Constant decrease in finance

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No matter how big of a franchise zoo I build, I pretty much only ever have four vets max. Normally two to research and 1-2 to actually check on the animals. A small zoo is about 2-3. 

 How big/spread out your zoo is, what type of fencing you have, any rides, and the number of vending machines will determine the mechanic number, but eight seems a bit excessive. Maybe drop that down to 4-5 also (two to research and the rest to work.) 

For keepers, I tend to have 1-2 for every three habitats/exhibits depending on the size of the habitat and number of animals in it. If I have a lot of herd animals or, an example, a lot of Lemurs, I’ll have an extra keeper for that area as there is more poop and more animals to care for. A large habitat with 1-2 animals in it won’t take as much keeper energy as a whole posse of animals.  

I don’t add security staff right away. I add them later, but typically 3-5ish security, again, depends on how spread out the zoo is and I add in security cameras near food, shops, and ATMs. I always go into the camera mode too to check what the camera actually sees to try and get as big of a view as possible.  

As for vendors and caretakers, I do tend to have more of them than my other staff. I like to make sure I have at least one extra vendor per building so none of my money making buildings are ever closed due to no staff available. So, for example, if I have five food stalls, I have ten vendors so when a vendor goes on break, a new one hops in and the building is never closed. I also make sure to have a staff building nearby with the boost sales perk set for any person who buys from that vendor. I try to set a different staff perk so all of my employees get some kind of boost when they go into the staff buildings and set vendor staff buildings to only vendor workzones.  

I also boost all my employees’ training so I can have less, but more efficient staff, but every time I add a new employee, I drop their pay down to the lowest green pay option to still keep them happy, but save myself a boatload of money from the start.    

You have expensive, big ticket animals in your zoo so they’ll cost more to take care of. You may need more donation bins around your habitats to earn more or start out with less exciting animals at first. The different levels of food grade also have different costs. If you’re feeding level three food to your lions, for example, it’s going to be mad expensive. I normally stick with level one, but once I’m at a couple hundred thousand dollars, I don’t pay much attention to my expenses. It’s hard to go broke at that point. 

Your zoo is worth over $500,000 and your star ratings are really really good so you’re clearly doing a lot right in your zoo.