SOOO MUCH FRUSTRATION! But otherwise it was a great week! XD

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Hey guys!

So I'm late this time because I have not been able to get internet for the last 5 days, and I have been extreeeemly frustrated trying to figure out why it wasn't. Working. I felt like hitting my head against a wall. UUUUGH!

NOTE!!!!: I will be making an extra point later, including several videos of the husbandry run. Please check in later if interested!

 Regardless, for those keeping up, I have fixed all the videos on the posts, so they actually work, and if I have missed some, PLEASE TELL ME. Hopefully my internet will continue to work.

Mendel getting fluids

So this week was VERY exciting for me. On Wednesday July 6, there were veterinary students visiting from the University of Namibia. The stuff they have been able to do is so much for exciting that what veterinary students get to participate in back the in the US. Nonetheless, another girl and I were allowed to follow them around all day and see what they were learning about. I even got to see a puppy necropsy! Sad, and possibly disgusting for many of you guys out there, but this puppy was a still born from a previous litter of pups they had, so they were used to show the students what CCF does with dead animals. It was interesting, they take samples from everything, skin, tongue, lungs, intestines, eyes, etc. (sorry, I found it really cool to learn about) I'm just sad I didn't get any pictures. I also got to watch one of the cheetahs (Mendel) get fluids, he was not happy, but it was still really cool.

Somebody really wanted their water... CUTE! 

Armani - A one eyed cheetah
Also, one of the feistiest girls... 

Another really fun thing I FINALLY got to do is husbandry. I have been waiting to go on husbandry for TWO WEEKS! Another intern had to wait for three, and I feel her pain. It was so exciting! I got to see everyone run and I have taken lots of videos and pictures. I am posting a lot on here today. There were the girls (7 - Armani, Sandy, Rohini, Polly, Samantha, Solo, Nina), the boys (4 - Mendel, Livingston, Fossi, and Darwin), and Phil, Mischief, and the Prisoners (Alcatraz, Donner, and Dexter). It was so fun! I also got to join on my day off this past Tuesday. It's my favorite this to do at CCF, odd as it might sound, cutting up meat is strangely relaxing. Who knew?

Rohini being a scary girl. 

This is Dexter. Unfortunately a meat treat hit his back and
he couldn't find it! It was hilarious!

Solo (right) and Nina (left). The oldest Cheetahs at CCF. 

I think this is Mischief. I can't see his tail though.
Mischief has a kink to the left on his tail. 

Alcatraz. Officially the scariest looking cheetah.
Isn't he cute! 

I realized my hand looked kinda scary after one center feeding,
What do you think? 

Aleya FINALLY had her puppies! So CUTE! 

Saturday, though relatively uninteresting for me, was very exciting for the veterinary team. Aleya, the pregnant dog, finally had her puppies. THEY ARE SO CUTE! It reminds me of when Zeus was just a little tyke! I mean, Look at them!!!















On Monday, I was sad to see Erin, my dorm-mate, leave. She has been really fun to be around, and was always there when I had questions on one thing or another. She is also ENTIRELY obsessed with cheetahs. She did the cheetah talk for center feeding relatively often, and she was very clear. She will be missed by most of the people here, but I am sure she is enjoying being home with delicious fast food, her own bed, and her friends.


Finally, all the interns went out to dinner in Otjiwarongo on Monday. I got a Top Game Steak.... I miss good food so much... :'(
I ended up saving most of it for left overs the next day. I am very happy I did to, the next day it was egg day and there was nothing better. Going from restaurant food to CCF food makes the food taste so much more bland. One thing I am missing is all the comfort foods of home. Also, I have come to the realization that I am so "good food hungry" that I always realize that I want to take a picture of it only halfway through eating it. But Oh Well!

As an extra, I have now come across more large bugs. . . . JOY!

This stick bug was approximately the length of my two hands,
from the tip of my fingers to the bottom of my palm. Creepy little thing...

This is a Blister beetle, Honestly?
I DON'T wanna know.. 

This is a termite..... It was as long as 2/3 my
pointer finger.