Hi! My name is Zeke and I have a problem.
My new caretaker, Jacqui, can't make up her mind how to do the sulcata area. This is a problem for me, because I heard when I came here that after 12 years of being by myself that I could have other Leopards around me!! I waited patiently for something called "quarantine period" to be over. Now that silly human is saying I can't try meeting the other leopards until we have our full area to escape in. Problem is the redfoots are in part of it.
They can't move out until she fixes their new enclosure, but that can't happen until the sulcatas move out of the temp pen they have in part of the RF's area.
These are the sulcatas who are going to be living in the sulcata suites.
The Boyz
and Tilman.
Zeke is correct, I can't seem to really make up my mind how to fix the sulcata area. So maybe all of you could tell me how you would do it, if this was yours to do.
I do know I need it made into three sections. Tilman needs his own area and the Boys are still good with each other, but want to have ready a third enclosure IF they ever need to be housed seperately.
Each area will need it's own water feature and mudwallow (the Boyz love mudbaths). I would like three trees, but not sure what types I want. There will be an electric fence put up, to keep out the coons and such. I want these enclosures made so they will be strong enough to keep them in, once they are full grown.
The area for them is roughly 150' by 240' after taking about 10' on the north side for two staggered rows of Althea (Rose of Sharon) bushes and on the east side about the same width was taken for a double row of grape vines. The north side faces the street, east is a small lot horses graze in about 3 weeks a year, south faces a field, and west the house/backyard.
It's an old horse lot that hasn't been used for two years. Last year a friend was suppose to put a cow/calf out there, so we let the weeds go unmowed, then he never brought them over. So lots of huge dock weeds that Josh is trying to get under control. There are some big patches of dandelions and clover already free starting. There are no trees currently in the lot. The ones you can see in the pictures are all on the other sides of the fences. There is one raised hill about 6' high and 8-10' across in the first third of the lot (Northwest section).
On the west side about 1/3 down the fence line is an old garage that with work could be made into indoor area for winter time currently for the Boyz.
So if this was yours to make into a sulcata area, what would you do? What fencing? What plants? Would you fence off sections within the each enclosure to rotate allowing plants to regrow? Give me your ideas, suggestions, thoughts, ect..,
My new caretaker, Jacqui, can't make up her mind how to do the sulcata area. This is a problem for me, because I heard when I came here that after 12 years of being by myself that I could have other Leopards around me!!
I waited patiently for something called "quarantine period" to be over. Now that silly human is saying I can't try meeting the other leopards until we have our full area to escape in. Problem is the redfoots are in part of it. They can't move out until she fixes their new enclosure, but that can't happen until the sulcatas move out of the temp pen they have in part of the RF's area.
These are the sulcatas who are going to be living in the sulcata suites.
The Boyz
and Tilman.
Zeke is correct, I can't seem to really make up my mind how to fix the sulcata area. So maybe all of you could tell me how you would do it, if this was yours to do.I do know I need it made into three sections. Tilman needs his own area and the Boys are still good with each other, but want to have ready a third enclosure IF they ever need to be housed seperately.
Each area will need it's own water feature and mudwallow (the Boyz love mudbaths
). I would like three trees, but not sure what types I want. There will be an electric fence put up, to keep out the coons and such. I want these enclosures made so they will be strong enough to keep them in, once they are full grown.The area for them is roughly 150' by 240' after taking about 10' on the north side for two staggered rows of Althea (Rose of Sharon) bushes and on the east side about the same width was taken for a double row of grape vines. The north side faces the street, east is a small lot horses graze in about 3 weeks a year, south faces a field, and west the house/backyard.
It's an old horse lot that hasn't been used for two years. Last year a friend was suppose to put a cow/calf out there, so we let the weeds go unmowed, then he never brought them over. So lots of huge dock weeds that Josh is trying to get under control. There are some big patches of dandelions and clover already free starting. There are no trees currently in the lot. The ones you can see in the pictures are all on the other sides of the fences. There is one raised hill about 6' high and 8-10' across in the first third of the lot (Northwest section).
On the west side about 1/3 down the fence line is an old garage that with work could be made into indoor area for winter time currently for the Boyz.
So if this was yours to make into a sulcata area, what would you do? What fencing? What plants? Would you fence off sections within the each enclosure to rotate allowing plants to regrow? Give me your ideas, suggestions, thoughts, ect..,
