i have a zoo

Chapter 134 Daily Life
After confirming that the soft sister coin exchange coupon could not meet the conditions of use for the time being, Qi Ming stopped paying attention.

At 07:30 the next morning, he had breakfast and came to the back of the wolf hall.

"Yo, how are you doing? Did you sleep comfortably?"

Squatting in front of the wolf's cage, smiling and saying hello.

Several wolves climbed up, wagging their tails, and wobbled to the edge of the cage, looking at Qi Ming with friendly eyes, showing a friendly attitude.

These wolves were plain wolves that were half sold and half given away by the zoo next door for sending macaques to breed in return for Qi Ming.

The new wolves looked at Qi Ming for a while, then lowered or turned their heads slightly to avoid staring at him.A wolf stuck its tongue out and squeezed its head outside the railing, as if it really wanted to lick his mouth.

A wolf was lying on the ground, staring at the pot beside him, frowning, sniffing a strange smell vigorously.

The puzzled eyes seemed to be saying, the smell of disinfectant water is too irritating these days, did I smell it wrong?

There was a basin beside Qi Ming, and there were several dark objects in the basin.

Lao Qin, who was in charge of disinfecting and cleaning the wolf hall, had a strange expression on his face, and carefully looked at the things in the basin. Why does this thing look like shit?No, isn't this fucking shit?
The second he doubted his life, Qi Ming directly threw the black shit into the cage!
Several wolves immediately ran towards the place where the shit fell, gathered in a lively circle, lowered their heads and sniffed it, and even pawed and pulled it twice, showing great interest in the two pieces of shit.

Let me smell, let me smell!
Get up and let me smell it first!
Lao Qin finally couldn't help but wondered: "Director, what are you doing?"

During the isolation period, to keep the cage clean, what is the operation of throwing feces in it?The director suddenly lost his nerve?

Qi Ming explained: "This is David and Ruili's wolf dung, throw it to them, let them perceive the breath of companions they haven't met before, this will reduce the difficulty of grouping!"

Lao Qin scratched his head, it sounded very reasonable!

Wolves have sharp teeth and claws, and if they hit hard enough, they may be killed or injured with blood.

Although when Qi Ming chose the wolves, he put his mind to specifying the strong young wolves and old wolves, so that David Ruili could lead the wolves more easily when they formed a pack.

But maybe there is a young wolf among the young wolves, and they insist on fighting to the death, or these wolves from the zoo in the next city are close to each other, forming a wolf pack by themselves, and what should they do if they group together to repel David Ruili.

In order to avoid excessive aggressive behavior of animals in groups, it is best to carry out the grouping step by step, not to group directly at one time.

The first step is the non-contact perception stage, allowing animals to perceive each other without physical contact.For example, across the cage, let the animals see each other, hear each other's voice, or exchange each other's feces, litter, secretions, etc.

These wolves have smelled David Ruili's feces and know their smell. When they come into contact with them, they smell, oh, so you are the owner of that breath, so it will be easier to communicate.

It's a bit similar to a blind date. If a parent matchmaker comes up and arranges a date for the two people on the blind date, it may be a bit awkward and cold when they meet, and the relationship is not that close.

But first add a WeChat, chat, ask about occupations, hobbies, etc., get acquainted with each other, and then come out to meet and have a meal and chat, and then go to the dating movie theater after dinner, that will be more natural.

The second step is limited contact. When animals are seen to be calm during contact, or even show a desire to explore, you can let the animals touch each other's noses, touch each other with their paws, and say hello to each other through a metal mesh. This is equivalent to sitting We ate together.

The aperture of the metal mesh must be small so as not to hurt the other party.At the same time, if the individual animals show an urgent desire for contact, then there is no need to let them adapt slowly across the cage, so as not to waste their enthusiasm, the third step of full contact can be carried out earlier.

Seeing a few wolves sniffing the feces, Qi Ming patted Lao Qin on the shoulder: "Remember to clean it up later!"

After going around the wolf house, he went to the office building for a morning meeting, listening to the breeders' reports on the animals and discussing the enrichment plan.

Qi Ming asked: "How are the animals? Is there anything unusual?"

