We are keeping 178 varieties of Animals, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes
which require a variety of foods. This is procured locally
through food suppliers and by raising browse and fodder plants in
the Zoo premises and no Chemical Fertilizers or Insecticides were
used. The fodder is raised by using farm yard manure. As per the
feed schedule the feed is procured and prepared in the dry
kitchen and supplied to the animals. Care is taken to provide
balanced diet for all animals and special diet is prepared for
sick animals which are under treatment and special care is taken
for breeding Mammals, Birds, Reptiles to achieve good breeding
results.
All the
animals in the Zoo are provided with complete diet. Optimal is
the best Prophylaxis against diseases in captive animals.
According to the requirement and special needs of the Animals,
Birds and Reptiles in the Zoo hygienic and nutritious diet
fortified with Vitamins and Minerals are issued regularly. Feed
schedule charts are available for each species. The chart
indicates the feed items that are required for animals per day.
The feed items which come from outside are thoroughly checked by
the Veterinarians and the perishable items are disinfected and
then weighed and issued to the various sites. Nursing mothers,
Lactating mothers, nursing young animals and abandoned young animals are fed
with special balanced diet.
The following are
the feed items provided daily for the animals kept at the Zoo.
|
1. |
Raw Beef for all
Carnivores |
276 Kgs. |
|
2. |
Chicken to young
and Nursing Carnivores |
16.500 Kgs. |
|
3. |
Boiled eggs
Primates, Carnivores and Omnivores |
97 Nos. |
|
4. |
Raw Eggs to
Breeding Carnivores males |
9 Nos. |
|
5. |
Day old chicks
issued to Carnivores Birds |
40 Nos. |
|
6. |
Dead Fish for
Storks and Crocodiles |
47.000 Kgs. |
|
7. |
Live Fish for
Gharial and Otters |
10.000 Kgs. |
|
8. |
Meal Worms for
Pheasants |
6.000 Kgs. |
Variety
of fruits and vegetables for all primates, birds and Herbivores:
|
1 |
Bananas |
50.500 Kgs. |
|
2 |
Sweet lime |
12.500 Kgs. |
|
3 |
Apples |
14.500 Kgs. |
|
4 |
Guava |
6.500 Kgs |
|
5 |
Grapes |
6.500 Kgs |
|
6 |
Carrots |
25.000 Kgs |
|
7 |
Sweet Potatoes |
16.000 Kgs |
|
8 |
Cabbage |
3.500 Kgs |
|
9 |
Potatoes |
2.000 Kgs |
|
10 |
Tomatoes |
7.500 Kgs |
|
11 |
Lettuce or Palak |
7.500 Kgs |
|
12 |
Ripe red chilies
|
250 grams. |
|
13 |
Coconuts |
3 Nos. |
|
14 |
Water melons |
3 Nos. |
|
15 |
Milk |
27 Liters |
|
16 |
Bread |
13.600 Kgs |
|
17 |
Cheese |
30 grams |
|
18 |
Mix Fruit jam |
40 grams. |
Variety
of grass for herbivores
|
1 |
Tunga/Sugar cane |
800.000 Kgs. |
|
2 |
Para Grass |
1600.000” |
|
3 |
Green kadvi
|
460.000” |
|
4 |
Napier grass |
150.000” |
|
5 |
Lucerne |
50.000” |
|
6 |
Ragishaw for
Elephants |
9.000” |
|
7 |
Panicum |
10.000” |
|
8 |
CO1 Grass |
50.000” |
|
9 |
Green leaves of
peepal and bud |
50.000 |
|
10 |
Oats |
110 Kgs. |
|
11 |
Coconut leaves
|
10 Leaves |
|
12. |
Babul pods
branches and Bamboo clumps |
ad Libidum |
Feed items for Reptiles
|
1 |
Frogs |
100 Nos. |
|
2 |
Rats |
10 Nos. |
|
3 |
Garden Lizards |
20 Nos. |
|
4 |
Water Snakes |
Weekly 2 Nos. |
Grains for seed eating Birds
|
1. |
Jawar |
30.000 Kgs. |
|
2 |
Rala |
3.000 Kgs. |
|
3 |
Chana ( Primates
and Birds) |
12.000 Kgs. |
|
4 |
Paddy |
2.000 Kgs. |
|
5 |
Sun flower seed |
3.500 Kgs. |
|
6 |
Saw Flower Seed |
500 grams. |
|
7 |
Moong |
1.500 Kgs. |
|
8 |
D.P. Chana |
1.500 Kgs. |
|
9 |
Honey |
100 Grams. |
Pre Mixed Feed for Herbivores and Birds.
|
1 |
Duck Mixture
|
14.500 Kgs. |
|
2 |
Matara Mixture |
3.000” |
|
3 |
Munia Mixture |
1.000” |
|
4 |
Flamingo Mixture |
750 Grams. |
|
5 |
Crane Mixtuer |
2.000 Kgs. |
|
6 |
Emu Mixture |
2.000” |
|
7 |
Cattle Feed |
210.000Kgs. |
|
8 |
Poultry layer
mash |
8.000” |
|
9 |
Jaggery |
9.500” |
|
10 |
Salt |
1.000” |
Vitamin supplements are provided as prescribed from time
to time by the Dietitians, Veterinarians and Veterinary committee personnel.
Zoo Fodder Plot
Raising
of fodder was started in the year 1964 over an extent of 7 Acres within the
premises of Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad. By growing the fodder in our
premises the food borne diseases are totally avoided and the General health of
the animals also improved. Since November 2001, the fodder plot is given to a
contractor for maintenance and supplying the fodder to Zoo
|
Sl.No. |
VARIETY OF
GRASS/BROWSE |
QUANTITY
in Kgs. |
|
1 |
Para Grass |
2,46,805 |
|
2 |
Napier (NB21) |
41,812 |
|
3 |
Lucerne |
12,534 |
|
4 |
Peepal Leaves |
1,854 |
|
5 |
Coconuts |
267 |
|
6 |
Green Kadvi |
24,833 |
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