Kolkata Zoo

Animal Feeds

Daily feed Schedule of animals:

SL NO.

SPECIES

FEED ITEM

QUANTITY (Kg.)/number per individual.

Day of Fasting

Summer

Winter

1.

Giraffe

Concentrated feed

4.85

4.85

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

4

4

Banana

3.5

3.5

Apple

2.5

2.5

Oranges

4

4

Green fodder & cut branches

10

10

2.

Zebra

Concentrated feed

3.8

3.8

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

3.25

3.25

Hey grass

1.5

1.5

3.

Barking Deer

Concentrated feed

0.6

0.6

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

0.3

0.3

Green fodder

1.3

1.3

4.

Spotted Deer

Concentrated feed

1.5

1.5

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

0.8

0.8

Green fodder

4

4

5.

Brow antlered Deer

Concentrated feed

3

3

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

0.6

0.6

Green fodder

3

3

6.

Sambar Deer

Concentrated feed

4

4

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

1

1

Green fodder

4

4

7.

Black Buck

Concentrated feed

1.5

1.5

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

0.4

0.4

Green fodder

2

2

8.

Swamp Deer

Concentrated feed

3

3

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

0.8

0.8

Green fodder

2

2

9.

Rhino

Concentrated feed

6

6

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

5

5

Green grass

40

40

Banana

4.5

4.5

Sugarcane Top

15

15

10.

Hippo

Concentrated feed

8

8

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

3

3

Green grass

33

33

11.

Elephant

Rice

1.25

1.25

No fasting day

Soaked gram

0.75

0.75

Paddy

0.5

0.5

Lentil

1

1

Wheat

1.25

1.25

Fodder

50

50

Sugarcane Top

37

37

Banana

5

5

12.

Bear

Rice

0.5

0.5

No fasting day

Wheat

0.3

0.3

Milk

0.5

0.5

Molasses

0.25

0.25

Honey

_

0.1

Sour Curd

0.25

_

13.

Chimpanzee

Complan

2 tsp with 0.5kg milk & sugar

2 tsp with 0.5kg milk & sugar

No fasting day

Bread

½ pound

½ pound

Musumbi

0.3

0.3

Apple

0.5

0.5

Banana

2

2

Dry fruits

0.1

0.1

Carrot & sweet potato

0.8

0.8

Lettuce

0.1

0.1

Other Vegetables

1

1

14.

Marmoset

Lactogen

0.005

0.005

No fasting day

Glucose powder

0.002

0.002

Banana(Kanthali)

0.1

0.1

Apple

0.01

0.01

Cucumber

0.005

0.005

Orange

0.005

0.005

Soaked gram

0.030

0.030

Bread

0.25

0.25

Boiled egg

1/3 daily

1/3 daily

Grapes & raisins

0.010

0.010

15.

Nilgai

Concentrated feed

4

4

No fasting day

Sweet potato & carrot

0.5

0.5

Green grass

3

3

Paddy straw

1

1

16.

Porcupine

Sweet potato & carrot

0.2

0.2

No fasting day

Pumpkin

0.050

0.050

Soaked Gram

0.075

0.075

Bread

¼ pound

¼ pound

Banana

0.1

0.1

Other Vegetables

0.150

0.150

17.

Kangaroo

Apple

0.25

0.25

No fasting day

Carrots & sweet potato

0.40

0.40

Banana

0.20

0.20

Chattu

0.25

0.25

Jaggery

0.010

0.010

Beans

0.50

0.50

Watermelon

0.500

0.500

Cucumber

0.500

0.500

Oats & Grass

0.500

0.500

18.

Mouse Deer

Carrots & sweet potato

0.250

0.250

No fasting day

Chola & Corn

0.100

0.100

Apple & banana

0.100

0.100

Green grass

0.250

0.250

19.

Tiger

Buffalo meat

8.5

11.5

Thursday

20.

Lion

Buffalo meat

8.5

10.5

Thursday

21.

Leopard

Buffalo meat

4.5

4

Thursday

22.

Jaguar

Buffalo meat

5

3

Thursday

23.

Hyena

Buffalo meat

4

3.5

Thursday

24.

Jackal

Live fowl

1

1.5

No fasting day

25.

Wolf

Live fowl

1

1.5

No fasting day

26.

Jungle Cat

Live fowl

1

1.5

No fasting day

27.

Fishing Cat

Live fish

1

1

No fasting day

28.

Crocodile

Live Fish

2-2.5

-

Mon,Wed,Fri,Sun

29.

Reptiles

Frogs, snakes etc

6 nos.

-

Given only on Thursday

30.

Monitor Lizards

 Chicken

0.75(on Monday)

-

All day except Monday

Fish

0.75(on Friday)

-

31.

Birds of Psittacidae Family

Soaked maize & gram

0.050

0.050

No fasting day

Sunflower seed

0.025

0.025

Kusum seed

0.025

0.025

Ground nut

0.050

0.050

Sugar cane

0.050

0.050

Fruits

0.100

0.100

Milk & bread

0.075

0.075

32.

Hill Moyna

Fruits

0.050

0.050

No fasting day

Milk & bread

0.050

0.050

33.

Adjutant stork

Fish(silver carp)

1

1

No fasting day

34.

Openbill stork

snail

1

1

No fasting day

35.

Mandarine Duck

Boiled maize

0.100

0.100

No fasting day

Chicken mash

0.025

0.025

Boiled rice

0.025

0.025

Leafy vegetables

0.050

0.050

Egg

1 piece

1 piece

Chhattu

0.030

0.030

36.

Pheasant

Soaked gram

0.020

0.020

No fasting day

Soaked maize

0.020

0.020

Crushed maize

0.025

0.025

Chattu

0.010

0.010

Minced meat

0.020

0.020

Ants egg

0.020

0.020

Boiled egg

½ piece

½ piece

Leafy vegetables

0.025

0.025

Pumpkin, onion, garlic

0.050

0.050

37.

Black swan

Gram

0.050

0.050

No fasting day

Paddy

0.050

0.050

Bajra

0.050

0.050

Red leaf

0.050

0.050

38.

Horn bill

Egg

1

1

No fasting day

Chattu

0.050

0.050

Minced meat

0.050

0.050

Fruit mixture

0.100

0.100

39.

Rossy pelican

Fish

1

1

No fasting day

40.

Painted Stork

Fish( silver carp/ fingerling)

0.500

0.500

No fasting day

41.

Otter

Live lata fish

1

1

No fasting day

42.

Tortoise

Chocked leafy vegetables

0.050

0.050

No fasting day

Pumpkin

0.050

0.050

Cabbage

0.050

0.050

Cucumber

0.050

0.050

43.

Brahminy Kite

Small fish

0.250

0.250

No fasting day

44.

Eagle

Buffalo meat

0.300

0.300

No fasting day

45.

Sarus Crane

Soaked gram

0.100

0.100

No fasting day

 

 

 

Soaked maize

0.100

0.100

Paddy

0.100

0.100

Fish

0.100

0.100

47.

Emu

Apple

0.3

0.3

No fasting day

Musumbi

0.3

0.3

Egg

2

2

Beans

0.25

0.25

Mesh

0.75

0.75

Banana

24

24

48.

Ostrich

Egg

2

2

No fasting day

Beans

0.25

0.25

Mesh

0.75

0.75

Banana

24

24

Leafy vegetables

0.01

0.01

Soaked chhola/corn

0.5

0.5

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