Animal is about to interbreed

[Roxxsmom]

The alert really means animal has already interbred. Or at least I've never been able to get to the animal and remove it from the habitat fast enough (or slap on contraceptives) before it is already pregnant.

Would it be possible for the alert to come before the deed is done, so to speak, or to give enough advance warning that one can actually prevent the issue? It is especially problematic with animals in large, mixed sex habitats (like my African penguins) where they have lots of mate choices, but some inevitably do seem to want to pair up with their siblings or parents. But sometimes it happens with wolves or otters when one of the "alphas" dies and an adult offspring who somehow evaded being contracepted becomes their new mate.

 

[AlexVonHumbug]

my solution is, too keep an eye on new-borns in the Animal-Tab in the zoo overview (you can filter by sp. or age etc.) and to regularly switch on the contraception for every newborn. That way, you always know, wich animal you can send to the storage, when grown up and it prevents inbreeding. Its not very interesting, but it works. you can then look for the right pairs and put them back the way that works without inbreeding. (dont forget to switch off the contraception finally)

 

[Cocolori]

I usually get there in time if I press pause and then send it to the trade centre during the mating animation which then cancels it but I agree it would be nice to get more notice. What i'd also like is to give us the option to turn off the alerts that an animal is about to mature - I want to keep the 'they have matured' alert but the ageing setting mean I get a thousand of the 'about to' alerts all the time!

 

[Roxxsmom]

my solution is, too keep an eye on new-borns in the Animal-Tab in the zoo overview (you can filter by sp. or age etc.) and to regularly switch on the contraception for every newborn. That way, you always know, wich animal you can send to the storage, when grown up and it prevents inbreeding. Its not very interesting, but it works. you can then look for the right pairs and put them back the way that works without inbreeding. (dont forget to switch off the contraception finally)

I do that, but occasionally I miss some, or I don't get to a habitat soon enough. I enjoy larger zoos, but unfortunately there is a point where I just can't keep up with all those births and maturations.

Fennec are the worst that way. Get distracted for ten minutes in game and forget an animal in quarantine, the potential mate will be sterile (they seem to become sterile around age 6-7--much earlier than other canids), or the offspring are not only grown up, but are too old to sell. The only way I can keep a good specimen from going sterile sometimes (while waiting for a good specimen to come up for sale in franchise) is to take them off display and put them in the trade center. At least they don't tend to mate with their own pups, though.

I have been overwhelmed with African penguins and trying to keep a nice, diverse gene pool. The only thing I can do to stop them from pair bonding with a sibling or close relative as soon as they mature is to pop the babies into separate boy and girl "off exhibit" habitats as soon as they are "hatched."

I love African penguins. I've always enjoyed watching them at zoos and aquariums, but they breed like rodents in this game!

Lemurs, another species I love in real-life zoos, are tough to keep up with also.

 

[AlexVonHumbug]

I do that, but occasionally I miss some, or I don't get to a habitat soon enough. I enjoy larger zoos, but unfortunately there is a point where I just can't keep up with all those births and maturations.

Fennec are the worst that way. Get distracted for ten minutes in game and forget an animal in quarantine, the potential mate will be sterile (they seem to become sterile around age 6-7--much earlier than other canids), or the offspring are not only grown up, but are too old to sell. The only way I can keep a good specimen from going sterile sometimes (while waiting for a good specimen to come up for sale in franchise) is to take them off display and put them in the trade center. At least they don't tend to mate with their own pups, though.

I have been overwhelmed with African penguins and trying to keep a nice, diverse gene pool. The only thing I can do to stop them from pair bonding with a sibling or close relative as soon as they mature is to pop the babies into separate boy and girl "off exhibit" habitats as soon as they are "hatched."

I love African penguins. I've always enjoyed watching them at zoos and aquariums, but they breed like rodents in this game!

Lemurs, another species I love in real-life zoos, are tough to keep up with also.

do you know, that you can adjust the ageing of your animals in the game preferences? that also slows down breeding. i use 4x slower ageing in bigger zoos. It then just takes forever for elefants to grow up^^