Nutrition in Toucans
- Nutrition: Exotic and Zoo Animals
- Overview of Nutrition: Exotic and Zoo Animals
- Nutrition in Birds
- Nutrition in Psittacines
- Nutrition in Passerines
- Nutrition in Columbiformes
- Nutrition in Raptors
- Nutrition in Piscivorous Birds
- Nutrition in Waterfowl
- Nutrition in Gallinaceous Birds
- Nutrition in Ratites
- Nutrition in Mynahs
- Nutrition in Toucans
- Managing Nutrition of Avian Zoological Collections
- Handrearing Zoo Mammals
- Nutrition in Bats
- Nutrition in Zoo Carnivores
- Nutrition in Insectivores, Edentates, and Aardvarks
- Nutrition in Marine Mammals
- Nutrition in Marsupials
- Nutrition in Primates
- Nutrition in Rodents and Lagomorphs
- Nutrition in Subungulates and Ungulates
- Nutrition in Reptiles
- Nutrition in Crocodilians
- Nutrition in Snakes
- Nutrition in Turtles
- Nutrition in Tortoises
- Nutrition in Lizards
- Nutrition in Fish
In nature, toucans (Ramphastos spp) eat mostly fruit but also consume insects, rodents, and invertebrates. Like mynahs, toucans are susceptible to iron storage disease. Their basic diet should be a low-iron pellet with a variety of fruits (apples, banana, grapes) offered daily. If the bird picks the fruit preferentially over the large toucan pellets, the pellets can either be crushed, or very small low-iron pellets can be mixed with the fruit, so the pellets adhere to the fruit and are ingested. These long-beaked birds may have difficulty drinking water and may become dehydrated if not provided a large enough drinking pan.
- Nutrition: Exotic and Zoo Animals
- Overview of Nutrition: Exotic and Zoo Animals
- Nutrition in Birds
- Nutrition in Psittacines
- Nutrition in Passerines
- Nutrition in Columbiformes
- Nutrition in Raptors
- Nutrition in Piscivorous Birds
- Nutrition in Waterfowl
- Nutrition in Gallinaceous Birds
- Nutrition in Ratites
- Nutrition in Mynahs
- Nutrition in Toucans
- Managing Nutrition of Avian Zoological Collections
- Handrearing Zoo Mammals
- Nutrition in Bats
- Nutrition in Zoo Carnivores
- Nutrition in Insectivores, Edentates, and Aardvarks
- Nutrition in Marine Mammals
- Nutrition in Marsupials
- Nutrition in Primates
- Nutrition in Rodents and Lagomorphs
- Nutrition in Subungulates and Ungulates
- Nutrition in Reptiles
- Nutrition in Crocodilians
- Nutrition in Snakes
- Nutrition in Turtles
- Nutrition in Tortoises
- Nutrition in Lizards
- Nutrition in Fish
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