges reputation of a clean and new standard, also there's a fun day on saturday so we was making everything look fresh.

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3rd may cleaning out the alpaca enclosure.

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3rd may cleaning out the alpaca enclosure.

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on thursday 3rd may i worked in a group with me tyler charlotte olivia and molly and we cleaned the alpaca enclosure, we done this but cleaning all the feces up and replacing the old hey out with new one by putting it in a wheel barrow and putting new down.

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5 animal needs
-freedoms of hunger and thirst
-freedom of pain injury and desease
-freedom from discomfort
-freedom to express normal behaviour
-freedom from pain and distress

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being responsible for yourself AND anyone who can be harmed by your work.

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on the 26th of april we was observing the snails i was working with tyler, we had to watch how the snails moved and just took in everything we was getting taught. i learnt that snails have a circular mouth they don't have 2 jaws like humans just a circle of teeth, also they move the fastest when they go into there shell when they are scared of feel threatened.

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on the 19th of april i had to work with caitlin to groom 2 goats, in this task we had to check for amy bumps on the animal also any lice. We did not find any so we moved on to brushing them, we had to make sure all there winter coat was off.

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on the 29th of march me olivia and molly bathed sarah's 2 dogs as we had no coursework to do so she asked us to bath and dry and brush her 2 dogs. this was easy as there was 3 of us so it made it quicker.

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29th march moving the chickens and ducks to there new enclosures.

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29th march moving the chickens and ducks to there new enclosures.

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on the 29th of march we went into the birds old enclosure and caught the ducks and chickens. me and tyler worked together to make it easier to get them in a corner, catch them and put them in a carrier. this was difficult as there fast and the male turkey was protecting all of the birds, it was chasing everyone so adell got a chair and kept it in a corner so it could not attach anyone.

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on the 27th of march we went into the reptile room as a group and got the iguana out and watched its movements to see if everything is okay with it, it was at its end process of shedding so it was abit moody but apart from that he was fine.

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22nd march walking and grooming shetland ponies. 

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22nd march walking and grooming shetland ponies. 

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on the 22nd of march we worked as a class to walk and groom the ponies. we took them for a trot around small bridge after that we had a competition in 3 teams who can make the ponies look the best me and tyler was the judges, we judged fair and equal.

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on the 20th of march we worked as a group to weigh groom and walk the alpacas. we done this by first getting the harness on them and then walking them after that we took them to the grooming room in small bridge and weighed them. my group found a mole on the alpacas body and a sist diane came over to pop it.

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on the 15th of march we went in as a group me tori tyler and courtney and we was moving stevens location from waffle to small bridge. we done this because steven was ready to be moved as it wasn't snowing no more so he was being re located.

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on the 27th of february we went into the anfibian room as a group and handles the turtle.

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on the 20 of february we was grooming the goats and washing its feet and checking it had no cuts on his hooves.

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on the 9th of february we worked in teams of 3 i worked with courtney and hannah we had to wash the goats hooves to make sure all the dirt is gone out of it and make sure it isn't cut, we done this by getting a scrubbing brush and a pic and we put the goats hoove in warm salty water

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on the 7th of february we worked in groups of 4 with me tyler tori and courtney we had to clean the goats legs with a scrubbing brush and soap and water we done this because the goats legs was cut and sore because of the weather as it has been cold raining and snowing.

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on the 30th january the class walked the alpacas there was about 3 people to each alpaca i worked with tyler and olivia. we don't this by putting like a harness around its mouth and putting a lead on it. it was difficult trying to catch them because they kept on kicking and we couldn't i behind them but when we went to grab there neck they went into the corner so we couldn't get them.

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on the 26 of january we worked in groups i worked with courtney and tori. we went round the different animals and held them and checked if there was anything wrong with them. there was 2 tortoise, 2 snails, 2 snakes, 1 terantular and a cockroach. this lesson was useful because i didn’t want to hold the snail because of the texture of it on my hand but i overcome it and held it.

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on the 25th of january we worked in groups of 3/4’s i worked with tyler courtney and tori we bathed and dried and walked the dog. we bathed it by brushing its fur so it wasn’t hard to wash then putting it in the dog bath then put soap mixed with water all over it washed the dog and rinsed the soap off, after this we had to towel dry the dog because it was frightened of the hairdryer being in it’s ear or on its face. after we dried the dog we brushed it and then took it for atleast a 45 min walk round the top of small bridge.

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12th january checking for fleas/ticks on the goat

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12th january checking for fleas/ticks on the goat

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on the 12th january we worked as a class and we was checking for fleas/ticks. we done this by chasing the goat to catch it put a rope through it’s coler and check if it had anything that shouldn’t of been there and done a health check once we done that we sprayed a flea sprey all over the goat and left it. after we had done this we had to clean it’s ears for scabs where it has its tag on it’s ear because one of the goats ear was infected and needed to be cleaned with hot soapy water.

