Wednesday I-31

Morning:
0745h:
-organize day
-record rooms nd freezers temperatures
-check out mie and rabbit rooms for water and food
-put a load of mice cages to wash
-setup ED5oivTvMff-II/wyeth-4
-clean melanoleucas w/lucy
1000h:
-scrape 8 mice cages and lids
-put 12 mice water bottles to pre wash in bleach
1100h:
-scrape 8 mice cages
1120H
-check out on going ED50
-fold paper for snakes

Afternoon:
1300h:
-take out and relocate washed mice cages
-put another load of mice cages to wash
-clean corals (5) and babies (5) water 15 babeis
1425h:
-relocate washed mice cages to store room
-calculate ED50ivTvMff-II/wyeth-4
1520H:
-setup material for tomorrow test in lab
1545h:
-setup food for snakes
-check out temperatures in space heated rooms
-replace biological waste container in lab
-replace full filled biological container box in storage room
-empty and unplug dehumifier because frozen
-make copies for recording temperatures forms
-mail elda updated data base

Tuesday I-30

Morning:
0705H
-setup ED50ivTv Mff-II/wyeth-3
-check out for displays
0830h:
-record rooms and freezer temperatures
0850h:
-elda came to inject mice
-sacrify mice
-bring another rack to quarantine B room
-monitor space heater in quarantine C
-put aload of snake water dishes to wash....
-to NTRC to pick up gloves and bags
1120h:
-setup marlk extractions

Afternoon:"
1300h:
-to ntrc to pickup a parcel
-finish setup mark extraction
-instruct ryan about mice room dutties
1400h:
-cut paper for snakes
1415h;'
-pippeting mark extraction
1550h:
-finish pippeting venom fromextraction
-cutting paper for snakes

Monday I-29

Morning:
0750H
-organize day
-record freezer and rooms temperatures
-check for babies and corals
-put space heaters in quarantine C room and 102
-preserve baby massasagua
-help lucy in tubbing C.l klauberi for sex determnation
-monitor quarantine C and 102 temperatures
-check out rabbit and mice rooms/setup mice for ED50
1000h:
-mail elda about ED50
-monitor temperatures in quarantine C and 102
-check out for paper towels and soap bottles
-clean N melanoleucas with lucy
1100H:
-clean snakes nursery

Afternoon:
1300h:
-supervice/instruct ryan in dutties
-finish cleaning snake nursery
-clean (6) corals
-monitor quarantine C and room 1002 temperatures
-sweep and mop room 102 and 111
1430h
-to NTRC to pick up antivenom
1450h:
-monitor quarantine C and 102 temperature
-calculate ED50ivTvMff-II/wyeth-3
1535h:
-sacrify mice
/finish ED50 calculations
1610h:
-check out ryan work... switch water bottles tips for other longer
-monitor quarantine C and 102 temperature
-began to setup laboratory ED50

Friday I-26

Morning:
0750h:
-organize day
-record roomsand freezer temperatures
-check for water and food for mice and rabbit rooms for weekend
-check for baby snakes and corals
0905h:
-update data base
-bring snakes to be force fed to room 103
-instruct Ray about day's duties
-force feed 14 snakes

Afternoon:
1305h:
-instruc Rayn about afternoon work
-continuing with force feeding
-clean and vaccum table-wash tubes and utensils used during force feeding
-Attend King Ranch Guests while Dr. Perez came in to serpentarium
-mop rooms 104 and 103
-instruct Ryan about mice care details
-Supervice Ryan room with lucy
1500h:
-put a load of snake water dishes to wash
-Attend visitors fromking ranch with Dr. Perez
1600h:
-relocate washed snake water dishes to store room
-instruct ryan about folding, stamping and packing paper for snakes
-lock 102-103-104 and display rooms for end of the day
-continuing checking out pendings photographies for field guide

Thrusday I 25

morning:
0755h:
-record rooms temperatures
-Check for corals and babies...
-set up babies food and feed
0900h:
-check for H-CR1 and rabbit room
-cut and fold snake paper...
1040h:
-set up mark extraction
1120H:
-work on field guide

