Mixed species exhibit ideas

lintworm said:
The birds have access to a whole upper part where the mongoose don't come and crocodiles aren't interested in small fish generally. A lot of zoos mix crocodiles and fish and if you keep the crocodiles fed there isn't a problem.
Click to expand...
In Beauval nearly all the crocodilian species are kept with fish of all sizes : cichlids, gars, stingrays, piranhas, loaches, gouramis... and with river turtles.
 
birdsandbats said:
How would you keep the birds contained? If they are flightless than no, mixing with ungulates is a bad idea.
Click to expand...
I meant like in an aviary with points that weren’t accessible to the ungulates. Also was asking about small predatory birds like kites and falcons.
 
Van Beal said:
I meant like in an aviary with points that weren’t accessible to the ungulates. Also was asking about small predatory birds like kites and falcons.
Click to expand...

Should be fine depending on the design. Seeing Antwerp's Buffalo aviary with pygmy falcons and vultures, as well as Burgers' Desert bighorn sheep and vultures
 
Van Beal said:
Curious about whether smaller birds of prey (falcons, small owls, kites, etc.) could be mixed with larger ungulates (takin, goral, serow, mountain goat, etc.)
Click to expand...

Les Aigles du Léman:/ Parc été à Sciez, France has a huge aviary ca 0,5 ha) with ca. 10 species of medium-sized birds of prey and a flock of primitive sheep which look like a way to keep grass short. Note, that such mix depends on birds individual personalities, and some species like large falcons, accipiter hawks or most large eagles are too predatory to be mixed.

Birds of prey generally cannot be mixed with owls, they will either pester and attack or be stressed by them.
 
Could a large walkthrough aviary work with Demoiselle crane, Black stork, Ruddy shelduck, Red crested pochard, Ferruginous duck, Black winged stilt, Pied avocet, Eurasian spoonbill, Dalmatian pelican, Northern shoveler, Little egret?
 
Platypusboy said:
Could a large walkthrough aviary work with Demoiselle crane, Black stork, Ruddy shelduck, Red crested pochard, Ferruginous duck, Black winged stilt, Pied avocet, Eurasian spoonbill, Dalmatian pelican, Northern shoveler, Little egret?
Click to expand...

Pelicans will sometimes eat ducks or other smaller birds, so I would advise to house them separetely.

I'm not sure the avocets and stilts would be able to compete with the other species ,and they might also have their young preyed upon by the egrets and spoonbills.
 
KevinB said:
Pelicans will sometimes eat ducks or other smaller birds, so I would advise to house them separetely.

I'm not sure the avocets and stilts would be able to compete with the other species ,and they might also have their young preyed upon by the egrets and spoonbills.
Click to expand...
Also, Avocets and Stilts have been known to hybridise. Cranes might object to the Storks in the breeding season
 
In a large exhibit, would this mix work:

American alligator
Alligator snapping turtle

Alligator gar
Missisipi paddlefish
Arapaima
South American lungfish
Ripsaw catfish
Tiger sorubim
 
Mr Gharial said:
In a large exhibit, would this mix work:

American alligator
Alligator snapping turtle

Alligator gar
Missisipi paddlefish
Arapaima
South American lungfish
Ripsaw catfish
Tiger sorubim
Click to expand...
Multiple zoos and aquariums in North America at least in the past (don't know if any of them have it anymore) have the first mix. So I would say it probably works fine.
 
Mr Gharial said:
Are there any specific problem species (Though I assume it's the turtle)
Click to expand...
I was concerned about the arapaima and the gators, I doubt that would be a very successful mix. Your hunch about the turtle is also correct, alligator snappers might end up clashing with the catfish. I'm only aware of them being mixed with fish that dwell in the mid to upper levels of the tank.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top