What food do ostriches mainly eat?

1, mainly stems, leaves and fruits of plants, especially flowering shrubs, parasitic creeping plants, cucurbitaceae plants and wild figs. They also eat insects, mollusks, small reptiles, birds and mammals, and eat some sand grains to help digestion.

2. African ostrich is an omnivorous bird, which has special digestive function and can absorb energy from crude fiber. Therefore, attention should be paid to the supply of energy when supplying concentrated feed. For example, if the energy of concentrated feed is supplied for a long time, coupled with the energy in green feed, it will often lead to excessive energy in the body and deposit into body fat, thus affecting fertility.

3. African ostriches grow fast and have strong metabolism. Before the week of 10, the proportion of roughage in the diet should be gradually increased to effectively promote the establishment of microbial growth activity areas in the posterior digestive tract.

4. With the increase of age, the proportion of green feed in the diet should be increased after 10 week, so that they can obtain nutrition from grass more effectively, thus reducing the feeding cost. Green feed is mainly used in leeks, leafy vegetables, elephant grass, alfalfa grass, yellow grass, ryegrass and so on.