If you’d like to bring a birthday gift for your favorite animal, below are some ideas for commonly-used (and always appreciated) enrichment toys.
For Batu and her primate friends:
Heavy duty Kong Toys (available at most pet stores)
Black Rubber Tubs in different sizes (available at farm supply stores)
Rope toys (available at most pet stores. Rope only – no add-ons such as plastic)
Seed Dispenser
Looking Bowl
Primate Enrichment Toys #2029 and #2040
Animal Enrichment Toys
Any kind of bird or small mammal toy from Fosters and Smith (they are used in our Children's Zoo and Small Mammal House, as well as by our bird department).
Thick walled plastic cubes
Pills
Cylinders
Food Items Used for Training or Enrichment
raisins
pine nuts
mixed nuts (must be raw in the shell)
brazil nuts (must be raw in the shell)
peanut butter (regular peanut butter in all sized jars is great)
honey (plastic container preferred)
molasses (plastic container preferred)
Food Items Used for Sick/Injured Animals or Infants
baby mixed juices (in plastic bottles)
Similac* powder without added iron
Similac* cans without added iron
Flintstones chewable vitamins
Dog and Cat Food
Eukanuba* Premium Preference Dog Food
Eukanuba* Adult Maintenance Dog Food
Eukanuba* Chicken and Rice Cat foods
*Must be these brands and flavors for us to be able to use them in our program.