21/09/2026
Halloween can be a pretty easy excuse to switch up your enrichment 👻
And it doesn't have to mean making things spooky.
For giraffes, Halloween could mean pumpkins filled with browse, hanging food, autumn leaves, or creating a little pumpkin trail around the enclosure.
The Halloween theme is just the inspiration. The actual enrichment is encouraging natural behaviours like browsing, foraging, reaching, exploring and manipulating.
You can do the same thing with loads of species too. A seasonal event doesn't have to mean completely reinventing your enrichment programme. Sometimes it's just a useful prompt to look at what you've already got and think about how you can make it a little different.
Basically: if you can turn a pumpkin into a puzzle feeder, congratulations. You've made Halloween enrichment. 🎃