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More informationBennett's wallaby
Macropus rufogriseus
Natural diet Bennett's wallaby
Bennett's wallabies are herbivorous intermediates between grazers and browsers. They are considered bulk-feeders, meaning that they require a mouthful of food to properly chew and digest it.
Feeding advice Bennett's wallaby
Feed quantity per day
1-2%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 12 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
12 x 0.02 = 0.24 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
10% Concentrates
45% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
45% Browse
Proportions (fresh product)
0.1 x 0.24 kg = 24 g concentrates
0.45 x 0.24 kg = 108 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
0.45 x 0.24 kg = 108 g browse
Feeding advice Bennett's wallaby
Feed quantity per day
1-2%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 12 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
12 x 0.02 = 0.24 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
10% Concentrates
45% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
45% Browse
Proportions (fresh product)
0.1 x 0.24 kg = 24 g concentrates
0.45 x 0.24 kg = 108 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
0.45 x 0.24 kg = 108 g browse
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Grass hay
Variety of browse (willow, aspen, birch, rowan)
Salt lick
In moderation
Lucerne hay
Not recommended
Fruits
Sharp or coarse food items (e.g. stalky hay)
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Obesity
- Lumpy-jaw
- Nutritional myopathy
- Dental disease
Additional advice
- Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
- Supplement the diet with ad libitum grass.
- Feeding sharp or coarse feed might cause oral traumas.
- The browse used in the diet can be a mixture between dried and fresh browse (read more about browsers and grazers).
- 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).
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Grass hay
Variety of browse (willow, aspen, birch, rowan)
Salt lick
In moderation
Lucerne hay
Not recommended
Fruits
Sharp or coarse food items (e.g. stalky hay)
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Obesity
- Lumpy-jaw
- Nutritional myopathy
- Dental disease