Nutria

Myocastor coypus

Natuurlijk dieet Nutria

The nutria is a herbivorous animal that mainly feeds upon stems, leaves, roots, bark and other aquatic vegetation. Their diet is often supplemented with floating objects such as logs.

Grasses

Herbs

Leaves

Voedingsadvies Nutria

Voerhoeveelheid per dag

10-15%

Voorbeeld van procentberekening

If an animal weighs 7 kg and eats 10% of its body weight, it will get

7 x 0,1 = 0,7 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

10% Concentrates
20% Leafy greens and cabbages
20% Other vegetables
50% Grass, alfalfa, roughage

Proportions (fresh product)

0,1 x 0,7 kg = 70 g concentrates
0,2 x 0,7 kg = 140 g leafy greens and cabbages
0,2 x 0,7 kg = 140 g other vegetables
0,5 x 0,7 kg = 350 g grass, alfalfa, roughage

Voedingsadvies Nutria

Voerhoeveelheid per dag

10-15%

Voorbeeld van procentberekening

If an animal weighs 7 kg and eats 10% of its body weight, it will get

7 x 0,1 = 0,7 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

10% Concentrates
20% Leafy greens and cabbages
20% Other vegetables
50% Grass, alfalfa, roughage

Proportions (fresh product)

0,1 x 0,7 kg = 70 g concentrates
0,2 x 0,7 kg = 140 g leafy greens and cabbages
0,2 x 0,7 kg = 140 g other vegetables
0,5 x 0,7 kg = 350 g grass, alfalfa, roughage

Dieetadviezen

Aanbevolen

Variety of hay (timothy, grass, oat, prairie and meadow)
Variety of root and watery vegetables
Variety of leafy and cabbage vegetables

Niet aanbevolen

Fruits

Veelvoorkomende ziekten

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

Obesity
Dental disease

Aanvullend advies

Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
Make the diet wet before feeding it, since dipping their food in water is a behavioral trait seen in the wild.
Stimulate foraging behaviour by hiding, stacking or hanging their feed. Besides this, scatter feeding is also a good option (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).

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