Animals Depend on Rice Lake's RoughDeck

Zoo animal handlers and veterinarians cannot peer down a giraffe’s throat. Obtaining weight data and records on a routine basis with the least amount of stress to the animal is a science in itself. Gradual or sudden fluctuation in body weight in zoo and aquarium animals is an early quantifiable indication for closer examination and treatment or change in diet and exercise.

Rice Lake’s RoughDeck® is the scale distributors specify because they know it will stand up to animal use and perform dependably.

Shedd Aquarium senior marine mammal trainer Kelly Schaaf works with Ty, a California sea lion, to “speak” and pause on a Rice Lake scale so April Keller can record his weight during a routine health exam. Marine mammal trainers at Shedd Aquarium use positive reinforcement to encourage sea lions and many other animals to participate in their own health care assessment.