Hose2Habitat Enrichment Photographs

Photos of Hose2Habitat enrichment and workshops. Click on photos to enlarge. Use them freely with attribution.

Painted dogs with a "heart"

Mitter strip enrichment otter CA.jpg

Calliope, sugar glider on a browser

Jaharo

forage ladder

Turtle fun

Sofiya with a monkey fist knot.

The keeper learned to make monkey fist knots at a Hose2Habitat workshop hosted by the Maryland Zoo.

Turtle Merry-Go-Round

Calvin the capuchin monkey.

Calvin selects treats from a fire hose browser made at a Hose2Habitat workshop.

Hanging Fire Hose Cube

Made at a Hose2Habitat workshop in 2016.

Millie

Bear Tug Toy

Fire hose kelp

Rhino Street Sweeper Scratcher

Sam Houston, a Black Rhino who lives at Chehaw, GA, rubs his horn base and face against a street sweeper brush. Ahhhh.
Photo credit: Spectacular Sam Sassone

Coati becomes a master forager.

Fire Hose Cube

These fire hose cubes made at Hose2Habitat workshops are popular enrichment items for many species.

Doc and "Chloe"

This massive fire hose animal was made by Luke Siberry at a Hose2Habitat workshop.

Hose2Habitat donated fire hose balls

The lions at Greenville Zoo in South Carolina enjoy the fire hose balls made and donated by Hose2Habitat in December 2014.

Fish benefit from enrichment too.

Mandrill with a forage feeder

Colobus Monkeys on a Hoop Hammock

See instructions for this hoop hammock we made on our enrichment instructions page.

Herbie

Herbie, a chimpanzee at Chimps, Inc, inspects his newly donated ring.

Treat cube

Made at a Hose2Habitat workshop in 2016.

Zoo Atlanta Porcupines

Prehensile-tailed porcupines Max and Quinn at Zoo Atlanta share this cardboard tube donated by Owens Corning through the Owens Corning/Hose2Habitat animal enrichment donation program.
Photo Credit: Zoo Atlanta

Zhanna at Brandywine Zoo

Zhanna is enjoying the fire hose ball made at the Brandywine Zoo in Delware in July 2015 during a Hose2Habitat workshop. Photo courtesy of the Brandywine Zoo

Doc, Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary, GA

This tiger loves the cardboard tube donated through the Owens Corning/Hose2Habiat donation program.
Photo credit: Erin Nipper

Ardastra Gardens

Co-founder, LIsa Daly, helps fill a browser donated to Ardastra Gardens, Bahamas.

Browser at Ardastra Gardents

Co-founder, Tony Slamin, watches as Danika tests the browser donated to Ardastra Gardens, Bahamas.

Akron Zoo, OH

Tamarr enjoying a cardboard tube donated through the Owens Corning/Hose2Habitat animal enrichment donation program.
Photo credit: Stephanie Miner

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, OH

North American River Otters, Splasher and Diver, at Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, enjoy playing with the fire hose cube donated by Hose2Habitat!
Photo Credit: Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

National Zoo

Bella at Akron Zoo

Bella enjoys the fire hose cube donated to the Akron Zoo by Hose2Habitat.
Photo credit: StephanieMiner

Bella at the AkronZoo

Bella enjoys the fire hose cube donated to the Akron Zoo by Hose2Habitat.
Photo credit: StephanieMiner

Hose2Habitat workshop at the MD Zoo

Zhanna, Brandywine Zoo, DE

Winner of Hose2Habitat Contest 2015

Submitted by Micala Teetzen.

Elephant at Zoo Atlanta

This elephant is eating browse from a fire hose browser made at a Hose2Habitat workshop.

Great Bend-Brit Spaugh Zoo, KS

Enrichment made with fire hose donated by Owens Corning. Photo courtesy of Sara Hamlin

Hose2Habitat build goat platform

Hose2Habitat volunteers, David and Clay, made two goat platforms for the Maryland Zoo in September 2014 from surplus lumber.

Browser donated to Greenville Zoo

Hose2Habitat donated the fire hose browser to Greenville Zoo in December 2014.

Sofiya with a monkey fist knot.

The keeper learned to make monkey fist knots at a Hose2Habitat workshop hosted by the Maryland Zoo.