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Ring-tailed coati

Nasua nasua

Natural diet Ring-tailed coati

Ring-tailed coatis are omnivores whose diet primarily consist of insects, small vertebrates, invertebrates, and fruits. However, the variety of their diet is strongly dependent on what is available.

Fruits

Insects

Invertebrates / crustaceans

Vertebrates

Feeding advice Ring-tailed coati

Feed quantity per day

10%

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 4 kg and eats 10% of its body weight, it will get

4 x 0.1 = 0.4 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

30% Insects and other invertebrates
15% Concentrates
55% Other vegetables

Proportions (fresh product)

0.3 x 0.4 kg = 120 g insects and other invertebrates
0.15 x 0.4 kg = 60 g concentrates
0.55 x 0.4 kg = 220 g other vegetables

Feeding advice Ring-tailed coati

Feed quantity per day

10%

Sample percentage calculation

If an animal weighs 4 kg and eats 10% of its body weight, it will get

4 x 0.1 = 0.4 kg feed in total per day

Feed composition

30% Insects and other invertebrates
15% Concentrates
55% Other vegetables

Proportions (fresh product)

0.3 x 0.4 kg = 120 g insects and other invertebrates
0.15 x 0.4 kg = 60 g concentrates
0.55 x 0.4 kg = 220 g other vegetables

Diet Suggestions

Not recommended

Fruits
Iron-rich products

Common diseases

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

Iron storage disease
Obesity

Additional advice

Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
Although present in their natural diet, 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 (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).

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