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Domestic goats are raised worldwide in almost every type of habitat and require grass to eat and a clean, ventilated shelter.
Having a four compartment stomach, goats are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach before digesting it. Goats are good browsers, feeding on a variety of shrubs, woody plants, and weeds and can also survive on bushes, trees, desert scrub, and aromatic herbs.
Goats typically reach sexual maturity at 6 months and in temperate zones, females begin to cycle in the late summer and show signs of eat for 1-2 days about every 21 days, through January. The strongest heat cycles occur from November to January. Baby goats are called kids.
Typically residing in elevations of 3.281 to 16,404 feet above sea level. Goats and sheep were among the earliest domesticated animals - goat remains have been found at sites in western Asia dating around 7,000 B.C.
Pat came from a breeder of purebred Netherlands dwarf bunnies and was not of show quality and was donated to the Park.
Wild rabbits can be found in a wide range of habitats including meadows, forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra, wetlands, and dense thickets.
Rabbits are herbivores and in the wild will graze on grasses, forbs, and leafy weeds, while domestic rabbits are primarily fed diets of hay and leafy green vegetables.
The average female rabbit (doe), becomes sexually mature at 3 - 8 months and conceive at any time of the year. Gestation period ranges from 28-36 days and a single litter can have as many as 4 - 12 kits. After birth, does can become pregnant as early as the next day and can deliver up to 60 kits per year!
Rabbits are found on every continent except Antarctica. The Dutch rabbit is one breed of domestic rabbit that is thought to have been first bred in England.
Plateaus with low lying shrubs, grasses, and small trees.
Natural diet consists primarily of grasses, shrubs, tree foliage, lichens, and young shoots. In human care, their diet consists of hay, grains, and herbivore pellets. Similar to cows, llamas will regurgitate their food and chew it as cud.
Females have a gestation period of 11.5 months, typically producing a single offspring, called a cria.
Native to the regions surrounding the Andes mountains, llamas are a domesticated relative of the camel and are not found in the wild. Llamas are heavily used by the poeple of the Andes mountains but can also be found in Europe, North America, and Australia.
Dry, desert like climates with spare vegetation.
Their natural diet consists primarily of grasses but can also include shrubs and desert plants. In human care, their diet primarily consists of hay.
Females have a gestation period of 12 months, typically producing a single offspring which is called a foal.
Native to the islands of Sardinia and Sicily in the Mediterranean, miniature donkeys can now be found in human care throughout the world. The population of miniature donkeys in their native regions are reported to be near extinction.
Wild turkeys live in mature forests of mixed hardwood and softwood trees. They may also be seen along roads and in woodsy backyards.
Hens (female turkeys) will lay 4 - 17 eggs during a two week period. The eggs are incubated for 25-31 days before they hatch. A baby turkey is called a poult.
Orson, the male was born in July 2011 and likes eating and playing with toys. Enid, the female was also born July 2011 and enjoys lounging and belly rubs.
Reside in open woodlands near wallows.
Females have a gestation period of 114 days, and can have 4 to 10 piglets.
These pigs are a domestic breed of pig that came from Vietnam in 1985 and can be found on farms around the world.