Daily Check 4 Legged Animals - PEP BB animal.sand.dailyquad

This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Animal Care.

In this badge you will be performing a routine inspection of your 4 Legged Animals' food, water, production quality, and overall habitat.



Step 1: Check Their Water Source
- Rinse out the basin/nipples for their waterer. If there is signs of build up/grossness wash out the waterer with your choice of cleaner.
- Check to make sure the water source is full/ample.
- Visual inspection of their water quality; looking for signs of rusting, inappropriate algal growth, and other gick. If found address the problem.  


Step 2: Check Their Food Source
- Check that their feeder is full. (If forage feed only, describe how you check they are getting ample feed.)
- Check feed stock for mold, unwanted moisture, or sign of rodents/pests.


Step 3: Animal Check
- Inspect animals for health and production of your desired animal product


Step 4: Safety/Wellness Check
- Inspect shelter (if present) for quality of bedding. If poor, change over/add additional bedding/address the problem.
- Inspect shelter for sharp objects & over head hazards (protruding nails, staples, loose chicken wire, unaffixed heavy objects, ect). Address any problems identified.
- Inspect shelter and surrounding area for signs of predators (dig marks, holes in fencing, scat, ect). Address any problems identified.


To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:

- Complete and document a routine daily check for your 4 Legged Animals

To document the completion of the BB, provide the photos or video (<2 min) of the following:

- Photos/video of your animal waterer before and after your check.
- Photos/video of your animal feed/feeder before and after your check.
- Photos/video of your animal check
- Photos/video of your shelter before and after a safety/wellness issue was addressed