Badgers can be kept in pairs so long as the animals aren't showing aggression. Several facilities successfully keep badgers in pairs most or all of the year.
Mixed species exhibit ideas
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Badgers can be kept in pairs so long as the animals aren't showing aggression. Several facilities successfully keep badgers in pairs most or all of the year.
Pandaboi
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Hello everyone, I’m working on a fantasy zoo and just wondering about a few mixes:
I’m working on a Madagascar section and I have a these mixes planned:
Madagascar Walkthrough: 0.6 acres
7.0 Ring-Tailed Lemur
1.1 Black Lemur
1.1 Crowned Lemur
4.0 Red Ruffed Lemur
3.0 White-Belted Black-And-White Ruffed Lemur
I know this risk with hybridisation within ruffed lemurs so I’ve made them bachelor groups. Could the other species hybridise or would it be fine? The lemurs would have plenty of space to get away from each over with lots of plants to hide in and a few covered off-show enclosures.
Madagascar Aviary:
1.1 Madagascar Fody
1.1 Madagascar Partridge
1.1 Madagascar Teal
Would I be able to mix any of other species with these? Madagascar crested ibis, Vasa parrots, Madagascar lovebirds?
Thank you!
I’m working on a Madagascar section and I have a these mixes planned:
Madagascar Walkthrough: 0.6 acres
7.0 Ring-Tailed Lemur
1.1 Black Lemur
1.1 Crowned Lemur
4.0 Red Ruffed Lemur
3.0 White-Belted Black-And-White Ruffed Lemur
I know this risk with hybridisation within ruffed lemurs so I’ve made them bachelor groups. Could the other species hybridise or would it be fine? The lemurs would have plenty of space to get away from each over with lots of plants to hide in and a few covered off-show enclosures.
Madagascar Aviary:
1.1 Madagascar Fody
1.1 Madagascar Partridge
1.1 Madagascar Teal
Would I be able to mix any of other species with these? Madagascar crested ibis, Vasa parrots, Madagascar lovebirds?
Thank you!
they are osten mixed with multible smal birds species
Would a mixed species aviary with the following species work?
In the trees, Bornean Orangutans and Lar Gibbons will be able to get off the ground. Having access to a large pool will be Fly River Turtles, Painted Terrapins, and Asian Leaf Turtles. There will be plenty of free-flight birds, such as Nicobar Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Pink-Necked Fruit Dove, Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove, Bali Mynah, Metallic Starling, Azure-Winged Magpie, White-Rumped Shama, and Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush.
In the trees, Bornean Orangutans and Lar Gibbons will be able to get off the ground. Having access to a large pool will be Fly River Turtles, Painted Terrapins, and Asian Leaf Turtles. There will be plenty of free-flight birds, such as Nicobar Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Pink-Necked Fruit Dove, Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove, Bali Mynah, Metallic Starling, Azure-Winged Magpie, White-Rumped Shama, and Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush.
Gibbons will eat the birds and possibly the turtles, Orangs might mistreat the turtles
All those bird species should coexist in a large enclosure. In a small area the Ibis would predate the fodies
The only problem here is that breeding hornbills will eat eggs. But if you keep a single animal or two males/two females it should be fine
I'd be more concerned about recently fledged chicks, given bee-eaters nest in earth tunnels. Not sure if hornbills would try and enlarge the entrances or not.
I’ve not worked with Silvery-cheeked, but there’s a fighting chance they would target adult Bee-eaters, never mind chicks. I’ve seen what Papuan Hornbills can do to a small Corvid species….
Yeah, I'm skeptical of Silvery cheeked hornbills (and most hornbills for that matter) with anything smaller than them. One of my local zoos had a lot of problems trying to house Silvery cheeked hornbills in an aviary with birds larger than bee-eaters, so I have no doubt that bee-eaters would be targeted by the hornbills.
Not the safest option; could probably work up until a point. Swine and other animals just don't tend to work great most of the time.
Van Beal
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New one (I know, I know, I should post them all at once, but these are coming as I progress through designing my spec zoo) my question now is American Elk and Whooping Crane.
