What It Takes to Properly Care for Cheetahs.mp4

Wild Times at the San Diego Zoo

Follow along as keepers Kate and Maggie perform a training session for medical exams and feed a couple of full-grown cheetahs at the Little Rock Zoo.

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00:00We're here at the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas, and we're about to hang out with some of my favorite animals, the cheetahs.

00:09Let's go meet up with their keepers, Kate and Maggie.

00:19Hey guys!

00:20Hey Lauren, we've been expecting you.

00:21I heard we're going to be hanging out with some cheetahs today?

00:24Yeah, we've got a lot planned for you.

00:25I'm going to be doing a training session for medical exams, but first, Kate's going to do some food prep.

00:30That sounds like so much fun.

00:31When can we get started?

00:33Right now, let's go!

00:39So Kate, this is the cheetah kitchen, right?

00:41Yes, this is where we do meat prep for the cheetahs.

00:43This morning we're going to be making their breakfast.

00:45Maggie the cheetah also gets medicine in her diet in the morning because of her seizures.

00:50We're also going to be preparing a food tray for training for Zazie.

00:55Alright, so we're going to get their bowls out.

00:57And we'll get their breakfast ready.

01:02Zazie gets senior feline diet and Maggie gets regular feline diet.

01:06So this is Zazie's meat right here?

01:08This is Zazie's meat.

01:11Put it in the bowls.

01:12And this is Maggie's.

01:15We weigh it out the night before so we're ready to go in the morning.

01:18Well, because Maggie has seizures, she gets medicated twice a day.

01:22So we're going to get her medicine ready.

01:24We just take a pill out and hide it in a meatball and put it right on top of her diet.

01:29So she never even knows it's there.

01:31She never knows it's there.

01:34So this is the meat we're going to use for Zazie's training session today.

01:37And we actually have Maggie right over there waiting for us.

01:39So why don't we go get started with her?

01:40Sounds great.

01:52So we're here in the cheetah area.

02:03What are we going to do today?

02:04Actually, we're going to be doing some cheetah training.

02:07So we're going to be pulling Zazie into the squeeze.

02:12This is where we would weigh her.

02:13And we'll also practice in her blood draw training.

02:15So we'll be pulling her tail out.

02:17And then we will also be doing hand and check training.

02:22Maggie is our five-year-old cheetah.

02:24And shortly after she came to us, she started having seizure episodes.

02:28It started with some abdomen compressions.

02:31It kind of looked like a cough.

02:33And then eventually, she went on to have full-blown seizures.

02:36So her head would start shaking.

02:38And then it would happen for a few seconds.

02:39And all of a sudden, she would come out of it.

02:41Maggie has seizures that seem to be very focal to the front half of her body.

02:45We went through and did blood work.

02:47We did x-rays.

02:48We did CT scanning to try to diagnose the origin of her seizures.

02:52And we really didn't find anything specific for her.

02:55So right now, she's on a medication to help control her seizures.

02:58And it's working.

02:59The keepers have done a fantastic job training Maggie for her behaviors,

03:03to get her to take her medications, to accept injections, to accept daily weights,

03:09everything that we might need to be able to manage her the best we can.

03:12We're going to get her pregnant and baby casual animation.

03:15So let's get started.

03:16We'll be right back to all our other settings.

03:17We'll be right back to theесс for the second time.

03:18We'll see you next time.

03:19So let's get started.

03:19And you'll be right back.

03:20So let's get started.

03:22So let's get started.

03:23The first thing we can do is to enjoy today's take-in.

03:23If you can do this, we will be the best now.

03:25So let's get started.

03:25We'll be right back to the next day.

03:26Here we can do it again!

03:26So let's get started.

03:28And I'll be right back to the next day.

03:32Here we go when the first time we go.

03:33You can do it.

03:34And I'll be right back to go.

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