Although he patrols the exhibition area every day, he can't see anything by simply looking around.

Wild animals live in the wild, and once their weaknesses are exposed, they will be targeted and attacked soon. Even if they are sick and hungry, no matter how weak they are, they must strengthen their spirits and show a normal and healthy posture.

Some animals may look healthy, but die inexplicably one day, and they have been sick for a long time after inspection.

Although the system can see the health status of the animals, he does not have time to check the status bar of the animals every day, so it is up to the breeder in charge of the animals to carefully observe the abnormalities at ordinary times.

Old Zhao said: "Director, I think Lvjin seems to be a little depressed these days!"

Green Gold is one of the Red and Green Macaws!
The original code names Yingyiyinger now have official names.

Behind the name is the gold of the macaw, and then the name is chosen according to the color ratio of each parrot.

"Oh?" Qi Ming paid more attention, "What's the situation? Did you peck your own feathers? Could it be being rigid?"

Old Zhao said: "Green Gold is originally an outgoing personality and likes to interact with tourists, but in recent days tourists don't like to say hello to it, and sometimes it turns its back and feels bored. I play music to comfort it It didn't work either, I even pecked at Zijin when I lost my temper last time."

Qi Ming rubbed his chin, feeling a bit embarrassed, it's hard to guess what animals are thinking, who knows why they are suddenly unhappy.

Think of a lot of reasons, is the feed problem?homesick?Is the cage environment bad?Hot weather?Which tourist annoyed it while visiting?

Guessed: "When you were feeding recently, did you feed them all the same? Did you not favor anyone?"

"Shouldn't there be? I'm more careful about this one too." Old Zhao thought hard and recalled, not sure for a moment: "When I gave out walnuts the day before yesterday, it seemed that I gave Zijin a smaller one. Could it be that it got angry because of this incident? Is it? Then do you want to give it more food today?"

"Well, what's the feed today?"

"Today is corn bread, beef, corn, strawberries, rapeseed and peanuts."

Macaws eat a variety of nuts, berries, and vegetables, but they also eat insects and snails!

So there should be some protein in the feed. In addition to beef, sometimes some boiled eggs are mixed in the steamed bread.

Qi Ming thought for a while and said: "When the meal is ready, you can secretly stuff an extra strawberry into it while the other ones are not paying attention, coax it a little bit, don't let the other ones see it, and send another one when they see it. More Take a look at the situation, and I'll take a look at it again in the afternoon."

Old Zhao memorized it and replied, "Okay!"

Qi Ming looked at the other breeder again, and asked, "Xiao Zhu, how is the macaque area these days?"

Xiao Zhu's full name is Zhuge Qi, and he has been in charge of the macaque area recently, because macaques are very smart and recognize people.

Recognizing that people are not being close to people, but not bullying people, and replacing them with new employees to take care of them. If they are a little timid and unfamiliar, the macaques with keen perception will immediately notice this emotion, and then they will suddenly refuse to obey the management.

Snatch food when feeding, don't go back when it's time to go back to the back house, it is absolutely impossible for you to catch someone who wants to weigh someone for an injection, and you have to turn around and play and laugh.

Although Zhuge Qi has not been taking care of the macaques for a long time, he is familiar with their habits and has established his majesty among the macaques. Generally, when he is present, the macaques behave more well-behaved, and when they fight, they will yell at them twice. separate.

Switch to other breeders, heh, the monkeys are definitely louder than the breeder's scolding, and even attack when they are angry.

Macaques are not just for fun when attacking people. Regardless of their small stature, they are very nimble and quick to move. When they jump up and look at their unprotected hands or legs, scratching their paws will result in a few hot bloodstains, and a bite will result in a bleeding tooth mark.

If people are prepared to take a stick or something, they will throw stones from a distance.Therefore, all the slightly larger stones in the Monkey Mountain have been cleared away, leaving only some small stones no bigger than the nail cap.

Last time, Lao Wang and the black-backed macaques had a fierce fight in front of tourists. Recently, Qi Ming has been paying attention to this matter.

Expressed aggression among animals is a normal condition and some level of aggression is part of healthy animal social behavior.

