Tammar wallaby

Natuurlijk dieet Tammar wallaby

Tammar wallabies are herbivorous grazers and their natural diet mainly consists out of grasses alongside the consumption of wild fruits and herbs.

Fruits

Grasses

Herbs

Leaves

Als een dier 6 kg weegt en 5% van zijn lichaamsgewicht eet, krijgt het

6 x 0,05 = 0,3 kg voer in totaal per dag

10% Concentraten
90% Gras, luzerne, ruwvoer

0,1 x 0,3 kg = 30 g concentraten
0,9 x 0,3 kg = 270 g gras, luzerne, ruwvoer

Als een dier 6 kg weegt en 5% van zijn lichaamsgewicht eet, krijgt het

6 x 0,05 = 0,3 kg voer in totaal per dag

10% Concentraten
90% Gras, luzerne, ruwvoer

0,1 x 0,3 kg = 30 g concentraten
0,9 x 0,3 kg = 270 g gras, luzerne, ruwvoer

Grass hay

Variety of browse (willow, aspen, birch, rowan)

Salt lick

Lucerne hay

Fruits
Vegetables
Sharp or coarse food items (e.g. stalky hay)

An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:

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.
Although present in their natural diets, feeding fruits might lead to abnormal fermentation in the hindgut because of high sugar levels in cultivated fruits compared to wild fruits (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).