Mixed species exhibit ideas

Neil chace said:
The issue is mainly how to find a place in which the larger animal can access in which the smaller one cannot, especially seeing that both pandas and goral are terrestrial, non-swimming species. You would be better off just making two exhibits in this case, especially seeing giant pandas stress easily.
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What about rotating the animals every other day.Will that work?.
 
Austin the Sengi said:
What about rotating the animals every other day.Will that work?.
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Rotating animals is a really good idea for just about any animals that can use the same space. Since neither pandas nor goral have any specific habitat needs, there is no reason this would not work, although it probably would only work if both species were on exhibit all the time, just in different exhibits. You could even take it a step further and have an entire Asian habitat that rotates. I envision the following being a good rotation-
1. Giant Panda
2. Chinese Central Goral
3. Sloth Bear
4. Dhole
5. Red-crowned Crane and Western Tufted Deer
6. Indian Rhino
7. Indian Rhino (since they need more space, they would get two exhibits a day)
8. Malayan Tiger
 
Thank you all for the feedback.In fact come to think about it now.I feel like i should make this post into a exhibit project I can post in the not so distant future..
 
I have just a few more ideas to add to the mix

1- Peninsular Pronghorn, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Thick Billed Parrot

2-Monk Parakeet, Blue Crowned Parakeet, Plains Viscacha

3- Scimitar Horned Oryx, Addax,

4- European Mouflon, Chamois
 
Does anyone think klipspringer and meerkats are a realistic mix? Do you think either (or both) species would be able to breed successfully in this enclosure?
 
Neil chace said:
Does anyone think klipspringer and meerkats are a realistic mix? Do you think either (or both) species would be able to breed successfully in this enclosure?
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I wouldn’t trust meerkats with something as small as a baby klipspringer, and suspect they would gang up and harass the adults.
Meerkats have been successfully kept with Lechwe and Plains Zebra, which are a bit big for them to take on.
 
Idk about breeding but meerkats and klipspringers has been done before. I saw it at Omaha in the Desert Dome.
 
Klipspringers utilized the boulders and rocks while the meerkats generally stayed on the sandy ground. It was a good example of how providing areas for different species that the other cannot necessarily access works wonders.
 
the racoon has spoken said:
Like a large sloped enclosure, where the top is dry land and slowly becomes more wet as it slopes down eventually just becoming fully aquatic.
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Well as you probably realize dolphins would be in a constructed tank not a natural pool and it would need to be large enough to accommodate them properly. But in the adjoining area of dry land I see no reason why many ungulates could not be accommodated. All depends on the details (which ungulate? Do you want them to have access to the water? etc.)
 
Zooplantman said:
Well as you probably realize dolphins would be in a constructed tank not a natural pool and it would need to be large enough to accommodate them properly. But in the adjoining area of dry land I see no reason why many ungulates could not be accommodated. All depends on the details (which ungulate? Do you want them to have access to the water? etc.)
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I'm thinking of small docile deer species, which i'd say have access to the water, also would the water get dirty from soil slowly going inside the water? Also any other things that I should know about dolphin welfare to try and make the idea more plausible?
 
I have two mixed species ideas I think that could work I just wanted to make sure I am being plausible about my ideas here they are.

1: Blue Crane with a smaller species of ground bird

2: Squirrel Monkeys and Nutria


You tell me your opinions.
 
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