Omelet working on learning to push a shopping cart - considering she was spooked by the cart just yesterday this is amazing progress! Great job Omelet!
Can anyone please post a DYI page for cage enrichment?? Im in a country where we barely accept dogs and cats as pets and i cant order by shipping cause its so fucking expensive..
Heya! So the limit is very much your imagination. You can make hammocks out of old clothes, dish cloths, etc. A quick google image search reveals a load of enrichment and toy ideas, usually using cardboard, toilet paper, water, ropes… I also have an enrichment tag (I’ll tag it below) that has some ideas
Have plans this #Saturdaynight and can’t find a babysitter? Drop off your kids from 5:30 - 9:00 and they’ll meet animals, eat pizza, watch a movie, and learn all about volcanoes, which is the theme for this week !
Only $35 for the first child, $25 for each additional sibling - register soon to secure a spot!
An ambassador #aardvark at the #omahazoo digs into a small planted area while zoo guests watch. Harness training allows zoo animals to get valuable #environmentalenrichment and #exercise by exploring zoo grounds with their handlers, while visitors get to observe natural behaviors like digging prowess of an aardvark up close. #zooanimals #harnesstraining #enrichment (at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrV5v4WB4H1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pr2aql8xekbl
Leadbottom the #andeancondor had a ball with his #enrichment one warm fall day at the #zoo in Los Angeles. As scavengers, #condors have strong necks and a hooked beak adapted for ripping apart carcasses - or milk jugs, in this case! Andean condors also have one of the largest wingspans of any living #bird species, which he kindly showed off for the camera while having his fun. Turn up your volume to hear @cocoachuffs cooing her adoration at this big handsome man. #lazoo #losangeleszoo #condor #zooanimals #environmentalenrichment #birdlovers (at Los Angeles Zoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrGHH6LhuYK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5gkcyltinnn2
A #lion at the #oregonzoo munches on what’s left of a whole carcass. The lions get fed #meat every day, but once a month, they get two whole carcasses as #enrichment! He’s already gorged himself on this calf, but wasn’t willing to give up what was left to the #lionesses yet. Feeding out whole carcasses help keep predators’ jaws healthy and strong, keep the animals active, encourage natural social dynamics within the pride, and educates guests about the reality of top predators and the circle of life. #zooanimals #predators #environmentalenrichment #felidae #cats #wholeprey #gore #deadanimal (at Oregon Zoo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoDFL9Wggo_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tpeohvfdib4i
Two male #beluga at the #sheddaquarium play with a rubber ring #enrichment item. They spent easily half an hour dragging around their pool, balancing it on their rostrums and diving through it. In the first photo, you can see how flexible their necks are; the cervical vertebrae in #belugawhales are not fused (unlike most #cetaceans ) which is likely an adaptation that helps them maneuver under ice. #whales #belugawhale #adaptation #animaladaptations #environmentalenrichment (at Shedd Aquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnHg9FUAoHW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q88bdzu3oldl
Over the years they’ve become like Zoo employees, who actually know how to handle the animals in their care
tumblr users can have little a enrichment, as a treat
Honestly I tend to think of it more like a group of relatively well-trained and VERY FRUSTRATED zookeepers finally getting the chance to do their jobs without obscene amounts of meddling and overriding from the person who owns the zoo.
Automattic:What’s wrong with that guy over there in the staff uniform?
Staff: That’s actually 3 capuchin monkeys in a khaki trench coat with Jeff’s missing hat.
Automattic: What are you going to do? Shoot them or something?
Staff:We’ve got it under control.
*a banana on a string lands on the ground by the corner of a nearby building*
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Good evening and welcome to the unbearable “waiting for the weekend” game featuring Alba the 4-year-old Andean bear. Reblog to play and comment below with your favorite weekend countdown activity. Some of Alba’s include: bearly mastering her swing, striking a paws, noming on bromeliads (and sometimes bearies), and not hibearnating.
As a special holiday sweet, sanctuary residents received a layered Popsicle made of blood, coconut milk, and dog treats– each topped with a happy gingerbread man.
To stimulate their senses and keen intellect, we provide our sanctuary residents with novel items to explore. Layla spends almost a full three minutes delicately licking the peanut butter out of her apple and then crunching through the fruit.
On Easter Sunday, the McCleery Ranch wolves got their Easter eggs and all seemed to really enjoy them. This male’s egg presented a bit of a challenge as it rolled off the rock (it actually happened several times). But to the victor go the spoils and he got it eventually.