Afternoon:
1300H:
-organize afternoon work
-check for mark extraction settings...
1430H:
-pipette mark extraction
-supervice ryan work
1600h:
-finish pipetting and store venom
-assit lucy in probing requested snakes
-help lucy in cleaning tubes used for probing

Wednesday I-24

Morning:
0745h:
-oraganize day
-record rooms and freezers temperatures
-wash 8 mice cages leads
-clean displays-sweep and mop

0845H

-clean corals (4)

-clean babies (6)

-recieve and relocate one package of plastic bags/

0945h:

-clean quarantine C (3) and sweep, mop and take trash out

-scrape 8 big mice cages to put to wash

1030h:

-work order to fix sink in 105

-continuing in scraping more mice cages to put to wash...

1115H:

-check for pendings on pocket field guide

Afternoon:

1300h:

-instruct Ryan about mice room

-remove and relocate washed mice cages

-put another load of mice cages to wash

-scrape cages leads

1400:

-attend people from maintainence in fixing sink leaking

-finish scrape cages leads...

-put a load to wash...

-relocate previously washed cashes in storage room

-check for ryan mice room

-continuing with pocket feild guide

1600h:

-set up food for snakes

1615h:

-help ryan to take out trash from serpentarium

-relocate washed leads and bottles in storage room

-mop room 105

continiuing with field guide...

-lock serpentarium for day

Tuesday I-23

Morning:
0750h:
-organize day
-record rooms and freezer temperatures
-put snake water diches to wash
-check rabbit and mice rooms for water and food
0905h:
-clean baby snakes (15).
1010h:
-sacrify 8 cages of mice
1115h:
-set up mark extraction

Afternoon:
1310h:
-finish set up mark extraction
-pipette venom for mark extraction
1515h:
-finish extraction
1540h:
-finish pipetting venom
-check for ryan work
1600h:
-instruct ryan about closing day dattuies
-cut,fold and stamp paper for snakes (9 packages)

Monday I-22

Morning
0735h:
-call elda about new student possition
-organize day
0750h:
-record freezer and rooms temperatures switch thermometers batteries
-assist lucy in relocate big horridus
-check f/paper towel dispensers
-clean a regurgitated scutulaus
0930h:
-scrape and put to wash ~15 mice cages
1030h:
-scrape 11 mice cages leads 22 bottles and 12 cages
-attend Ryan for new student job possition
1130h:
-organize cutted paper
Afternoon:
1310h:
-put to wash another load of mice cages
-relocate washed leads
-check for balb/c mice room
-calculate ED50
1450h:
-put another load of bottles to wash
-clean melanoleuca's with lucy
-mail elda about new mark extraction schedule
-sacrify mice
-clean 5 corals

Friday I-19

MOrning:
800h:
-check f/displays
-record rooms and freezer temperatures
-relocate washed snakes water dishes
-water and food mice and rabbit for weekend
-water baby snakes
-help lucy in setting up force feeding
-cut 100 snake papes sheets
1000H
-began to force feed
-Dr. perez meeting
-continue with forcefeeding

Afternoon:
1310h:
-continue with force feeding
-attend student interview for part time possition
-supervice Lucy and bruno in medicanting
-cut more paper for snakes husbandry

Wednesday I-17

Morning:
0745h:
-set up ED50ivTvMff-II/ wyeth-2
-record rooms and freezers temperatures
-Check mice and rabbit rooms for water and food
0915h:
-clean corals (6)
-set up ED50 (dilutions)
-Attend student interview with lucy
-Attend elda in ED50
1105H
-Update data base
set up venom extraction

Afternoon:
1305h:
-finish set up of venom extraction
1340h:
-attend people from maintainence while checkin fire extinguishers
1345h:
-check ED50....
-set up food for tomorrow
1420h:
-pipete venom during mark extraction
1555h:
-cut paper for snakes
-take out frozen mice for food
-cut more paper.
-check ED50....

