How to build an Enrichment Rope Ladder
Today’s post comes to us from Stephanie Beatson, a Zookeeper with a passion for enrichment building. In this article, you will learn how to build an enrichment rope ladder that can be extremely useful...
by Kyle Banton-Jones · Published September 2, 2019 · Last modified September 4, 2019
Today’s post comes to us from Stephanie Beatson, a Zookeeper with a passion for enrichment building. In this article, you will learn how to build an enrichment rope ladder that can be extremely useful...
by Kyle Banton-Jones · Published August 1, 2019 · Last modified August 12, 2019
Quite often, when trying to make enrichment items, you have to make do with what you have laying around behind barns and in sheds. This project was no exception, I had quite a few...
Birds / Felines / Primates / Small mammals
by Kyle Banton-Jones · Published June 4, 2019 · Last modified June 3, 2019
Continuing on with my PVC enrichment projects, here is an extremely easy to build Hanging PVC Tube Feeder. This is potentially the easiest item to build I have ever posted and really only requires...
As you can see by my last few posts I’ve been on a bit of a PVC fix lately, just really playing around with different enrichment variations and goals that can be achieved with...
A PVC Tube Teeter-Totter for Small Mammal Enrichment This simple PVC tube-teeter totter is ideal for many small playful mammals such as meerkats or even skunks. This is also great because it is clearly...
How to Build a Small Mammal Chute with only Scrap Materials For this project I set off to make a functional small mammal chute that could be used to injection train a pair of...
Birds / Primates / Small mammals
by Kyle Banton-Jones · Published February 23, 2019 · Last modified March 27, 2019
Description A puzzle feeder is simply a device that has some sort of complexity involved in order for the animal to obtain food. Puzzle feeders are very popular with pet owners as it can...
Description Have you ever been in an animal emergency and gone to grab a old plastic cat carrier only to find one of those tiny pins is missing or the bottom is cracked or...
Description People pay hundreds of dollars for poorly built cat trees at pet stores all the time, but why not just build your own? The cat tree featured in this article was not build...
Bears and Canines / Felines / Primates / Small mammals
by Kyle Banton-Jones · Published January 4, 2019 · Last modified March 27, 2019
Description This is a fun and simple toy that can be used to enrich a variety of animals. The durability of the fire hose and the rigidness of the plywood means is can be...
I am a zookeeper, farmer, animal lover and self-proclaimed handyman. I have over 6 years of experience working with exotic animals, over 15 years working with domestic animals such as horses and dogs and several years of construction/ maintenance work. The only thing I like more than caring for animals is creating enrichment items for animals that benefit them both physically and mentally. I created this site not only to spread my passion and ideas but the passion and ideas of other animal care professionals as well. With my experience and skill set I have been able to create unique and species-specific enrichment items for a variety of animals and I’d love to show you how you and your organization can do it too! Check out our services and find out what Wild Enrichment can do for you.