zoo_keeper.rach
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Can anyone help me.............? I need a diet for a pair of brown nosed coati
Coati Diet
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that a bit harsh don't you think? i think everyone should calm down a bit, its a simple request but i'm no expert tso please do not take my word for it (i'd hate to here thats something's happened to your coatis)
i've seen copatis fed fruit your average orange and bannana etc but as i unsetand it they are omnivores and i could quite easily seee them eating small cunks of chicken or dog feed.
the south american animals to me also indicate that it might be amazona/cromer zoo?
easytigger
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Can anyone help me.............? I need a diet for a pair of brown nosed coati
Hi
As has already been quoted on here the coati are omnivores although a 60% / 40% diet would be a good place to start, with meat being the majority food stuff.
Looking at there behaviour coati are opportunist so will pretty much eat what they can find so as far as meat goes mice, chicks, mince, meat chunks, spratts and rats could depending on the animal be considered fair game.
They will also eat eggs (boiled or raw) cooked rice, insects (giant mealworms are a hit) and fruit (normally they go towards softer fruits like banana, pear grape etc) in addtion to this things like zoo A should be added along with nutritional suppliments.
Try contacting collections with the animal like chester for more information as diets do vary from collection to collection, I'm going to hazard a guess your new relatively new to the zoo community? Have a look on www.isis.org for other colections with coati and seek more advice from them if needs be
My boys eat pretty much what has been stated. Love insects of any sort although they are a bit old and stiff now and locust can be a bit quick for them. Meat wise they like day old chicks and Quail. Love grapes, not struck but will eat banana. They are fed an assortment of various fruit, as they are omnivours. We use fruit jam and peanut butter for enrichment. be careful, wastelines can get rather large!