The diet of the six-shield sawtail crane is mixed, and it eats artificial fish feed, red worms, shrimp, vegetables, rice, aquatic plants and algae. In order to raise a robust six-shield saw-tailed crane, it is necessary to ensure the diversity of food for the six-shield saw-tailed crane, and do not only feed a single kind of food.

The bait should be fed regularly and quantitatively every day. It is best to choose artificial bait specially formulated for it. On the premise of using artificial bait as the main material, at the same time, it is reasonably matched with vegetables, shrimp and other auxiliary materials, and fed regularly.