Feeding Dinosaurs & Handling Paddock Escapes
Learn how to throw meat into paddocks, prevent dinosaur hunger, and respond to escapes with tranquilizers in Totally Safe Dino Park.
Preventing Hunger in the Paddocks
Keeping your dinosaurs fed is one of the primary directives in Totally Safe Dino Park. The official game description emphasizes that players must feed the dinos before they get hungry. Starting with the initial T-Rex paddock, maintaining a steady feeding routine keeps the animals occupied and reduces the chaos your crew has to manage while collecting biomass and serving guests.
As a prerequisite to feeding, you must first pick up a piece of meat so that it is equipped in your character's hands and highlighted in your bottom action bar. You do not need to open the paddock gate or step inside the enclosure to deliver food.
Concrete Steps: Throwing Food Over the Fence
Delivering food over the high containment barrier uses a wind-up throwing mechanic. In an inspected tutorial frame labeled REKYS FOOD (STEP 3) outside the T-Rex paddock, the game provides clear positioning and input instructions for desktop players.
- Equip the meat item from your inventory bar so your character holds the bone-in meat cut.
- Walk up to the exterior of the dinosaur enclosure and face the fence directly.
- On desktop, hold Q to wind up your throw, then let go of Q to throw the meat over the fence into the paddock.
- On mobile or other devices, follow the on-screen throw prompt displayed on your interface rather than desktop keyboard keys.
New Dinosaurs Across Multiple Days
While your first shift introduces Reky in the T-Rex paddock, keeping your park running across multiple days expands your roster. Official documentation confirms that surviving multiple days unlocks new dinosaurs such as the Long-Neck and Raptors.
The tutorial reassurance Reky wont bite today belongs to that introductory scenario. It does not establish safe dinosaur contact on later days or with other species. Follow the demonstrated outside-fence feeding method and check the current instructions before entering an enclosure.
Escape Recovery: Tranquilizing Dinosaurs & Uncertainties
The official description warns that power loss lowers the fences and says to tranquilize an escaped dinosaur. If an escape occurs, respond with the available tranquilizer controls and restore generator power. The reviewed frames do not establish the complete capture, return or enclosure-reset sequence.
The exact tranquilizer shot count, reload time, range and sleep duration remain unverified. Do not base a close approach on an assumed number of hits or a fixed recovery timer.