A giraffe at the Cincinnati Zoo was treated for lameness by getting a trim for his hooves on Tuesday. https://cbsn.ws/2Knp029 | CBS Sunday Morning

Footcare for a giraffe is very important to its overall wellbeing, so keepers perform regular hoof trims. They have even trained many of the animals like Tessa to offer hooves voluntarily! Keepers Teresa and Melina work with Tessa to keep her healthy! The team works with the Zoo Hoofstock Trim Program to stay up on best practices and, on a recent visit, the hoofstock pros noted that the giraffe, okapi, and goats feet looked beautiful and we were doing a great job maintaining their hooves. Learn

In honor of National Hoof Care Month, we’re sharing this #MomentOfZoo featuring Senior Keeper Joe as he trims our giraffe’s hooves in the Carter Giraffe Building. Training a behavior like this takes a tremendous amount of patience and relationship building over the course of several years. Like human fingernails, the outer part of a hoof, called the hoof wall, is made of keratin. So, just like our nails, hooves benefit from regular cleaning and trimming. It’s very similar to the work farriers do