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- oatmeal
- apples
- bananas
- frequently asked Questions
Ducks will eat just about anything they can get their hands on, especially when people feed them. But can you actually feed the waterfowl oatmeal, apples or bananas?
oatmeal
The natural diet of ducks includes next to aquatic plants and small animals - such as tadpoles or insects - including seeds. You can therefore feed the waterfowl oatmeal without any worries, as long as it comes without any additives. Natural organic oatmeal is best. It doesn't matter whether you choose the hearty or the delicate version. Of course you can also crush oatmeal yourself. But be careful: Feed only a little oatmeal, as the grain is very high in energy and the animals will become fat if they overfeed.
Tip:
Special feed mixes for waterfowl are commercially available, often containing sunflower seeds and other seeds. These are particularly healthy for ducks.
apples
Apples also taste very good to waterfowl, and the vitamin-rich fruit is healthy and therefore well suited for feeding ducks. However, you should not feed the fruit whole, after all, ducks don't have teeth to bite off. The best way to prepare the apples is as follows:
- peel
- Remove core
- Cut the apple into very small pieces
- alternatively grate
If possible, use untreated fruit. In addition to apples, you can also feed other fruits and vegetables – each cut into small pieces. For example:
- various berries: blackberries, raspberries, blueberries etc.
- pears
- Peas beans
- cucumbers, carrots
- salads
- cooked potatoes
Tip:
You can also mix different feeds together. A mixture of different fruits and vegetables as well as some oatmeal and other seeds are good. However, keep the fruit content lower than the vegetable content, as too much fructose is also unhealthy for ducks.
bananas
In fact, ducks are even allowed to eat bananas – but only in small amounts. The tropical fruits contain a lot of fructose and should therefore only be fed rarely and in small amounts. That's why you should use green bananas, although they are still unripe, they contain more carbohydrates than sugar and are therefore better suited for ducks.
frequently asked Questions
Various grains are healthy for the omnivorous ducks, with (crushed) corn, wheat and barley being particularly popular. Rye and oats, on the other hand, are less popular with the animals. For example, you can mix wheat and barley with some corn, peas, and fresh vegetables. This balanced feed mix contains all the nutrients that ducks need and can be fed at any time of the year.
Even if ducks like to eat grain and other seeds, they must not be given this feed in processed form. Don't feed them bread! Toast, chips, pretzel sticks, rusks and the like are also unsuitable for the birds. These leftovers do not contain any usable nutrients, but they do contain a lot of salt and sugar - and ducks do not tolerate this. Bread also swells up in the animals' stomachs, causing indigestion. Stale bread is particularly dangerous as it often contains mold.
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