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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-457da799-7fff-b044-363e-91e1dcb7753c"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you to all who responded to our library pet question. We are still not sure about getting a pet but this was certainly helpful. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For those who asked for follow up, this is a summary of responses:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two degus, 3 bearded dragons, a uromastyxs, hedgehog, red eared slider aquatic turtle.aquariums with fish (friends of the library fundraised a fee for monthly cleaning), cat, frog, leopard gecko, Asmo the Library Snake (cornsnake) on FB</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Caretakers: Staff, an interested person in charge, Dragon Master Program with student volunteers, and adult volunteers</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The pictures were wonderful and we ended up learning about animals we didn't even know existed. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Much appreciated,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ingrid<br></span></p>
</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 12:14 PM Erin Marsh via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5482841082725377396">
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Isabella Rowan' <<a href="mailto:i.rowan@fowlervillelibrary.org" target="_blank">i.rowan@fowlervillelibrary.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Michlib-l] Library Pet<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">We have a bearded dragon named Dolores. The Youth Services staff is in charge of his care. (Yes, Dolores is male—we found out a year after the community named
him.) He does not need to eat every day, so we feed him on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and bathe him once a week for additional hydration. The public loves him, and we feed him where they can watch and we also get him out for people to hold him on request
(we accommodate them as often as we have staff to spare.) It works very well for us, and the people in our community adore him.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Something we started a year ago was the Dragon Master program. We offer middle school students the chance to volunteer to come one day a week to feed/bathe Dolores.
There are a number of middle school teachers here who have bearded dragons in their classrooms, so the students already have some experience when they get to us. It has been a great way to get a steady stream of kids who might not otherwise participate to
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Vladimir Script";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Erin Marsh<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Assistant Director/Head of Youth Services<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ransom District Library<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">180 S. Sherwood Ave.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Plainwell, MI 49080<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">(269) 685-8024<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Isabella Rowan via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 7, 2024 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>; Ingrid Fournier <<a href="mailto:ifournier@mcdlibrary.org" target="_blank">ifournier@mcdlibrary.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Library Pet<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 6, 2024 1:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a> <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Library Pet</span> <u></u><u></u></p>
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