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- Basic Toucan Diet
- Toucan's complementary diet
- The water and other details of the toucan's feeding
- The Toucan's Digestive System
Toucans are birds characterized by having a well-developed beak and above all colorful. They are arboreal birds, which have a straight, strong beak and a very long tongue. The paws have four toes, two toes forward and two toes back, they are classified together with the woodpeckers.
These birds can be found in the American continent, from North America to South America, with the exception of the United States and Canada. They owe their name to the word tupi toucan, one of the languages that originated in Brazil.
Although it's not a common animal to have around the house, if you have a toucan or know someone who has one, you'll certainly be interested in this Animal Expert article about the toucan's food.
Basic Toucan Diet
Toucans feed mainly on fruit., this taking into account that they have a digestive system that is based on absorption, since what they consume is defecated in a few hours. Among the fruits suggested to feed the toucan are the following:
- Apple
- Melon
- Peach
- Banana
- Wait
- Mango
- Kiwi
- Papaya
- Strawberry
Among the recommended vegetables for feeding a toucan are the following:
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- Carrot
- Corn Massaroca
- Chuchu
Toucan's complementary diet
You can also feed the toucan with wholemeal bread and meat or larvae, this to complement and balance the bird's diet, since its basic food must be fruits. In the wild they can consume small geckos, insects, eggs and other birds and even pigeons. One their beak like tweezers so they can reach your food.
When feeding the toucan you can give half or 60% of chopped fruit or vegetables and the remaining half or 40% of some complementary food, always paying attention to iron levels, as it can be harmful to the bird.
The water and other details of the toucan's feeding
the toucans are animals that don't eat much, two meals a day are more than enough for them to feel full. You should always have clean water available, but toucans are animals that don't drink much.
They are birds that do not consume much water and the liquids they need are obtained from the fruits they eat. This is one of the reasons why the toucan's diet should be based on these foods. Don't be alarmed if the toucan doesn't want to drink water, it's completely normal.
The Toucan's Digestive System
The toucan's digestive system does not have stomach, for this reason are not able to digest the seeds as in most birds. In this sense, you must be careful so that your bird does not ingest any seeds of the fruits or vegetables that you give it, that is, it must remove all the seeds. Toucans' stomachs are small, so food defecates quickly after being eaten.
Earlier in this article we talked about paying attention to the iron levels in the toucan's diet, this is because they are prone to accumulate iron in the liver. To control this you can base the toucan's diet using half a papaya as half of all the fruit you are going to give him, as it has a low iron content and is also one of the favorite fruits of this beautiful animal.
