Benefits

Learn about the care of several different animal species, including corn snakes, box turtles, aquatic turtles, stick insects, salamanders and more.

For those interested, we will train you on the handling and enrichment of many animal ambassadors. We require volunteers to settle into their position caring for the animals before this additional training can take place.

animal Care Volunteers

Animal Care volunteers are crucial members of our team that help us to keep our animal ambassadors happy and healthy. These volunteers assist with the care of reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates kept within the nature center.

Responsibilities

  • Maintenance of animal enclosure (cleaning animal waste and uneaten food)

  • Cleaning and disinfecting water dishes

  • Checking and adjusting parameters (temperature and humidity)

  • Feeding the animals. Many of these animals require a diet of live insects and are trained to eat off of tongs. Volunteers MUST be comfortable performing this task.

  • For those interested in getting more involved with animal care, we will work on training to offer the animals enrichment activities.

Requirements

  • Must be at least 16 years old

  • Comfortable handling animals such as snakes, turtles, frogs and insects

  • Comfortable feeding animals live feeder insects

  • Complete a thorough training on the care and handling of our ambassador animals

  • Volunteer a minimum of once a week between 9:30am and 5pm. A complete round of animal care takes approximately one hour. Volunteers should be ready to commit to the same day every week. (If there is trouble arriving within that window, we expect the volunteer to call the office and notify us of the change as soon as possible.)

  • Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and
    provide a copy of their vaccine card