Wild Within
enrichment gallery
A collection of our own images of enrichment ideas for various species. Click the buttons below to view the gallery of your choice.
big cats
Hanging Christmas Tree.
Firehose hammock. Instructions can be found on Hose2Habitats website.
Firehose browser hung on a bungee cord with a variety of large feathers. Firehose browsers can be used for most animals in different ways, food items such as browse can be stuck in-between the gaps in place of the feathers used here.
Large wooden 'tombola' with chicks inside.
Snuffle ball made from felt.
Easter egg shapes cut out of cardboard boxes, scented (and coloured) with basil leaves and beetroot.
Other Carnivores
Cardboard tubes filled with hay and mealworms, wrapped in wrapping paper and tied at the ends to form a cracker shape.
Medium sized tombola filled with small pieces of food.
Tyre filled with balls, can be scented or have food hidden.
Pile of sand with insects hidden.
Paddling pool filled with hay with small pieces of food and insects hidden.
Pile of fresh grass cuttings.
Primates
Marmoset gum dribbled down tree.
Hanging bamboo and other browse.
Large carved pumpkin with mealworms inside.
Forage box made with a wooden box with a hinged mesh lid. Filled with small (disinfected) pinecones with mealworms, banana chips and pumpkin seeds.
Holee balls filled with fresh dandelion leaves.
Hanging broom head with mealworms in between bristles.
Reptiles
Paddling pool filled with warm water.
Dried shrimp (from terrapin food) inside tub with small holes.
Bamboo poles stuck into the ground with skewered veg
Pumpkin with holes cut into the sides and leaves/veg sticks pushed through
Kong dog toy with morioworms inside
Slow feeder bowl with mealworms
Birds
Paper pumpkin Halloween decoration.
Cat ball run toy with morioworms.
Pinecone drizzled with some melted peanut butter and dunked into some seeds then left to cool.
Dried mealworms in a tray of water (doesn't have to be dried but they float better than live worms).
Holee ball filled with lettuce leaves.
Slow feeder (meant for dogs) with mealworms.
Other Animals
Layer of grassy top soil in a box.
Rabbit pellet soaked in water and mixed with mashed carrot, put inside a hollowed out apple.
Buoy with small holes cut out filled with shredded Cabbage.
Puzzle feeder made for small rodents and rabbits.
Small cat toy ball filled with tiny seeds.
Cardboard or wooden tubes stuffed full of grass and weeds.