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Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) Care Manual

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Looking for animal diets?

The most appropriate diet for your animal is one that accounts for its nutritional, husbandry, behavioral, and clinical needs as well as individual preferences.

Therefore, we do not publish “standard” diets.  Instead, we provide resources to help nutritionists develop diets.

We strongly encourage you to consult with or hire a zoo nutritionist to develop an appropriate diet plan for your animal.

Highlighted resources

  • Hay Quality EvaluationHay Quality Evaluation
  • Hay and Pellet Ratios: Considerations in Feeding UngulatesHay and Pellet Ratios: Considerations in Feeding Ungulates
  • Feeding captive piscivorous animals: nutritional aspects of fish as food.Feeding captive piscivorous animals: nutritional aspects of fish as food.
  • Fecal Condition Scoring Resource CenterFecal Condition Scoring Resource Center
  • Leaf-eating primates: nutrition and dietary husbandryLeaf-eating primates: nutrition and dietary husbandry
  • Elephants: nutrition and dietary husbandryElephants: nutrition and dietary husbandry

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