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on the 11th of january we worked as a group to clean the fish room me and courtney and tyler worked together to clean the big fish tank in the middle we done this by getting a tube and putting water in it letting all the air bubbles go out of it and that took the dirty water out when the bucket was full of dirty water whoever wasn’t doing anything took the bucket and emptied it and brought it back. at the end of the lesson addell told me to hoover the floor with a water vacuum this was frustrating because everyone kept on standing over it.

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on tuesday 12th december we worked in pairs to clean and check the lizard for any unhealthy signs. we cleaned it with cotten buds and water, we wiped cotton buds over it’s eyes so it wasn’t to hard on it’s eyes. my peers in the class found a mite on one of the lizards, no one knew what mite it was because it was the first time they had saw a mite like that but sarah done some research and it was a ornithonyssus mite. mites genially have claws for feet but it has suckers so it could stick onto the lizard.

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on friday 1st december i worked in a pair with courtney and we had to clean out the chickmunk enclosure we done this by getting a civ and getting all the dirt and taking it out of there cage.

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on thursday 30th november we had to work in pairs or groups of 3 i worked with charlotte and groom the dogs by brushing their hair, cutting their hair, cutting ther nails and cleaning their ears. we started by brushing and cutting the dogs hair we done this by using a slicker brush so it didn’t hurt the dog and it doesn’t rip the dogs hair out we cut the nails by one person holding the dogs foot and the other person cutting the nail, we cleaned there ears by getting a cotton bud and then putting a ear solution on it and wiping the dogs ear with the cotton bud.

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on tuesday 28th November we went into the reptile room as a whole group with diane. we had to clean out the animals enclosures. i worked with courtney and tyler to clean the snake, we done this by taking out the water trey and cleaning all of the bottom of it removing all the fesses so the snake enclosure is clean. after that i held some of the snakes for people whalst they cleaned other enclosures.

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on friday the 24th of November we had to work in pairs to train the dogs, i worked with tyler. In this lesson we trained the dogs by standing in a circle with a gap between each pair and the dog inbeteeen each pair. one person and one dog at a time had to be walked around the inside of the circle and we couldn’t let the dog bark or get distracted we done this by holding one of its favourite things eg. toy, treat, food. after we had done this we put the dogs in the correct enclosure

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learning outcome 3; be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage. 

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learning outcome 3; be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage. 

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when i have done practicals i have made sure to despose of waste properly this has been done through using the corrrect equipment such as
-towels
-disinfectant spray
-bins
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10th november cleaning out the cat enclosure 

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10th november cleaning out the cat enclosure 

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on the 10th of october we had to work in groups of 3 with me charlotte and courtney, last we did is clean out the cat enclosure and make sure there was no dirt or anything that shouldn’t be there in it.

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9th november checking the sheep and goats for mites and fleas

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9th november checking the sheep and goats for mites and fleas

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on the 9th of november i had to work in groups of 4 with me tyler charlotte and another girl. we had to go into the sheep and goat enclosure and check all the sheep and goats for mines and fleas we done this by looking through the fur of the 2 animals. none of the animals had fleas or mites.

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on the 7th of november we had to groom the 3 horses we worked in groups of 3/4 i worked with alfie and amy. first of all we had to get the horse from it’s enclosure and take it down to the fence so we could tie it’s rope in a quick easy knot so if it wanted to escape it couldn’t go but if we pulled it it would come undone easy. next we had to get the correct brushes for the correct part of the horse that we was brushing and brush away all of the dirt and stuff that was on the horse we couldn’t do it propper because the horses were wet but we done it the most we could. then we had to do it’s hooves we had to scrape the dirt out and then give it a good brush after to make sure everything was gone out of it. after we finished grooming the horse we took it back to its enclosure and made sure the horse was alright.

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7th november viewing the mearcats stress levels

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7th november viewing the mearcats stress levels

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on the 7th of november as a group we all went into the mearcats enclosure and we viewed if they were stressed or not. there wasn’t any big signs of them being stressed but there was one main one, the alphamale was standing on the branch because it heard a plane going over it’s enclosure and the rest of the mearcats ran inside as the alphamail stood there to look out if there is any big danger as it could not see the airoplane but it could hear it, so it was stressed because it thought that something was going to get it.

