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Swamp wallaby

Wallabia bicolor

Natural diet Swamp wallaby

Grasses
Herbs
Leaves

As can be guessed from the name, swamp wallabies generally live in swampy areas, but also in dense forest and woodlands. They are herbivorous browsers that use their forelimbs to manipulate their food. Besides this, they are able to eat plants which are poisonous to other species such as hemlock.

Feeding advice Swamp wallaby

Feed quantity per day

10-15% of body weight

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 17 kg and eats 15% of its body weight, it will get

17 x 0.15 = 2.55 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

10% Concentrates
45% Grass, lucerne and other roughages
45% Browse

Proportions (fresh product)

0.1 x 2.55 kg = 255 g concentrates
0.45 x 2.55 kg = 1147.5 g grass, lucerne and other roughages
0.45 x 2.55 kg = 1147.5 g browse

Diet suggestions

In moderation

Lucerne hay

Not recommended

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

Additional advice

Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
The browse used in the diet can be a mixture between dried and fresh browse (read more about browsers and grazers).
Supplement the diet with ad libitum grass (hay).
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).

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

Feed quantity per day

Sample percentage calculation

Feed composition

Proportions (fresh product)

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