Enclosures for small monkeys and touraco

Oct. 18 2014

Do the small monkeys have access to this poisonous Hedera helix climbing up the mesh?

If I remember right the Cotton-top tamarins were in the first enclosure and had access to the leaves of this plant but maybe Lintworm can check it for sure during the weekend ??

There is plenty of H. helix inside all 3 monkey enclosures. But I have never seen a vertebrate trying to eat this plant, so I do not know how big the risk actually is...

Thanks to you both. Hedera is of course toxic but with plants in zoos the other important consideration is palatability. The danger is that individuals change and behaviors change. Often a plant that has not been a problem for many years suddenly kills an animal.