Introduction

These diets are the same as used by the keepers at the Wildlife Park at Cricket St Thomas and are reproduced here for anyone who may want to use them either for their own animals or for research although we would always recommend seeking further advise from other zoo sources, animal nutrisionalists and veterinarians to ensure a suitable and balanced diet is maintained.

Lemurs
Morning

Ring-tailed (3.6.6)
4 dishes of: 1 apple, 1 carrot, ¼ onion, 1 celery or 1 leek,
30g primate pellets, 10g All Bran

Red-fronted (3.4)
2 dishes of: 1 apple, 1½ carrot, ¼ onion, 1 celery or ½ leek,
30g primate pellets, 10g All Bran

B & W Ruffed (5.1.2)
3 dishes of: 1 banana, 1½ apple, 1½ carrot, ½ onion 1½ celery or 1 leek, 40g primate pellets, 25g All Bran

Red-bellied (1.1)
1 dish of: ¼ apple, ¼ carrot, ¼ onion, ¼ celery or ¼ leek,
10g primate pellets, 10g All Bran

White-fronted (0.2)
1 dish of: ½ apple, ½ carrot, ¼ onion, ½ celery or leek, branflakes,
15g primate pellets, 10g All Bran

vAll feeds to be sprinkled with SA37.

Evening

Ring-tailed (3.6.6)
4 dishes of: 1½ banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 10 grapes, ¼ orange, peanuts or
brown bread with Cytacon on Saturdays.

Red-fronted (3.4.)
2 dishes of: 1½ banana, 1 apple, 1 pear, 10 grapes, ¼ orange, peanuts or
brown bread with Cytacon on Saturdays.

B & W Ruffed (5.1.2)
3 dishes of: 2 banana, 2 apple, 2 pear, 15 grapes, ½ orange, peanuts or
brown bread with Cytacon on Saturdays.

Red-bellied (1.1)
1 dish of: ½ banana, ¼ apple, ¼ pear, 4 grapes, 1/8 orange, peanuts or
brown bread with Cytacon on Saturdays.

White-fronted (0.2)
2 dishes of: 1 banana, ½ apple, ½ pear, 8 grapes, ¼ orange, peanuts or
brown bread with Cytacon on Saturdays.

All feeds to be sprinkled with SA37

Callitrichids
Morning

1 dish of nectar mix per group.

Nectar mix ingredients are as follows:

½ packet Milupa baby food
1 heaped tablespoon glucose powder
½ teaspoon cod-liver oil
½ cap of Colo-cal-D
4 drops Abidec

Mix together in 400ml of hot water to form a 'soupy' consistency and allow to cool.
For 2 specimens, give 40mls of nectar in a dish.

Midday Feed

One stainless steel dish of 1cm cubed fruit and vegatables per group, consisting of the following items:

apple, pear, orange, tomato, boiled carrot, seasonal fruits, marmoset jelly

plus small quantities of the following:

grape, banana, livefood (mealworms, locusts or crickets)

also one occasional item:

boiled egg, pinkies or cheese

v Sprinkle feeds with SA37
v Vitamin D3 powder at 2g or ½ scoop (as provided in pot) per animal daily sprinkled over fruit.
v Marmoset Gum to be offered twice weekly (see separate sheet for details)

Food Quantities:

Spider Monkey
Monkey Island - 1.1 specimens

Morning: 100g trio munch rings

Midday:

4 apples
4 pears
4 carrots
4 tomatoes
15 grapes
½ lettuce
½ orange
additional soft fruit as available

2 boiled eggs Mondays & Thursdays
2 slices of bread Tuesdays Fridays

SA37 sprinkled on food daily

Bush Dogs
Pen - 2 specimens

Morning 8 chicks

Midday (12.30) 4 strips of raw meat

Sprinkle food with Carnivore Supplement & Mirracoat

Yellow Mongoose + Meerkats
Courtyard - 5 specimens

Morning
One dish of: chopped 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 pear

Evening
On one of the following items:

15 chicks, mice*
5 boiled eggs
15 locusts

*Sprinkle food with Carnivore Suppliment & Mirracoat

Meerkats
Pit - 3 specimens

Morning
One dish of: chopped 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 pear

Evening
On one of the following items:

9 chicks, mice*
3 boiled eggs
12 locusts

*Sprinkle food with Carnivore Suppliment & Mirracoat

Leopards
Amur Enclosure - 2 specimens

Beef, veal or chicken @ ??kg/kg body weight
Avoid lamb, sheep or goat on the bone due to bone splinters
Sprinkle Carnivore Suppliment (5% volume) & Mirracoat

Leopard Feeding Regime

N.B. The same feed size applies on the same day of the week, each week.

Porcupines
Lemur Wood - 2 specimens

Evening

1 dish of mainly uncut fruit & vegatables:

apples 4
banana 4
carrots 4
swede/turnip 2
cabbage/lettuce 1
Zoo Food A 80g
brown bread ½ loaf

Sprinkle of SA37

Top Section Aviaries

Toucan Aviary

1 x 14" dish of 60% soft fruits - apple, pear, banana, grapes, tomato, melon etc
30% low iron pellets
20% low iron softfood with fruit

NB Do not feed with normal softfood (insectivorous) ot lettuce.

