Food-Based Enrichment

Special thanks to Jodi Carrigan of Zoo Atlanta for compiling this information.

Manipulable Feeders

Providing food in novel and/or complex containers affords animals opportunities to manipulate objects and to spend more time performing natural foraging behaviors.

• Bamboo Shakers
• Boomer Ball
• Feeder Tube
• Paper Mache Devices
• Pump Feeder
• Smothered Pine Cones
• Treat Rattle
• Turf Board

Feeders for Browse and Tool Use

Other food-based enrichment objects are particularly useful for encouraging tool use, for the presentation of browse items and/or to extend foraging times.

• Crates Tied with Fire Hose
• Deer Feeder
• Down Under
• Fire Hose Bage
• Kong
• Plastic Coke Crates
• Raisin Board
• Smear Boards
• Stuffed PVC

Food Puzzles

Puzzle-feeders provide cognitive enrichment by requiring the animal to solve a problem to reach desired food items.

• PVC Cap Feeder

Looking for Enrichment Suppliers?

Check out these websites:

• Otto Environmental
• Aussie Dog Products
• Boomer Ball
• Sanctuary Supplies
• SVI Themed Construction Solutions, Inc.

Do you have enrichment ideas to contribute to the website?
Contact Jodi Carrigan of Zoo Atlanta at JCarrigan@zooatlanta.org.