Selecting, Preparing and providing of food.

1)      Smaller(younger) animals will receive smaller portions more regularly trough the day as well as more nutrients in their diets.

          Older animals will receive Bigger portions less regularly trough the day as their digestive system is already developed correctly and is already fully grown.

          The diet varies from the type of animal(nocturnal-animal is more active at night than at day time like bush baby’s, owls and many more.)

Ø Denkavite- milk replacer( foul(low fat)-zebra and rhino’s) (calf(full cream)- for all other animals)

Ø Iams- Replaces nutrients in food( for cats)

Ø Biorem- (for herbivores) small micro-organisms that sterilizes the stomach to prevent diarrhea or dehydration.

Ø Protexin-(for carnivores) small micro-organisms that sterilizes the stomach to prevent diarrhea or dehydration.

The diet of the animal also depends on:

1.    age-infant, adolescent, adult

2.    sex- male or female

3.    size- weight, Height,

4.    nocturnal/diurnal

5.    sick- diarrhea, dehydration

6.    stock- how much stock left for feeding.

2)      It depends on when they are most active and size of the bird.

Ø Owl- Nocturnal- hunts at night time

Ø Falcon- Diurnal hunts at day time

3)      Boskos is a mixture of Lucerne and other nutrients that animals need in their diet. Boskos is used to get roughage in their diets and is also used as a supplement just like Iams are used.

4)      Giraffe- 100ml full cream milk, 1.9 liters of water- 2 bottles + lucerne and boskos-The reason for this diet is because we are busy getting the Giraffe of from the milk so now we are weaning off her milk by making her more used to water and not so much milk.)

          Cheetah(trigger)- 1.110kg of fine cut meat (because Iams are added to the meat and if meat is to big chunks trigger will not eat the Iams but only the meat and in that way loses nutrients.)

5)      All food prep equipment is sterilized in MILTON( a sterilizer).Milk bottels gets 10 scoops and the teets atnd syringes bowl gets 3 scoops besause the milk bottels bowl is a lot bigger than the teets bowl. Alle quipment gets sterilizes to prevent bacterial growth,cross contamination, and to practice safe hygiene and to prevent animals getting sick\die.

6)   Static compost- Compost heap gets turned around.
      Thermal heap- heap is left without turning to build up heat.
      Combined heap- Different layers are layd down and also a "chimney" is inserted for air to flow freely trough the heap.

7)  To be continued 
 

8)      Meat – Freezer – Specialized meat bucket – Harden

          Milk – Fridge – Sealed bottle – Bacteria

          Denkavite – Dry store – Sealed bucket – Prevent Damp

          Fruits – Fridge – Appropriate Box / bucket – Freezer burn

          Yogurt – Fridge – Sealed Bucket – Harden (contamination & loss of nutrients)

9)

§  To avoid cross contamination

§  Bacterial growth

§  Clean food

Washing hands

§  Personal hygiene

§  Prevent odours on food

§  Cross contamination – bacteria spreading

§  After smoking you must wash your hands because the odor provokes the animal

§  Clothes must be clean to have a professional appearance and to remove unwanted odors.

§  Animals don’t like the smell of perfume, so apply little or no perfume

§  Make sure all cutlery and feeding buckets are clean so that fresh food stays fresh.