Repair cages, settings, and living areas.Help other workers transfer, restrain, crate, and uncrate animals.They are usually assigned to a section of the zoo or park. Zookeepers and wildlife park attendants work in zoos and wildlife parks. Answer questions about pet care and supplies.Sell pet supplies, accessories, and related books.Care for and sell birds, fish, reptiles, cats, dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, and other animals.
Pet shop attendants work in retail stores.
They work mostly outdoors with the animals. In their work, animal attendants use cleaning equipment and materials, such as brooms dips (for fleas and ticks) medicine and general office equipment, eg. They perform similar duties to a veterinarian assistant. They also change bandages whenever an injury has occurred.
Animal attendants need to report any problems to the person in charge and are then advised what to do. Some caretakers specialise in giving the animals their medication or dipping them to prevent ticks and fleas from harming them. Another attendant would clean out the cages, stables or barns, while a third attendant would take care of the animals by exercising them - horses for example, or watching the animals graze, e.g. one attendant will be responsible for weighing and mixing the recommended feed before they feed the animals.Īll animals are on special diets and their attendants need to follow this diet in order to keep the animals healthy. When working on a small holding, animal care attendants usually perform all these duties, but if they work with lots of animals, then their duties are usually split up, e.g. feeding, cleaning, dipping and giving medicine. Animal attendants take care of animals and all aspects associated with this, e.g.