foot health

Rana learning footwork with Scott

Rana Learning Footwork

March 31, 2019 EleComposer Blogs

We used subtitles on the video, but the reality is there are a tremendous amount of nuances involved with positive reinforcement training, and even in the text, we could never cover even a fraction. This video is from a few weeks ago, it was when Rana was just learning to…...

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Guida

Some Footwork for Maia

February 27, 2019 EleComposer Blogs

Today was another Guida and Rana morning. After no one showed up at the barn all day yesterday, Guida and Rana arrived together early today. The two were nice and calm, no nudges.  Maia showed up about half an hour later, so we took advantage and did some footwork with…...

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Ramba at the roadside zoo in Chile taking a mud nap

Ramba’s Mud Nap

January 31, 2019 EleComposer Blogs

  This is Ramba (not Rana), in Chile. If you don’t know her, (you should, she’s amazingly lovely) you can read about her on her page (link below).  Those who do know her, nothing new with CITES permits. Today Ramba took a mud bath and in the middle, decided she…...

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Ramba at the roadside zoo in Chile

Ramba Update January 2019

January 24, 2019 EleComposer Blogs

A little Ramba update. She is doing well, and her limp has improved. Today her caregivers noticed that it looks like she will have a small blowout over the nail she’s had problems with since her circus days. One of the biggest struggles with foot issues is that infections can…...

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Rana

Rana: Barn, Sleep and Feet

December 29, 2018 EleComposer Blogs

Cutie Rana bug half asleep in her little mud wallow. Two things are fairly common with new elephants, especially zoo elephants. The first is that the barn is somewhat of a security blanket. After years, sometimes decades of living in the same little square, they find comfort in returning. In…...

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Kat, Scott and Rana

Step by Step with Rana

December 26, 2018 EleComposer Blogs

Many of you noticed Rana lifting her back legs and slapping between them with her tail in the live videos. We mentioned she had an undiagnosed issue with her vulva at the farm, but they weren’t able to safely investigate it or treat it other than spraying it from a…...

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