What kind of food do weasels eat?

Weasel is a small carnivore that lives in plains, swamps, river valleys, villages, cities and mountainous areas. it mainly feeds on rodents and occasionally eats other small mammals in mountains and plains. It is found in forest margins, river valleys, bushes and grassy mounds, and is often found near villages. Let's take a look at what kind of food weasels eat.

What kind of food do weasels eat?

As the folk saying goes, "Weasels wish chickens a happy New year." in fact, weasels seldom feed on chickens. The weasel likes to eat rats, or he is a good rat catcher. According to statistics, a weasel can kill three or four hundred rodents a year. Once the mouse is bitten by it, it can be eaten in a few bites. If you are looking for a rat nest, you can dig a rat hole and destroy the whole nest. Calculated on the basis that each rat eats 1 kilogram of grain every year, a weasel can take back three or four hundred kilograms of food from the rat's mouth. So the weasel is by no means a chicken thief, but a good friend of mankind.

The economic value of weasel

Weasels prey on a large number of rats and are the natural enemies of rodents. It is estimated that a weasel can eat 1500 million 3200 mice a year. The fur of a weasel can be made into a fur coat after processing, but its skin is worthless in summer and is very expensive only in the heavy snow and Lesser Snow season after the beginning of winter. China uses its tail hair to make a brush, which is called Langhao. Fur and hair are the traditional export items of wild fur animals in China.

Feed formula of weasel

1. Mixed feed: weasel mixture strives for diversification, rich nutrition and strong palatability. Animal feed includes livestock, poultry and rats, frogs, fish, birds, snakes, insects, etc., grain feed includes corn flour, bran bran, bean cake, etc., vegetable feed includes radish, cabbage, beet, etc., fresh or dry storage. Mineral feed includes salt, bone meal and so on.

2. Diet formula: non-breeding period is fish, meat 30%, viscera 25%, grain 35%, vegetables 10%, plus salt 0.5 g, bone meal 2 g, yeast 2 g, cod liver oil 0.5 g. The breeding period is 40% of fish, 40% of meat, 25% of viscera, 5% of milk, 20% of grains, 10% of vegetables, 0.5 grams of salt, 1.5 grams of bone meal, 2 grams of yeast and 1 gram of cod liver oil. The diet of adult weasel over 90 days old is 150 grams for males and 130 grams for females, and it is better to be full without surplus.