Summary:

• Induction and quick tour conducted by the supervisor

• Cleaning up the pens by clearing faeces and wet bedding contaminated with urine before replacing their bedding of the following animals; donkey, goats, chickens, turkeys and pigs

• Collecting fast growing and high calcium chickweed to feed the guinea pigs

• Transporting guinea pigs and donkeys from the outside back to their pens

• Assist educators in guiding customers in tours, handling of guinea pigs and feeding animals

• Grooming and drying donkey

Cumulative hours: 7.5

Summary:

• Fed the native Australian animals in the wildlife reserve eg. kangaroos and emus

• Cleaned out the donkey, llama and sheep pens by clearing faeces and wood shavings contaminated with urine before replacing their bedding

• Clear out horse faeces from the paddocks and refilled their water

• Collect chickweed to feed the guinea pigs

• Assist educators in guinea pig handling events and feeding animals at the farm

Cumulative hours: 13.0

Summary:

• Feed kangaroos and emus in the wildlife reserve

• Replaced water and food bowls of guinea pigs and ducks

• Assist in health check-ups of rams that showed signs of heat and swelling on its leg (inflammation) due to injury

• The ram was given riodine antiseptic solution and carefully monitored inside

• Assist in health check-ups of female guinea pigs that showed signs of bleeding from their vulva which indicates either signs of period or ovarian cancer

• Guinea pig was given pain relief before placed in quarantine for further monitoring

• Assist in infection treatment process on a cow via exfoliating the wound with malaseb medicated shampoo and chlorhexidine before applying antibacterial cream

Cumulative hours: 20.0

Summary:

• Check the ram's temperature and administer anti-inflammatory medicine to its mouth

• Clean out donkey, goats, sheep and llama's pens

• Assist in treatment process on guinea pig's eyes using eye drops, ointment and lubricant

• Clear out ponies faeces from their paddocks

• Groom the ponies' fur and clean out their hooves

• Bathe and dry a dirty guinea pig

• Prepare food for the animals on the farm

Cumulative hours: 28.0

Summary:

• Administer anti-inflammatory oral medicine to ram

• Cleaning animal's pen

• Assist in animal feeding and guinea pig handling event

• Assist in medical checkup on donkey showing signs of pain on her spine/back, thus a pain relief oral medicine is administered

• Prepare food for the animals

• Transport alpacas, llamas and goats from their pens to the paddocks (rotational grazing)

Cumulative hours: 35.0

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing food for animals

Cumulative hours: 42.0

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing it with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from paddocks

• Check donkey for signs of muscle pain or arthritis

• Donkey bends their knees every time a hand was run down the donkey's back

• Administer anti-inflammatory oral medicine to donkey

Cumulative hours: 47.5

Summary:

• Clearing ponies and donkeys' faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing afternoon food for the animals

• Assist in skin treatment of cow via exfoliation with malaseb medicated shampoo and chlorhexidine before applying antibacterial cream

Cumulative hours: 54.5

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens

• Clearing donkeys' faeces from the paddocks

• Perform general health check-up for goat for any signs of infection

• Utters of goats was cut and bleeding but showed no signs of infection and inflammation via swelling or heat

• Administer treatment process on the utters by cleaning with chlorhexidine before applying antibacterial cream

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

Cumulative hours: 61.5

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens

• Assist in guinea pig and animal feeding events

• Clearing horse, ponies and donkeys' faeces from the paddocks

• Preparing afternoon feed for the animals

Cumulative hours: 68.5

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing food for animals

Cumulative hours: 75.5

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing food for animals

• Treating guinea pigs eyes with eye drops

• Guinea pig excretes lots of mucous from its eyes, thus requires cleaning

• Grooming llama

Cumulative hours: 81.0

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing food for animals

• Grooming llama and goats

  
  

Cumulative hours: 88.0

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing food for animals

• Assist in trimming the fleece in the tail area of sheep (crutching)

  
  

Cumulative hours: 95.0

Summary:

• Cleaning animal pens by removing bedding contaminated with urine before replacing with sawdust

• Clearing faeces from the paddocks

• Assist in guinea pig handling and animal feeding events

• Preparing food for animals

• Assist in the trimming guinea pig's nails

• Assist in general health check-ups on the guinea pigs for signs of bumble foot, lumps (cancer tumours) and overgrown teeth

• Assist in treating guinea pigs with bumble foot

Cumulative hours: 102.0