Wombaroo - Insectivore Rearing Mix

Key Features:

• High Protein: Contains 52% protein, the highest level among commercial bird diets, suitable for insectivorous and carnivorous birds.
• Calcium for Bones: Balanced formulation includes calcium to support bone health, complementing meat and egg food mixes.
• Ideal Live Food Replacer: Replicates the nutrient content of an insect or whole prey diet, providing essential nutrition for optimal growth and health.
• Low in Carbohydrates: Free from wheat, rice, or cereal fillers, ensuring a nutritionally balanced diet without unnecessary carbohydrates.

Ingredients:

• Meat meal, fish meal, blood meal
• Protein sources: whey protein, soy protein
• Essential amino acids: lysine, methionine, taurine
• Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
• Additional nutrients: carotenoids, vitamins (A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, C, D3, E, K, biotin, choline), minerals (calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium)
• Prebiotic: Actigen® dried yeast prebiotic

Directions for Use:

• Meat Mix: Mix 10g (1 level scoop) of powder with 20g of minced meat or fish. Add a small amount of water if necessary to moisten the preparation. Suitable as a maintenance diet for magpies, ravens, kookaburras, frogmouths, raptors, and seabirds.
• Egg Mix: Mix 20g (2 level scoops) of powder with 1 large hard-boiled egg. Mash the egg with a fork and slowly add the powder to form a crumbly mass. Feed as a maintenance diet for small insectivores, waders, or orphaned precocial chicks. Live insects can be added to encourage intake.
• Moist Pellets: Mix 10g (2 level scoops) of powder with 12mL of warm water to form a putty-like consistency. Roll into pellets for feeding. Offer extra water by mouth when feeding pellets. Suitable as a rearing food for orphan magpies, ravens, kookaburras, or frogmouths.
• Liquid Slurry: Add 10g (1 level scoop) of powder to 15mL of warm water to make a slurry. Feed at about 30°C using a spoon or syringe for force-feeding sick birds or orphaned altricial chicks.
• Raptors & Seabirds (Whole-body eaters): Stuff 10g (1 level scoop) of powder per 100g of whole fish, rodent, or day-old chick for feeding.

Note: Prepared food can be stored refrigerated for a day or frozen for up to 2 weeks. Avoid adding extra vitamin, mineral, or concentrated food supplements to maintain nutritional balance.

Please Note:  5kg variety - SPECIAL ORDER indicates that this product is not regularly stocked and is ordered based on supplier availability.  We require 14-21 days for processing & delivery.