Lack of enough food enrichments for some species?

[Roxxsmom]

Initially I noticed this with gharials. The only food enrichment available after fully researching the species are those pumpkins, so they always come up short in terms of food enrichment.

Certain other species seem to have a shortage of food enrichments available as well, such as the reticulated giraffes. This may be realistic, if such items don't exist for them in real zoos because they are really picky eaters, but shouldn't the habitat ratings reflect this and not tell us the animal has insufficient food enrichment?

 

[DrBurrito]

Initially I noticed this with gharials. The only food enrichment available after fully researching the species are those pumpkins, so they always come up short in terms of food enrichment.

Certain other species seem to have a shortage of food enrichments available as well, such as the reticulated giraffes. This may be realistic, if such items don't exist for them in real zoos because they are really picky eaters, but shouldn't the habitat ratings reflect this and not tell us the animal has insufficient food enrichment?

Honestly gharials shouldn't even have the frozen blood pumpkin as enrichment. That being said, you can still place multiple food enrichment items to compensate for variety, as food enrichment is quantitative.

I am also looking forward to more enrichment items in the future.

 

[DarthQuell]

Well, the diving update is going to be implemented, so I suspect that they will eventually use the aquatic feeder

 

[Roxxsmom]

The frozen pumpkins did seem like an odd enrichment for gharials, unless the pumpkins are stuffed with fish. As per the latest update, they now can use the fish feeder, and it appears there is a frozen fish block available too.

 

[Electrical Banana]

The worst is the flamingos imo. Their only food enrichment item is the foraging pool but even their minimum social group requirement can't get by with just one pool. The pools are also huge (and definitely not suited for all styles of building) and having to add two or three of them into a habitat is always frustrating and feels really limiting. I know that flamingos have a specialized way of eating that maybe isn't suitable to any of the other items we have in the game-- I just wish, then, that their food enrichment needs could be lower. Maybe not the most exciting animal in the game but I always use flamingos in my zoos so this is something I notice over and over again.

 

[DrBurrito]

The worst is the flamingos imo. Their only food enrichment item is the foraging pool but even their minimum social group requirement can't get by with just one pool. The pools are also huge (and definitely not suited for all styles of building) and having to add two or three of them into a habitat is always frustrating and feels really limiting. I know that flamingos have a specialized way of eating that maybe isn't suitable to any of the other items we have in the game-- I just wish, then, that their food enrichment needs could be lower. Maybe not the most exciting animal in the game but I always use flamingos in my zoos so this is something I notice over and over again.

There's inconsistency with how much food each enrichment item can hold. A tiny 'Bamboo Stick' or 'Tool Puzzle Feeder' can hold 12 kg of food, when a huge 'Forage Box' feeder or a 'Tree Forager' holds only 8 and 10 kg respectively.