Tuesday I-16

morning:
0740h:
-organize day
0815h:
-check for displays
-record freezers and room temperatures
-check for rabbit and mice food and water
-Sacrify and pack mice
-call city poungto pick up animals
-scrape and put to wash 10 mice cages
-check for paper taowel dispensers
-fill up antibacterial , bleach and alcohol bottles
1040H:
-pick up shavings in south texas seed
11ooh:
-sweep and mop H-cr1 mice room

Afternoon:
1310h:
-sacrify 75 mice and packadge
-set up mice for ED50ivTvMff-II/Wyeth-2
-relocate washed mice cages and put another load to wash
-remove trash from serpentarium
-Clean N.melanoleuca with lucy assistance
-clean C.adamanteus w/lucy assistance
-relocate dirty mice cages in storage room

Friday I12

Morning:
0740h:
-organize day
~0800h:
-reply mail to Elizabeth Browder from College station about pit infected
-check mice and rabbits food and water for long weekend
0940h:
-record rooms and freezers temperatures
-update data base
-force feed bit Crotalidae and began with corals with lucy and bruno assitance

Afternoon:
1315h:
-continuing force feeding corals with lucy and bruno assitance
-Attend John Wilson , new student to replace Juan Salinas.
1440h:
-medicate (~22) snakes with lucy and bruno assistance
1640h:
-check for pendings...
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Thrusday I-11

Morning:
0735h:
-organize day
-check for ED 50 ivTvMff-II/wyeth-1
-sacrify 400 mice and pack in plastic bags for food
-attend Javier Martinez regarding with C.horridus 218 venom
-feed babies

Afternoon:
1305h:
-relocate dirty mice cages in storage room
-Planify w/lucy snake's force feed and medication
1345h:
-clean (4) corals
-continuing with cutting paper for snakes
1545h:
-check mice and rabbits for water and food
-reply mail to kasi from college station about pit infections
1630h:
-pack 8 groups of cutted paper

Wednesday I-10

Morning:
0730h:
-organize day
-set up ED50ivTvMff-II/wyeth-1
0830h:
-verify snakes f/set up mark extraction
0845h:
-record temperatures of freezers and rooms
-continue with mark extraction set up-assist lucy in relocating display's snakes in cages and scan avid#
0940h:
-water H-cr1 mice room
-set up eppendorf and sample cups for extraction-parafilm
-check out paper towel dispensers
1100:
-began ED50....
1215h: elda came to inject...

Afternoon:
1315H:
-check for ED50
-prepare list of 2006 new snakes requested by Dr. Perez
1430-1530h:
-assist in venom extraction (pipeting venom)
-continue with Dr perez snake list
1540H:
-set up strobo lighting bag for mark
-revise sent list for Dr.perez
-set up food for snakes

Tuesday I09

Morning:
0800H
-record avid # on snake cage labels
-scrape (12) mice cages and wash in cage washer machine
-relocate mice cages leads ans cages in store rrom
-scrape 12 big lead mice cages and wash in cage washer machine
0930H
-continue with snake cage labels-up date data base
1030h:
-relocate washed cages ans leads
-put another load of cages and leads
-continue with data base
1110H:
-chek out for babies and corals
-pending for checking avid # chips in 10 snakes

Afternoon:
1300h:
-check f unidentified snakes (avid#)/up date data base
-implant 7 avid # micro chips
-set up mice f ED50ivTvMff II/wyeth-1
1540h:

-check ED50... bring a/v vials from NTRC

1600h:

-calculate ED50 doses

Monday I-082k7

Morning
0730h:
-organize day
-record hibernation room temperature
0815h:
-meet lucy for catch up on news
-record freezers temperatures
-water displays
-help lucy to relocate new born Sistrurus catenatus from displays
-mop display room
-clean corals in 102 (6) and N melanoleucas
-begun to clean nursery in 111
1130h:
-organize serpentarium for State inspection (Lucy recieved a phone call from Perrigo notifying about surprice inspection...
-check both mice rooms, help lucy in checking storage rooms
1220h:
-quick lunch in serpentarium
1245h - 1320h:
-Inspection Dra Pannil
1330h:
-continuing cleaning (6) and watering nursery
1415h:
-update snake excel database
-mail elda updated list
-organize index card box
1530h:
-scrape 16 mice cages leads and four mice cages
-help bruno in removing trash from serpentarium
-pre wash and wash leads and cages in washer machine
-scrape big mice cages leads (13)
-turn off cage washer..