Take the hierarchical and well-organized macaques as an example. When other low-status monkeys pass by the monkey king, they must show obedience, otherwise they will be severely punished. This is the way to establish group order.

Seeing this situation, the little monkey will also know how to obey the order and respect the Monkey King.

But excessive aggressive behavior may turn into a kind of harm.For example, the Monkey King is irritable and beats everyone he sees, even his own wife and children. Then the interaction behavior of the whole community will deteriorate.

Keepers caring for animals in these conditions are also vulnerable and can leave a negative experience for visitors.

If a child came to visit and saw a monkey lift up the other one, twist its head, click hard and pull it down, and the blood spurted out, then you should not cry stupidly on the spot.

There is a shadow in my heart that will never be erased for a lifetime. Let alone going to the zoo in the future, I will be afraid when I hear the word "zoo".

Therefore, excessive aggressive behavior requires the intervention of the breeder.

Zhuge Qi said calmly: "Heibei, a rising star, is still a bit weaker than Old Wang. After a fight last time, now that Old Wang has recovered, he probably won't provoke again in the near future."

Qi Ming nodded in satisfaction: "Well, that's good! After a while, we can change their environment."

The best way to reduce aggression is to enrich yourself!
Such as providing shelter, providing more toys.

When the monkey mountain habitat was first erected, the monkeys had a great time playing every day, spending all their energy on it, and had no interest in fighting at all.

It doesn't matter if you are in a good mood to play with something. If you don't usually deal with it, the other party may be more pleasing to the eye, and the relationship between the species is much more harmonious for a while.

But after a while, the perches are not as attractive as they were in the first place.

Moreover, monkeys are in estrus season from July to November. The main reason is that there is plenty of food in autumn, and you can enjoy sex with plenty of food. During this period, monkeys are strong and strong. In order to compete for mates and resources, there will be more friction. Wang Zhengba is usually at this time.

Of course, captive monkeys don’t have to worry about food, so they are dissolute all year round, but in autumn, their bodies will instinctively become more restless.

An ambitious monkey like Heibei who coveted the position of Monkey King began to move around, creating friction and wanting to fight the old king.

After asking about the situation of each exhibition area, Qi Ming let the keepers go first, and began to communicate with Xiaoli, discussing the popular science content of the zoo, making exhibition boards and other issues.

Although the breeders participated in the production of the display boards, they only took photos to provide materials, and the specific content was still handled by Xiaoli's publicity department.

This time the expansion of the zoo introduced a large number of animals, and it was necessary to write a popular science exhibition card for the new animals. The content of the exhibition card was also very large, and the workload was heavy. He would definitely not be able to handle it alone.

With Xiaoli helping to collect information, it is much easier to write the content of the exhibition board together.

In fact, most of the zoo's display boards are from the old zoo, but as time goes by, some display boards may become outdated, the information is not comprehensive, and there are some problems in the way of introduction.

For example, the peacock, the blue peacock that I raised obviously, turned out that the introduction of the blue peacock on the display board was only one or two sentences, and the rest of the content was popular science on the green peacock.

Although the green peacock is more rare, it is worth introducing, but the premise is to introduce the blue peacock first, and add a little twist to expand the difference between the two.

"It is often reported that the peacock is a first-class protected animal in my country, but it is not the blue peacock, but the green peacock native to our country..."

In this way, the clues will be smoother, correcting the misunderstanding of tourists about blue peacocks and green peacocks, and making tourists take blue peacocks more seriously.

The display boards in the exhibition hall can be rich in content and detailed, and they can be posted on the entire wall, so that the clues are more coherent and more information about protection education can be conveyed.

Visitors are not very patient to look at the outdoor exhibition boards. It is best to understand at a glance. Simplify large paragraphs of text into concise paragraphs. The colorful background board, concise introduction and large animal photos make the information more easily read by tourists. take over.

Like some personalized zoos, in addition to the introduction of species, individual star animals will also be introduced.

When was a certain animal born, when did it come to the zoo, who were the parents and how did it get its name? This kind of zoo is more humane, and visitors will still remember a certain animal many years later.

After discussing with Xiaoli about making the display board, Qi Ming returned to the office to review the enrichment plan and correct the documents.

A busy morning passed.

(End of this chapter)