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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,872 Views)
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arafan
Jan 12 2015, 08:05 AM
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Jan 10 2015, 09:55 PM
I've seen many Sulcatas put with ostriches and even zebras, so I think it would be fine. The addax would be cautious after a first time. And if male tortoises are aggressive, put the addax with female Sulcatas. (I've studied grassland tortoises more than most people)
I don't know, maybe you're right. Where have you seen this ehibit and do this combination still exists?
I've seen it at Oklahoma City Zoo, and also now that I think about it, my neighbors had a farm that had ostriches, horses, goats, and a male Sulcatas in this large pen. I mean as long as the tortoise has a burrow or hide and can get away from commotion easily, it will be fine. ;)
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Admiral General Aladeen
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Would I be able to keep Bongos with Okapi?
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Burns
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King of Lemurs

that's a very common combination. You can do it.
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arafan
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BBBurns
Jan 14 2015, 07:12 PM
that's a very common combination. You can do it.
Are you sure? I've never heard about that, and personaly don't think that's a good combination.
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Stephen
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It seems a bit odd to combine two animals with almost exactly the same needs. How are you going to let the bongos get away from the okapis if they want to? Okapis are quite sensitive too, so I wouldn't take the risk.
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I did a little research and there are no zoos that have that combo but there are a lot of zt2 zoos that have it.
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Fireplume
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It's a terrible idea, both are large animals that stress out horribly easy, and it's even worse that both male and female bongos have horns, and large, similarly sized ones at that. I've heard stories of large antelope (Taurotragus specifically) fatally wounding one another after being startled, so I can't imagine what one could do to an Okapi. It's just simply not a good idea.

However, I have seen both combined with two duiker species - the Yellow-backed Duiker and Bongo (LA Zoo) the Black Duiker and Okapi (San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park) so if you wanted to bring in a little diversity to your African rainforest exhibitions, there you go.
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Furka
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Perhaps you could make a Hagenbeck style exhibit, so they look like they are in the same area.
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Stephen
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I've also seen them combined with Kirk's dik-dik, though the dik-diks don't live in a rainforest-y environment.

I'm wondering, would it be possible to combine them with a monkey? I've never seen it done, so I suppose not but I'm curious what you guys think of it. I think small, arboreal species (crested mangabeys for example) should work.
Edited by Stephen, Jan 16 2015, 05:49 AM.
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Furka
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Not sure if a shy animal like those would appreciate the company of chaotic animals like primates can be, but that's just my thought.
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Uolym
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I have seen duikers with guerezas, but the bongos and okapis were always alone, except for birds (african pygmy goose and whistling ducks). I would not recommend monkeys. :s
Edited by Uolym, Jan 16 2015, 08:54 AM.
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Burns
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I've seen them with Columbus Monkeys.
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what u think of a combo of saola with visayan-spotted deer?
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Burns
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Well they don't live in the same area but they are pretty similar.
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Saola is pretty much the equivalent of the Bongo or the Okapi in terms of needs and behaviors but x 1000. No Saola have lived for a long time in captivity, so my guess is they are probably among the trickier ungulate species to keep in a zoo. For that, I would not recommend to house them with any other animals.

However, Visayan Spotted Deers have been kept with other animals, mainly monkeys (langurs), peafowls, waterbirds and also Visayan Warty Pigs (but I believe they were separated when one species or both had babies).
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