What Do Emus Eat In The Wild

What do emus eat in the wild
Flowers, fruits, seeds, shoots, large insects (caterpillars are a favorite), lizards, and small rodents.
What can 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 fruit can emus eat?
In captivity, emus are fed all manner of fruits, including berries, apples, citrus fruits, melons, grapes and kiwis.
What emus Cannot eat?
Emus eat the parts of plants that have the most concentrated nutrients: seeds, fruits, flowers and young shoots. They also eat insects and small vertebrates when they are easily available. They will not eat dry grasses or mature leaves.








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