How to keep monkeys, relatively speaking, monkeys should be relatively rare pets, and many species of monkeys cannot be kept, so for those who can keep pet monkeys how should we take care of them? Let the editor teach you some tips on how to raise pet monkeys, I hope it will be helpful to you.
This is how the monkeys are fed: The macaques raised in captivity at home, like to eat Growing cooked food, such as trowels, steamed buns, cooked soybeans, biscuits and candies, etc. But these concentrates must not be used as the staple food of macaques, but various feeds should be used as staple food, such as corn, fruits, vegetables, etc. Generally, both raw and cooked feeds can be fed. Only in this way can it be beneficial to the healthy development and reproduction of rhesus monkeys. Therefore, attention should be paid to the combination of various feeds when feeding. The combination of feeds is generally as follows:
During feeding When the staple food such as rice and steamed bread, in order to avoid single feed and make up for the lack of nutrition, a certain amount of milk, milk powder, eggs, fish meal, bone meal and salt can be mixed in. After feeding the staple food, Then feed the non-staple food. The non-staple food can be provided with easy-to-buy fruits and vegetables according to the season, such as watermelon, pear, apple, banana, sweet potato, carrot, cabbage, etc. The best. Before feeding, the fruits and vegetables must be washed with water. It is best to use 0.2%-0.3% potassium permanganate solution to sterilize before feeding, so as to avoid problems such as diarrhea or pesticide poisoning in monkeys.
The amount of feed is generally about 500 grams per adult monkey per day. .When feeding, the staple food and non-staple food should be fed in the ratio of 1:2 or 1:1. Feed 3 times a day, once in the morning, in the middle and in the afternoon. Do not feed too much, otherwise it will not only cause the waste of feed, At the same time, it will also affect the digestive function of the monkey, causing diarrhea and other phenomena. Especially the long-term caged monkey will have a big belly after eating too much. The feed must be kept fresh, and rotten and spoiled feed must not be used. Monkeys The drinking water must be sufficient and free to drink. In addition to the main drinking water, some sugar water, tea, etc. can also be added for the monkeys to drink.”