Nocturnal House, Aye-Aye Enclosure

This enclosure was home to the mother and twins.

Interesting to see it lit for 'daytime'.

When I was there recently I could just make out the AyeAye's dim shapes on top of the nestbox on the left- the rest of the enclosure was a blackout.

Looks kinda artificial to me... I'd recommend sculping the enclosure to look like wood/rock formations, and adding natural foliage, if possible.

JigerofLemuria said:

Looks kinda artificial to me... I'd recommend sculping the enclosure to look like wood/rock formations, and adding natural foliage, if possible.

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Hmm indoor exhibit with no natural lighting,yes natural foliage will work well as it will soon look like a dead and cut down Madagascan Forest!!!

I have thought about that, and here's what I suggest: have 7 potted plants, and put a different one in the enclosure every day, rotating them; each gets one day of darkness and six days of natural light. How's that for a system to keep them alive?

It's a pretty big enclosure; you'd need a hell of a pot plant to fill the enclosure and not look like a token afterthought!

JigerofLemuria said:

Looks kinda artificial to me... I'd recommend sculping the enclosure to look like wood/rock formations, and adding natural foliage, if possible.

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It is artificial of course (it was originally part of the indoor enclosure for a gorilla group). But it is usually seen in very dim light, where the structural features are barely visible. The nestbox and the branches are the only things that are not black, apart from the aye-ayes' features.

Alan