A Day in the Life: Caring for 30+ Rescued Exotic Animals

Morning Routine and Animal Preparations

• ☕ Morning ritual includes lemon water and coffee before checking the daily animal care checklist.
• 📝 The checklist details care for over 30 animals, including alligators, snakes, iguanas, emus, and various reptiles.
• 🥣 Preparing animal diets is a significant part of the morning, with specific meals for each animal, like wet dog food for Topaz the blue-tongued skink.
• ♨️ Tortoises like Tank, Littlefoot, and Hank receive steamed grass for their meals.

Reptile Care and Habitat Maintenance

• 🛁 Levi, the green iguana, receives a daily bath to maintain proper humidity, crucial for preventing kidney issues in Idaho's dry climate.
• ✨ Custom-built cages, updated a year ago, have significantly eased daily care and improved the overall look of the animal house.
• 🐍 The Burmese python, Shere Khan, is doing well after shedding, showing significant improvement in its eye health.
• 🕷️ Tarantulas, including Becky and Karen, receive a daily misting, with Karen having recently shed her skin.
• 🐍 Nico, a ball python, and Toby, a corn snake, are also part of the daily misting routine.

Outdoor Enclosures and Special Care

• 🐢 Box turtles like Missouri and Herman receive a misting, and the speaker practices gratitude and breathwork before attending to them.
• 🏞️ Common snapping turtles and water turtles, Snappy Pants and Noodle, are moved to outdoor stock tanks during warmer months.
• 🏠 In winter, these turtles are housed indoors in a dedicated tortoise house to stay warm.

Alligator and Emu Care

• 🚗 The alligators, Soni and Chompers, live 45 minutes away and require significant meat preparation from sources like Thomas Cattle Company.
• 🥚 Napoleon the emu is also housed separately and is slated for habitat upgrades, including a new corridor around the alligator habitat.
• 🐊 Soni and Chompers are target-trained, and their habitat includes a pool that is regularly maintained, with plants and water levels checked.
• 🐔 The day concludes with putting the chickens, including Esther and Helen, into their coop for the night.