Activities may include:
- Diet preparations and daily health monitoring.
- Exhibit preparations and up keep.
- Animal training and enrichment.
- Daily management considerations (weather, personnel, wellness etc.).
Keeper Shadows
Shadow A Real-Life Animal Keeper.
(*Ages 12+)
Want to be an animal keeper for a day? Here’s your opportunity to experience caring for animals at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Help clean and interact with the animals through one-on-one experiences with a keeper for two or four hours, and discover an accurate picture of daily activities.
Our animal keepers have a physically demanding job. At the following link is just a portion of their job duties for our Keeper Shadows to read and prepare for conditions they might also experience. Read Physical Keeper Duties PDF
Pick Your Time and Animal Area(s)
Animal Area Choices:
- Encounter Africa (elephants and rhino)
- African Rift Valley 1, (Colobus monkeys, Red River hogs, meerkats, vultures, tortoises, mountain tapirs, other birds)
- African Rift Valley 2, (giraffe, lions)
- Australia’s Outback Yard & Scutes Family Gallery (wallabies, budgies, sloths, reptiles and tree kangaroo)
- Primate World (orangutans, gorillas, tamarins, and naked mole rats)
- Rocky Mountain Wild & Asian Highlands (moose, Mexican wolves, mountain lions, lynx, river otters, grizzly bears, Amur tigers, Amur leopards, Asiatic black bear)
- Water’s Edge: Africa (hippos, penguins, lemurs, warthogs, guinea pigs, pelicans)
*NOTE: – 12 years old minimum age, 13+ years old for dangerous animal areas.
Refunds
Cancellations for a refund can be made up to 24 hours prior to the scheduled program, or the program can be rescheduled.