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19th october changing mammals food and water

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19th october changing mammals food and water

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on the 19th of october i had to work in groups of 6 with tyler courtney tori molly and another girl and all we had to do is change the food and water in the manner room. as you can see in this picture this guinea pig has sore feet and i had to bath it to make its foot cleaner and better

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on the 17th of october i had to work in a group of 4 with charlotte molly and another girl. we had to check the ducks feet and bath them, we checked the feet by seeing if it had any sores on either one of its foot and it has 2 on its left foot and 1 on its right foot so we had to get this cleaning solution especially for the ducks and scrub it with a a toothbrush to get any dirt of to not cause any infections, we couldn’t share the toothbrush with another duck because it is contagious for ducks but we are fine so we could touch them with our hands. we had to be ready quiate so it didn’t startle the ducks and they stay calmed. we bathed them by after doing there feel we picked it up and put it in the shower pod and cleaned all the dirt of it by using our hands after that we took it out and put a towel round it and then putting it in it’s carryer and took it to it’s pen

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13th october handling the snakes and lizards.

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13th october handling the snakes and lizards.

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on the 13th of october i had to work in a big group with all of the class. we had to handle the snakes carefully i had to put one hand under the first 1/4 of his body and the other hand on the 4/4 of his body so it felt supported and not scared, they was rapping them self’s around our arms so tht knew they wasn’t going to fall. when we was handling the lizards we had to pick it up with one hand on its belly just under its arms and the other hand just before it’s legs and held it with one arm still like a branch. after handling different animals we had to wash our hands so they didn’t bite us so they can only smell us and then not any orher seances.

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12th october finding temperature and heart rate on a dog.

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12th october finding temperature and heart rate on a dog.

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on the 12th of october i had to work in groups of 4 with charlotte steven and amy the task we had was to check the dogs temperature and heart rate. to collect the dogs temperature one of us had to restrain the dog by putting one hand across its body horizontally and pulling it to our belly’s and the other hand across its bum so it could not moove, the other person had to take the dogs temperature by lifting its tail up whalst someone is restraining it and putting a thermometer with vasaline on the end of it up its bum. for checking it’s heart beat we had to do two things the first thing was to check it’s pulse near it’s leg with your hand the other thing we had to do was get a Stethoscope and put it under its armpit.

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10th october observing the vet check the alpacas

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10th october observing the vet check the alpacas

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on the 10th of october we went to the alpaca enclosure and viewed the vet check the alpacas. one of the alpacas had overgrown teeth which could cause allot of pain for the alpaca so she had to give it a medication so the alpaca didn’t feel it much but the alpaca was still not standing still 3 people had to restrain the alpaca so the vet could file its teeth.

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on the 10th of october i had to work in a group of 4 with steven charlotte molly, we had to brush and cut the goats hair. we done this by steven restraining the goat by holding its body against the fence with his legs and holding its horns still so the goat doesn’t hurt any of us and i had to hold the lead that was pulled through the fence firmly so it didn’t go. the goat was scared so it wouldn’t stay still we tried giving it hay and it didn’t want to eat it because it was nervous. after we restrained it molly brushed the goats hair as charlotte was cutting it with me and steven was restraining it. we had to cut its hair because its winter coat is coming through so we had to make sure none of its hair touched the floor and doesn’t get dirty and knotty.

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today we just went to the mammal room with 5 people and we just handled the hampsters Guinea pigs rats chipmunks.

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on the 5th of october i had to work in a group of 5 with tyler and 3 girls and we were cutting the goats nails. firstly we had to restrain the goat by taking it out of its enclosure with a collar and lead which was quite difficult because the goat was scared and anxious as it didn’t know what we was doing we had to hold his horns against the fence to keep him still and someone else had to keep his body against the fence. once we restrained it we had to clean all the dirt off the goats foot with a brush once we removed the dirt then we had to cut the nails. on this particular goat the nails were quite soft and easy to cut which they shouldn’t be. when we finished cutting the goats nails we had to put it back into its enclosure with the collar and lead again then take it off and we was finished.

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on the 5th of october i had to work in a group of 5 with steven charlotte gabbie and courtney and we bathed and cleaned the turtle. we done this by filling a plastic box up with luke water and we had to clean it with cotton buds to get into the shell, also we had to check its skin near its neck and legs to see if it was shedding and if no skin was stuck after that we took it out and put it on a towel to check if there was anything wrong.

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3rd october cutting roger the rabbits nails

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3rd october cutting roger the rabbits nails

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on the 3rd of october we had to work in groups of 4/5’s with stevan and 2 new girls. our task was to cut the rabbit or guinea pigs nails we picked a rabbit, we done this to see if they was over grown and we knew if they was because they have a vein in there nail and there nail looks red because of the blood and if there was loads of white after the red bit then that means there overgrown. we had to be carful to make sure that we didn’t cut into the vein so we had to cut just after the red bit otherwise the rabbits nail would start bleeding and it would cause pain to the rabbit. after we cut them we had to file them down so there nail wasn’t to sharp and then we cleaned up by washing the surface we was working on and sweeping the floor.

