Cheetah Rather Encounter Friend Than Play With Cat Toys & A Box | How Captive BIG CATS Get Enriched

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Chapters:
00:00 Enrichment Cheetah Cubs
01:43 Gabriel At 8 Months
01:58 Trying to enrich Gabriel NOT
03:26 Gabriel Can't Hunt
03:49 Gabriel Enjoys Sniffing Pee & Stink
04:34 Box enrichment For Gabriel & Abi!
05:00 What does Gabe do with box!
06:02 Gabriel chews Ear instead
06:45 Why Gabriel chews ear and grooms so much?
06:40 Sounds Of Kimi Yelling Brother
08:30 Conclusion - I am Gabriel's favorite enrichment

Ever since Gabriel has matured from his cub and teenaged years, he's mellowed and changed what enriches his life. In this order it is Females, Food then Friends. Gabriel is a non releasable breeder at this Cheetah Breeding Center called Running Wild Conservation. Abi and her two cubs Kimi and Kayzer are there as well. I show how cubs are easily entertained but adults are much harder. They all seem to enjoy chasing things, but Gabriel is limited in that respect. I can get him to chase me or he sometimes chases other cheetahs along the fence.

I build a LARGE cheetah box to see if cheetahs enjoy boxes. Abi and Gabriel had zero interest in it. I try hard to enrich the lives of my captive cheetahs and go all out. The key is finding what stimulates them and positively and safely work around those things.

Ultimately, I have to admit it is ME that enriches Gabriel's life the most as he explains over and over after I bring his something to enrich is life, he always turns back to me. Grooming his friend is one of his top pleasurable experiences Gabriel enjoys. He'll roll his eyes back while doing it. So that is what we do most together. He likes play fighting too and I allow that limitedly because I don't want to get injured.

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