What Do You Feed Emus

Emus and Rheas in nature eat fruits and seeds; a complete ratite food is better than a homemade diet. The ostrich’s digestive system is mostly large intestine, as their diet in nature is mostly grasses. You may supplement them with corn, apples, alfalfa pellets, horse sweet feed, greens and beets, even dog food ????

What is an Emus favorite food?

Flowers, fruits, seeds, shoots, large insects (caterpillars are a favorite), lizards, and small rodents. They also swallow large pebbles to grind up food in their gizzards.

What emus Cannot eat?

Emus need very nutritious food to maintain their huge body weight, so they seek out the most nourishing parts of the plant, such as young shoots, which they will eat roots and all. They avoid plants with little food value, such as dried grass and dead flowers. Emus can cause a lot of damage in wheat fields.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.

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