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More informationRed kangaroo
Macropus rufus
Natural diet Red kangaroo
Red kangaroos are primarily herbivorous grazers that consume grasses and other plants dependent on the drought level. Next to this, they occasionally browse on plants such as saltbushes. They are very well able to digest fibrous material.
Feeding advice Red kangaroo
Feed quantity per day
2%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 47 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
47 x 0,02 = 0,94 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
20% Concentrates
75% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
5% Browse
Proportions (fresh product)
0,2 x 0,94 kg = 188 g concentrates
0,75 x 0,94 kg = 705 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
0,05 x 0,94 kg = 47 g browse
Feeding advice Red kangaroo
Feed quantity per day
2%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 47 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
47 x 0,02 = 0,94 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
20% Concentrates
75% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
5% Browse
Proportions (fresh product)
0,2 x 0,94 kg = 188 g concentrates
0,75 x 0,94 kg = 705 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
0,05 x 0,94 kg = 47 g browse
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Grass hay
Salt lick
Not recommended
Fruits
Sharp or coarse food items (e.g. stalky hay)
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Obesity
- Paralysis
- Dental disease
- Lumpy-jaw
- White muscle disease
Additional advice
- Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
- Supplement the diet with ad libitum grass (read more about browsers and grazers).
- Supply sufficient vitamin E by feeding adequate concentrates.
- Feeding sharp or coarse feed might cause oral traumas.
- Feeding fruits might lead to abnormal fermentation in the hindgut because of high sugar levels (read more about nutritional values of (wild) fruits and vegetables).
- Stimulate foraging behaviour by hiding, stacking or hanging the feed. Besides this, scatter feeding is also advised (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Grass hay
Salt lick
Not recommended
Fruits
Sharp or coarse food items (e.g. stalky hay)
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Obesity
- Paralysis
- Dental disease
- Lumpy-jaw
- White muscle disease
