Boskos GrazerWE004
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More informationZebra
Equus quagga
Natural diet Zebra
Zebras are herbivorous grazers that mainly consume various types of grasses. Next to this, they also occasionally consume herbs, leaves and some seeds. Their specialized teeth adaptations allows them to break down tough plant-material.
Feeding advice Zebra
Feed quantity per day
1.5-3%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 400 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
400 x 0.02 = 8 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
20% Concentrates
80% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
Proportions (fresh product)
0.2 x 8 kg = 1,600 g concentrates
0.8 x 8 kg = 6,400 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
Feeding advice Zebra
Feed quantity per day
1.5-3%
Sample percentage calculation
If an animal weighs 400 kg and eats 2% of its body weight, it will get
400 x 0.02 = 8 kg feed in total per day
Feed composition
20% Concentrates
80% Grass, alfalfa, roughage
Proportions (fresh product)
0.2 x 8 kg = 1,600 g concentrates
0.8 x 8 kg = 6,400 g grass, alfalfa, roughage
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Grass hay
Salt lick
In moderation
Lucerne hay
Not recommended
Fruits
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Obesity
- Enterolithiasis
- Anorexia
- Nutritional muscular dystrophy (NMD)
- Colic
- Laminitis
Additional advice
- Divide the “Feed quantity per day” over at least two feeding moments per day.
- Supplement the diet with ad libitum roughages (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).
- It is not recommended to feed the zebras from the ground since they might ingest sand which increases the risk of colic.
- Hang or hide the feed (not in sand) to reduce the risk of colic and increase foraging behaviour (read more about feed enrichment and foraging behaviour).
Diet Suggestions
Recommended
Grass hay
Salt lick
In moderation
Lucerne hay
Not recommended
Fruits
Common diseases
An unbalanced diet may result in one of these more commonly occurring diseases/conditions:
- Obesity
- Enterolithiasis
- Anorexia
- Nutritional muscular dystrophy (NMD)
- Colic
- Laminitis