Ibis Aviary

AM
6 x 14" dishes of soaked Zoo Food A, soaked flamingo diet, mealworms,
minced meat, chopped fish, cheese, egg mix, ground brown bread and occasional mice.

PM top up dishes as necessary & scatter handful of mealworms

Parrot Aviary

2 x 14" parrot premium, peanuts + chopped fruit

Tropical House

2 x 10" ¾ apple,¾ pear, ¼ banana, 10 grapes, egg mix, mealworms

1 x 10" mixed corn, egg mix, chopped lettuce and occasional mealworms

1 x plastic dish sponge osaked in nectar

1 x plastic dish mealworms

Trout pellets for carp every other day.

Ground Hornbills 40 mice, 20 chicks

Burmese Eagle Owls 16 chicks or mice

Bottom Section Aviaries

Trumpeter Hornbill 1.0 1 10"dish of 2 pear, 1 apple, 2 banana, 1 tomato, 15 grapes,
seasonal soft fruits, chopped meat or chick legs.

Kookaburra 1.1 1 x 10" 30 chick legs, 4 mice

Cockatoo Aviary 1.1 2 large coop cup dishes of: parrot fruity mix with chopped fruit, Veg.
(including beans, peas or other pulses)

Cockatiel Aviary 2 x 10" dishes of: mixed millet, sunflower and small abount of diced fruit.

Pheasant Pens 1 dish of mixed seed including millet, whole barley, corn. Small amount of
diced fruit and lettuce.NB 2 dishes of above for Reeves Phesant Pen.

Red-winged Starlings 1 x 10" dish: ¾ apple,¾ pear, ¼ banana, 10 grapes, egg mix, mealworms

Mynah Birds 1 x 10" dish: ½ apple, ½ pear, ¼ banana, 10 grapes, egg mix, mealworms

Lovebirds 1 dish of mixed millet, sunflower and small abount of diced fruit + lettuce.

Rosellas 1 dishes of mixed millet, sunflower and small abount of diced fruit + lettuce.

Bird Feeds

Egg Mix 3 handfuls of insectivorous feed
1 handful of mixed millet
1 handful of Bloom n' Sheen
1 chopped lettuce
2 chopped carrot
½lb cheese
6 hard boiled eggs

Sunbird Nectar 8gms SDS Sunbird to 100mls warm water (5:8 ratio)

Bird Worming 2mls Levadin to 1 pint of drinking water
4mls Levadin to 1 pint of water in aviaries with ground birds
(see Worming Chart for specific worming dates)

Paddock Bird Feeds

Flamingos

Mornings 7 scoops flamingo diet
Afternoons 3 scoops flamingo diet

Waterfowl

1 bag of whole barley or mixed corn daily, 2 loaves bread

Black Swans

¾ mixed corn ½ loaf bread

Rheas

1½ loaves bread, 10 apples, 4 bananas, 6 carrots, ½ scoop ostrich maintenance

Emus

2 flaked maize, 1 flaked barley, 6 ostrich maintenance

Ostrich

1½ loaves bread, 8 apples, 4 bananas, 4 carrots, (2.5kg) ostrich maintenance

Pelicans

½ bucket sprats

Paddock Feeds for Mammals

Wallabies/Mara

3loaves bread, 10 apples 10carrots - hay in rack for winter

Axis Deer

6 ewe nuts, 2 flaked maize, 2 flaked barley, 2 oats

Fallow Deer

1 ewe nuts, 1 flaked maize, 1 flaked barley, 1 oats

Capybara

6 apples, 6 carrots, 1 cabbage, 2 parsnips, 2 onions
1 ewe nuts, 1 oats, ½ bran - dampen concentrates and add bloom n' sheen

Zebra/Lechwe

2 ewe nuts, 2 flaked maize, 2 flaked barley, 1 oats, 2 bran

Camels

2 ewe nuts, 1 ½ flaked maize, 1 flaked barley, 1 oats

Bison

1 ewe nuts, 1 flaked maize, 1 flaked barley, 1 oats

NB all of the above stock to have hay available as required
and bloom n' sheen sprinkled on concentrate feeds daily.

African Hunting Dogs

3kg beef per animal every other day or fresh ckicken/rabbit (whole carcass)
Sprinkle feed with SDS carnivore diet and Mirracoat

Childrens' Farm

Donkeys (2) ¾ jug of pasture mix morning and afternoon
4 apples and 4 carrots midday

Shetland Ponies (2) ¾ jug of pasture mix morning and afternoon
4 apples and 4 carrots midday

Black Sheep ¾ jug of sheep nuts 3 times a day in 3 dishes

Portland/Soay Sheep 1½ jugs 3 times a day

Manx Sheep ¾ jug sheep nuts 3 times a day

Baggot Goats ¾ jug goat mix 3 times a day

Rabbits & Guinea Pigs 1 dish nibbler in each pen + small quantity of fresh veg.