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on the 28th of september i had to work in groups of 2/3’s with gabbie i groomed a bearded dragon. i done this by firstly getting the bearded dragon on a towel whalst gabbie got warm water and poured it in a tray, we put the bearded dragon in the tray and poured water onto it. we done this because the lizard was shedding and if it is in warm water then it comes off easier the skin wouldn’t come of the lizard by just pulling it so i had to get a cotton bud and dip it in the warm water and gently wipe the shedded skin off his face eventually it came of. after that, we took the lizard out and dried it with a towel and checked for any unusual signs that would mean the lizard is ill or something is wrong, we checked and there was nothing wrong but it still had shredded skin on it so we wrote it down so the next group who would do this task will know that it will be ready to come off. after writing it down we tided our area and put everything away where it goes and also cleaned the trey that the lizard was on.

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on the 28th of september i had to work in a group of 5 with tori, courtney, gabbi and another lad and we had to clean the goat enclosure. we done this by firstly getting rakes, shovels, brushes and wheel barrels. we then used the rake’s to get all the leaves and poo and other things that shouldn’t be there in a pile, then we shovelled it into the wheel barrow and we had to take it to the pile where they keep all of the unwanted stuff. once we done that and cleaned it we took all the equipment to wash it so it didn’t have dirt or poo on it once we washed it we took it back and put it away.

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12th october changing the food and water in the mammals room

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12th october changing the food and water in the mammals room

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on the 12th of october i had to work in group of 4’s with charlotte and 2 other girls we had to change the water and give them mammals clean water and food we done this by taking it’s water nowl and food bowl and changing it.

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21st september cleaning insects enclosure 

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21st september cleaning insects enclosure 

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on the 21st of september i had to work in groups of 3 with tori and courtney we had to clean out the insect cages. we done this by getting a water sprey and spraying the tissue paper in the bowls and the soil so the insects could survive. We then got crickets and picked them up with tweezers and fed the spiders with them, with the fruit bugs we had to cut up loads of fruit to feed to them and jus threw it

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on the 21st of september i had to clean the bat cages out and put fresh food and water in them. i done this by first of all going into the bat enclosure and taking the old food and water out without scaring the bats. after that i had to put fresh food in the cage, so i cut some fruit up and put it on a stick and put fresh water in the bowl. after i had done this i went back into the bat enclosure and

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on the 21st of september i had to work in a group of 3 with steven and another girl and clean all the birds enclosure by giving them new/fresh food and water. i done this by going into the bird cages and collecting there food and water pots, when i got them all i took them in and washed them so there was no dirt or anything there shouldn’t be on it after i cleaned it i put the same type of food back in the pots and fresh water in the pots back where i found them.

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on the 15th september i had to work as a class group and clean out the pig enclosure. i done this by firstly guiding the pigs to another part by everyone standing in a line so they couldn’t run off and someone was next to them with a big board to stop them so they wasn’t in the way and they didn’t get scared. i brushedthe poo and hey into a pile whalst someone else shovelled it into the wheel barrel, then i had to take the wheel barrel to the pile where all of it goes we had to do that till it was all gone and it was clean. After that we had to fill buckets up of soapy water and put it on the concrete whalst someone brushed all the dirt off i done this so it was clean and there was no poo or dirt stuck in it. Finally, we guided the pigs back to there home.

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on the 14th september i had to work as a group with all of my class and catch the turkeys in pairs and carry them to the outside enclosure. i worked with gabbie and we done this by cornering the turkey with gabbie and she picked it up and put the tag on its leg then she carried it to the scales to it weigh it after that i had to put a jacket round it to make sure it doesn’t fly away when i carry it to the outside enclosure when i got outside i had to put it on the grass whalst the jacket was on it and then let go after i had put it in the floor and take the jacket of it.

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on the 7th september i worked in a group of 3 with darnell and someone else and groomed a rabbit. I done this by putting a towel on a table and then putting the rabbit on the towel i got a rabbit grooming brush and a soft brush and a comb it’s fur and check for fleas, lice or ticks. we checked if the rabbits ears were healthy by putting a cotton bud in its ear to clean them with, i also used my hands to take most of the excess hair off the rabbit. i done this to ensure that the rabbit didn’t have any knotted hair because the rabbit is getting its winter coat so it is shedding allot. After grooming his back and head i had to pick the rabbit up with one hand on its belly and one hand on its bum and hold its back against me so it had sopport and it felt comfortable so it didn’t get scared whalst one of my group members brushed its belly the same way we done it’s back. Finally, we had finished brushing it so we cut the rabbits nails because they needed cutting we made sure we didn’t cut the blood vessel by checking where it stops.