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More informationChinese muntjac
Muntiacus reevesi
Natural diet Chinese muntjac
Chinese muntjacs are largely omnivorous as their diet is very diverse and consists out of herbs, blossoms, succulent shoots, fungi, berries, grasses, and nuts. Opportunistically, they may also eat tree bark, eggs and carrion.
Feeding advice Chinese muntjac
Feed quantity per day
10%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 13 kg and eats 10% of its body weight, it will get
13 x 0.1 = 1.3 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
10% Concentrates
10% Leafy greens and cabbages
30% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
45% Browse
5% Other
Proportions (fresh product)
0.1 x 1.3 kg = 130 g concentrates
0.1 x 1.3 kg = 130 g leafy greens and cabbages
0.3 x 1.3 kg = 390 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
0.45 x 1.3 kg = 585 g browse
0.05 x 1.3 kg = 65 g other
Feeding advice Chinese muntjac
Feed quantity per day
10%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 13 kg and eats 10% of its body weight, it will get
13 x 0.1 = 1.3 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
10% Concentrates
10% Leafy greens and cabbages
30% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
45% Browse
5% Other
Proportions (fresh product)
0.1 x 1.3 kg = 130 g concentrates
0.1 x 1.3 kg = 130 g leafy greens and cabbages
0.3 x 1.3 kg = 390 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
0.45 x 1.3 kg = 585 g browse
0.05 x 1.3 kg = 65 g other
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Variety of browse (birch, rose, willow)
Lucerne hay
Salt lick
In moderation
Vegetables
Not recommended
Fruits
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Ruminal acidosis
- Dental disease
.
Additional advice
- Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
- Supplement the diet with ad libitum browse.
- The browse used in the diet can be a mixture between dried and fresh browse (read more about browsers and grazers).
- 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 stacking or hiding the feed (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Variety of browse (birch, rose, willow)
Lucerne hay
Salt lick
In moderation
Vegetables
Not recommended
Fruits
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Ruminal acidosis
- Dental disease
.
