What does the fawn like to eat?

The fawn is very cute and has beautiful spots on its body. It is loved by many people. There are also many breeders who raise young deer, so what do young deer like to eat?

What does the fawn like to eat?

Fawn is a herbivorous animal, which mainly eats grass and bark, and mainly feeds on Gramineae, liverworts and other young grasses and leaves. Farmed deer can be fed some feed and nutrients according to their growth.

What kind of feed do you have for fawns?

1. Roughage

The straw, by-products, green branches and fallen leaves of all crops and Artemisia grass are good fodder for deer.

2. Concentrate feed

Concentrate feed is mainly composed of corn, soybeans, wheat bran, calves, salt, additives, ingredients, etc. (Gramineae seeds (such as corn, barley, wheat, etc.) 50%, legume seeds (beans or soybean meal) 30%, bran bran (rice bran or wheat bran) 20%. Add a little salt and bone powder. ).

3. Nutritious materials

In its physiological activities, the indispensable minerals of deer are mainly calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, chlorine, iron, manganese, copper, zinc, magnesium, cobalt and sulfur. Fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, E, K and water-soluble vitamins such as B and C are necessary for deer.

3. Growth and reproduction of fawn

Horns are the second feature of Bucks and a weapon for mating, and their growth and shedding are affected by pituitary and testosterone. After the breeding season, the horn of the deer in the north falls off from the hair mouth below, and the next year it grows from the hair mouth above a pair of stem segments above the frontal bone, and the first horn is called antler, which is covered with skin, hair, blood vessels and bifurcations; as the horn grows, the blood supply decreases gradually, and the outer skin dries up and falls off. At the age of 1 and 2, the initial horn is almost straight, and the bifurcation of the later horn increases year by year, and it is fixed in adulthood. A horned female deer without horns and without tusk-like upper canine teeth. Male deer are larger than female deer. The coat color is deep in winter and light in summer, most young deer have white spots, and some species of adults also have spots. The foot has 4 toes, the third and fourth toes are well developed, support body weight, and the second and fifth toes degenerate smaller. The female deer has two pairs of nipples. Tropical deer have no fixed breeding season and are in estrus many times a year without losing their horns. Temperate deer mate from late autumn to winter, and most of them have multiple males and females, giving birth to as many as 3-4 cubs per fetus.

Fawn can eat more things, breeding fawn should be fed according to the growth situation to ensure that it is healthy and lively.