Keepers don't feed animals

[coffee]

I have keeper huts placed near habitats, 6 keepers and 3 habitats and all they do is clean poop, they don't fill the food.
I just bought this game yesterday so I dunno if I'm doing something wrong, please help. :)

[REAPER]

i just posted about this, lol. check it out. im having the same problem.

[coffee]

Originally posted by I - ROADRAGE - I:

i just posted about this, lol. check it out. im having the same problem.

Your keepers don't visit, mine visit and they don't fill food.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by .h.y.p.n.o.s.i.s.:

I have keeper huts placed near habitats, 6 keepers and 3 habitats and all they do is clean poop, they don't fill the food.
I just bought this game yesterday so I dunno if I'm doing something wrong, please help. :)

Are you sure that they don't bring food at all?

I'm asking because there's two common misconceptions:

1. Keepers will only bring food if the animals need it. When you start a new scenario or buy a new animal, then they are usually well-fed, so it takes a while until they require food. Keepers don't leave food lying around all the time, or bring more than needed - it would only rot and cause diseases

2. Keepers will prioritize filling enrichment feeders over filling food trays. If you have enough enrichment feeders to take all the food that the animals need, then there never is a reason to fill a food tray. Prioritizing enrichment feeders makes sense because interacting with them is also good for the animal's welfare, whereas food in trays only provides nutrition.

If neither of the above explains the situation, follow a keeper on their round and tell us what their thoughts are.

[coffee]

Originally posted by Psyringe:

Originally posted by .h.y.p.n.o.s.i.s.:

I have keeper huts placed near habitats, 6 keepers and 3 habitats and all they do is clean poop, they don't fill the food.
I just bought this game yesterday so I dunno if I'm doing something wrong, please help. :)

Are you sure that they don't bring food at all?

I'm asking because there's two common misconceptions:

1. Keepers will only bring food if the animals need it. When you start a new scenario or buy a new animal, then they are usually well-fed, so it takes a while until they require food. Keepers don't leave food lying around all the time, or bring more than needed - it would only rot and cause diseases

2. Keepers will prioritize filling enrichment feeders over filling food trays. If you have enough enrichment feeders to take all the food that the animals need, then there never is a reason to fill a food tray. Prioritizing enrichment feeders makes sense because interacting with them is also good for the animal's welfare, whereas food in trays only provides nutrition.

If neither of the above explains the situation, follow a keeper on their round and tell us what their thoughts are.

Well, I do have enrichment feeders however my animals have very low nutrition so I don't think those do a good job? And keepers will clean up poop and then wander around the zoo or go sit in staff room doing nothing.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by .h.y.p.n.o.s.i.s.:

Well, I do have enrichment feeders however my animals have very low nutrition so I don't think those do a good job? And keepers will clean up poop and then wander around the zoo or go sit in staff room doing nothing.

Click on the enrichment feeders. Is there food inside?

Can your animals reach the enrichment feeders? (Check with Heatmap -> Habitats, click on the biggest animal, make sure that all enrichment feeders are in the accessible (blue) area.)

What are the thoughts of your keepers (not just the behavior you observe) from the moment they enter the habitat to some time after they leave it?

[squib]

Noobs don't read pinned keeper posts.

[GhostUK]

I don't think keepers will clean poop and feed at the same time , those are 2 different jobs.

There are so many reasons for this to be happening - i would firstly suggest moving your keeper huts closer if you can , train your keepers up and employ more (if they are maxed). Check the amount of enrichment feeders you have and maybe reduce them because i'm sure they get prioritised. It doesn't take long for a keeper to get tired if they have walked far from the hut and then they walk around the pen for a while, then a long walk back etc etc.

I had the same problem myself , being new. Hope some of this helps.

[Hugh Manatee]

Originally posted by squibtard:

Noobs don't read pinned keeper posts.

This topic is mentioned constantly and the solution lies in the sticky at the very top of the forum. >.<

[totalwarzone]

Near 2 Month after release, its a Feature, Not a Bug.
I have no more explanation like this, what it could be.
Game doesnt works on many Features, that's the result after Playing 600 hours

[sophistry]

There is a bug, regardless of whether some issues related to keepers aren't.

I have a keeper assigned to a specific work zone containing one habitat, one keeper hut and staff room (and a couple of other staff buildings for other roles in the work zone). They aren't feeding my macaques. They aren't going more than a few steps into the habitat, and they pop an unhappy thought saying they can't reach their work zone. The habitat is not over-cluttered. I have deleted and re-placed every enrichment item in the habitat multiple times, and the most they'll do is go in when everything is deleted and spastically run the poop vacuum from the doorway, though it doesn't always clean up all of the poop in the habitat -- probably because they won't leave the spot right in front of the door.

I read the sticky. That stuff is not relevant to every problem involving keeper logic.

Until I even understand what the problem is, this map is unplayable. It's my first non-tutorial career map.

This sucks.

[ZOMBIE 999 TP]

My keepers aren't feeding the food trays on on the siberian tiger habitat.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by sophistre:

I have a keeper assigned to a specific work zone containing one habitat, one keeper hut and staff room (and a couple of other staff buildings for other roles in the work zone). They aren't feeding my macaques. They aren't going more than a few steps into the habitat, and they pop an unhappy thought saying they can't reach their work zone. The habitat is not over-cluttered.

Does the "can't reach my workzone" thought appear after inspecting the habitat (at that point, when they see food missing, they are supposed to go to their hut and prepare food), or does it appear when they return from the hit to bring the food? The former would indicate that they have problem going to the keeper hut. The latter would indicate that they have trouble reaching the feeders.

When the keepers are inspecting, it is normal that just go a few steps into the habitat. They kind of have X-ray eyes with a zoom function. ;) They only go further into the habitat when they actually intend to do something there, such as cleaning up or filling feeders.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by ZOMBIE 999 TP:

My keepers aren't feeding the food trays on on the siberian tiger habitat.

The posts above list several reasons why this might happen (and why it is often intended behavior and not a problem). Have you checked all of these potential explanations?

[ZOMBIE 999 TP]

Originally posted by Psyringe:

Originally posted by ZOMBIE 999 TP:

My keepers aren't feeding the food trays on on the siberian tiger habitat.

The posts above list several reasons why this might happen (and why it is often intended behavior and not a problem). Have you checked all of these potential explanations?

You was right, after several tests i finally "forced" the keepers to fill the food tray.

[coffee]

Okay guys, I found the problem. Aparently, single enrichment feeder was out of reach for keeper to fill so they refused to fill all other food trays/enrichments.

Thanks for all the tips tho. :)