Zookeeper Gabe's Animal Thread V6.0

[fightingrabbit]

Damn, that's one hell of a beast. I was in Orlando last December and saw an alligator on the course, it scared the shit out of me. I'm from Canada and we don't have those just wandering around, the gf and I high-tailed it right out of there when we saw it

lol Canadians.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Hey @Zookeeper Gabe , I have a question that ive been thinking about for a bit.

You know how the main criticism of zoos thats always thrown around is "its a prison for animals" "they are caged" etc etc.
How often do animals actually roam around in the wild? I mean i know the question is relative to the animal in question, but it got me thinking.
Lions for example, arent they usually content in their area and then traverse out in the hunt for food, before returning back to their pride / area.
The same goes for Animal migrations, which take place for that same reason, food/water/climate. If these were supplied / fixed, wouldnt the animal be content in their space?

Granted the zoo is well funded and updated, i.e. the San Diego Zoo, shouldnt a lot of these animals be content in their "large" enclosures, getting fed regularly

Im sure i could probably google this, but id rather hear someones live take.

Good question, In captivity we obviously have smaller areas for animal than they do in the wild and historically nobody gave a shit. Throw the bear in the pit and throw some food at it. Also not all zoos are good and even good zoos don't have every exhibit perfect. That being said most zoos do everything they can to have animals exhibit as naturals behaviors as possible. One of the main criticisms from visitors is the animal isn't doing anything. News flash people, animals often don't do a lot in the wild. Cats routinely sleep for 18-20 hours a day depending on the species.
If you end up with an animal that seems remotely stressed out we do everything possible from enrichment, training etc to reduce that stress as much as possible.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Amur leopard escaped it's enclosure at Hogle Zoo in Utah, luckily it just took a nap on top of it's exhibit and has tranquilized and brought back in. This could have ended very badly.
http://fox13now.com/2016/06/08/hogle-zoo-explains-how-leopard-escaped-from-her-enclosure/

 

[jefferz]

Fish in a jellyfish

Electric tail clownfish

planted aquariums

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Those tanks are unreal, seriously those are gorgeous. Also I'm assuming that poor fish is going to be slowly digested.

 

[jefferz]

Those tanks are unreal, seriously those are gorgeous. Also I'm assuming that poor fish is going to be slowly digested.

There's a ton of work involved in maintaining tanks like that. You're using 18" long tweezers and scissors to prune. The trees are what amaze me. I wish I had the artistic skills to aquascape like that. I might try a happy little tree though.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

I had never seen anything like that till you posted it before. I would love something like that but I don't have the skill or patience for that.

 

[Krallang]

Just caught a coon on my porch eating cat food, also on my porch are 2 dozen chicks that just hatched a week ago. Over this past winter I lost about a dozen old hens and only have 7 hens atm. They were about 8 years old which is well beyond old age. I still have 1 8 year old hen and 7 that are about 4 years old.

Sadly I'm going to have to kill it, because I know the chicks attracted it and he'll try to open their cage at night.

I can't put them in the electrified coop till their 8 weeks old. Any sooner and they'll be killed by my rooster and any later they'll attack my older chickens.

the 8 week mark is key for integration. My rooster is getting old so if there is a boss looking rooster chick i'll let him live instead of slaughtering him and he can have a go at the old rooster.

Just so you know a male rooster will kill his own male offspring once they are old enough. The chicks I got are from a neighbor, I didn't have the patience to try to hatch this go around.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Raccoon may also have been attracted by the cat food. I would definitely pull cat food, hell if you can put chicks in basement for a few days and he will hopefully leave.

 

[jefferz]

Reef tank "waking up"

 

[mrsenor]

There's a ton of work involved in maintaining tanks like that. You're using 18" long tweezers and scissors to prune. The trees are what amaze me. I wish I had the artistic skills to aquascape like that. I might try a happy little tree though.

https://www.youtube.com/user/aquadesignamano

 

[MikeMcMann]

What you don't see is the next frame where the owl rips out his larynx and eats them with fava beans and a nice chianti.

 

[jefferz]

https://www.youtube.com/user/aquadesignamano

RIP Takashi Amano.

 

[seatea]

Guy Leaves Fake Animal Facts All Over Los Angeles Zoo

Guy Replaces Pet Names In Local Pet Store With New Hilarious Labels

 

[jefferz]

Just caught a coon on my porch eating cat food, also on my porch are 2 dozen chicks that just hatched a week ago. Over this past winter I lost about a dozen old hens and only have 7 hens atm. They were about 8 years old which is well beyond old age. I still have 1 8 year old hen and 7 that are about 4 years old.

Sadly I'm going to have to kill it, because I know the chicks attracted it and he'll try to open their cage at night.

I can't put them in the electrified coop till their 8 weeks old. Any sooner and they'll be killed by my rooster and any later they'll attack my older chickens.

the 8 week mark is key for integration. My rooster is getting old so if there is a boss looking rooster chick i'll let him live instead of slaughtering him and he can have a go at the old rooster.

Just so you know a male rooster will kill his own male offspring once they are old enough. The chicks I got are from a neighbor, I didn't have the patience to try to hatch this go around.

He probably doesn't care about the birds, he's after the food. Get a live trap and release him in the country. Call your local animal control, they may even borrow you a live trap.

 

[fightingrabbit]

Just caught a coon on my porch eating cat food, also on my porch are 2 dozen chicks that just hatched a week ago. Over this past winter I lost about a dozen old hens and only have 7 hens atm. They were about 8 years old which is well beyond old age. I still have 1 8 year old hen and 7 that are about 4 years old.

Sadly I'm going to have to kill it, because I know the chicks attracted it and he'll try to open their cage at night.

I can't put them in the electrified coop till their 8 weeks old. Any sooner and they'll be killed by my rooster and any later they'll attack my older chickens.

the 8 week mark is key for integration. My rooster is getting old so if there is a boss looking rooster chick i'll let him live instead of slaughtering him and he can have a go at the old rooster.

Just so you know a male rooster will kill his own male offspring once they are old enough. The chicks I got are from a neighbor, I didn't have the patience to try to hatch this go around.

Kill the raccoon and taxidermy its body. Then leave him on your porch as a deterrent to all the other coons.

 

[jefferz]

Kill the raccoon and taxidermy its body. Then leave him on your porch as a deterrent to all the other coons.

Or you could teach it to dance and then one day have it leave you for Hollywood.

 

[fightingrabbit]

Or you could teach it to dance and then one day have it leave you for Hollywood.

Or this.

 

[Poison Breed]

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Saw this. Thought it was pretty funny.