I've long had a soft spot for Pallas' Cats, so naturally the two we have at WHF are favourites of mine. Wei-Shand and Tula are both amazing little cats, and Wei-Shand in particular is full of character. My enthusiasm for Pallas Cats tends to get passed on to my unsuspecting tours, who have to listen to my excited babble. Who wouldn't fall in love with them though... grumpy looking fluff-balls! Wei-Shand has a habit of following you everywhere. He'll creep up and suddenly be at the door patiently awaiting that moment when you let your guard down... But it's this naughtiness that I love about him.
When I was lucky enough to get my hands on some very cheap pumpkins just after Halloween, and donated the lot to WHF - not before carving a few first. My obvious "target" was the Pallas Cats, so I carved one especially for Wei-Shand - this is the result
The eyes and mouth give a nice little hole to put food through, and that's exactly what we did. He was served dinner in a pumpkin that day, and he was not amused.It was pretty effective enrichment though, he spent a while plucking up the courage to actually investigate, then grabbed one chick at a time.
Below is a brief video clip of him investigating the pumpkin - there were guests at the enclosure when we fed him, so I wasn't able to get a lot of photos/videos which is a bit annoying
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