Fully aware of the whole risk with ungulates and pinioned birds. I probably won't have the birds pinioned, so not sure if that changes the effectiveness of the mix.
Fully aware of the whole risk with ungulates and pinioned birds. I probably won't have the birds pinioned, so not sure if that changes the effectiveness of the mix.
I wouldn't. Whooping Crane is still rare and mixing them with a species that might well trample them isn't worth it at all. Not having them pinioned means you'd probably lose them the first time the elk chase them, would probably take off and not return, since I'm assuming you're not covering the entire exhibit in netting. Though even if you did it would just run the risk of the cranes hitting it after taking off in fright and getting tangled or hurt themselves...
Cranes and deer have been mixed before. But not with elk. As Argus mentioned, I wouldn't risk it. I'm not sure about the specific temperaments of the other deer of North America, but perhaps White-tailed deer would be okay mixed with Cranes?
White-tailed has generally mixed well with Sandhill Crane per what I've heard; bucks can be problematic though. I still wouldn't do the mix with Whooper because of the rarity factor.
BenFoxster
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Hi everyone, I am wondering if the following mixed-species ideas could work:
North American:
A large open grassy enclosure surrounded with pine and North American trees, complete with a cliff on the side (as seen in many elephant enclosures) that releases a roaring waterfall, creating a lake within the exhibit (or large pond technically) that covers a third of the exhibit. The enclosure holds a single moose that can walk along the large long field or eat from surrounding trees and bushes, or go for a swim in the lake. Alongside the moose, beavers are stored in the lake, where they can swim, make a dam, etc. Part of the enclosure can feature underwater viewing. Would such an exhibit be possible? I know moose are very aggressive animals, but I wonder if the two could get along, especially if there is a narrow stretch of water allowing the beavers access to a separate section that the moose cannot access. I think this would make for a very nice immersive exhibit. If not, what if:
A: Replace beavers with American river otters.
B: Replace the moose with a small heard of Bighorn sheep and provide rocks along the cliff for climbing.
C: Replace moose with a small heard of bison.
D: Replace moose with small herd of elk?
South American:
An exhibit mimicking that of a treetop rainforest canopy with branches, vines, etc. where guests can watch monkeys playing. In such an exhibit could black howler monkeys be exhibited with white-faced saki, capuchins, Goeldi monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and emperor tamarins? What if the exhibit is taken a step further to include extended flooring with soth American plants, and a swimming area where capybara and Brazillian tapirs can swim (complete with underwater viewing)? Could the two get along with the monkeys, or would the monkeys cause them irritation?
North American:
A large open grassy enclosure surrounded with pine and North American trees, complete with a cliff on the side (as seen in many elephant enclosures) that releases a roaring waterfall, creating a lake within the exhibit (or large pond technically) that covers a third of the exhibit. The enclosure holds a single moose that can walk along the large long field or eat from surrounding trees and bushes, or go for a swim in the lake. Alongside the moose, beavers are stored in the lake, where they can swim, make a dam, etc. Part of the enclosure can feature underwater viewing. Would such an exhibit be possible? I know moose are very aggressive animals, but I wonder if the two could get along, especially if there is a narrow stretch of water allowing the beavers access to a separate section that the moose cannot access. I think this would make for a very nice immersive exhibit. If not, what if:
A: Replace beavers with American river otters.
B: Replace the moose with a small heard of Bighorn sheep and provide rocks along the cliff for climbing.
C: Replace moose with a small heard of bison.
D: Replace moose with small herd of elk?
South American:
An exhibit mimicking that of a treetop rainforest canopy with branches, vines, etc. where guests can watch monkeys playing. In such an exhibit could black howler monkeys be exhibited with white-faced saki, capuchins, Goeldi monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and emperor tamarins? What if the exhibit is taken a step further to include extended flooring with soth American plants, and a swimming area where capybara and Brazillian tapirs can swim (complete with underwater viewing)? Could the two get along with the monkeys, or would the monkeys cause them irritation?