I set up a fresh scent-trail hunt for our fennec at 6 a.m., and he solved it in 14 seconds flat before thoughtfully burying my keys in the sand dig box like “assistant enrichment.” Desert specialists are all ears and excavation, so I’m pivoting to perforated PVC scatter-feeds and frozen cricket cubes — any puzzle that slows yours down without tipping into frustration?
Try a ‘double-decker’ dig: bury a closed cardboard egg carton (two pea-size holes per cup, packed with your frozen cricket cubes) just under the sand so he has to shred and sift instead of going full tiny backhoe; swap the carton before it gets pulpy. Since he’s into “assistant enrichment,” add a light strip of paper tape on the seam so it resists but still tears. Does he chew cardboard or mostly dig?
@lisa_m_89 I stash frozen cricket cubes in a metal tea infuser; half-bury; holes slow extraction. Skip flimsy mesh.