Wombaroo Primate Meal is a vitamin, mineral and essential nutrient supplement for captive primates — monkeys, apes, gibbons, marmosets and lemurs — formulated to the published nutrient guidelines for non-human primates (NRC 2003). It is not fed as a dry meal: 1200g of the powder is worked into a puree of 800g of mixed fruit or vegetables and 300mL of water, flattened into a tray, frozen and cut into squares, and that cake should make up 20 to 40% of the diet. The format is the point — it carries the nutrients a fruit-and-vegetable captive diet leaves short, in something the animals will actually take. PeekAPaw stocks the 20kg, a keeper-scale pack rather than a household one. The full method is below.Key Features Nutritionally balanced: a full range of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids that may be lacking in the captive diet. Scientifically formulated: based on published nutrient guidelines for non-human primates (NRC 2003). Palatable and versatile: can be blended with fruits or vegetables to form a primate cake. IngredientsProcessed cereals & legumes (wheat, oats, rice, soy), meat meal, whey protein isolate, vegetable oils, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, lysine, methionine, taurine, carotenoids, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, C, D3, E, K, biotin, choline, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc, iron, manganese, copper, iodine, selenium, 1 g/kg Actigen® dried yeast prebiotic.Guaranteed Analysis Protein 22% Fat 5% Ash 7% Moisture 7% Energy (ME) 14 MJ/kg Preparation of Primate Cake Puree 800 g of mixed fruits or vegetables in a blender (e.g. apple, banana, sweet potato, carrot, leafy greens or other suitable foods). Add 300 mL of water to the puree and mix thoroughly at slow speed. Weigh 1200 g of Primate Meal into a large bowl, then slowly work the fruit and veg puree into the meal to form a moist dough. Flatten the dough into a tray at a thickness of about 1 cm and freeze. Once set, the cake can be sliced into useable squares. Cake may be stored frozen for up to 2 weeks. Primate cake should represent from 20 to 40% of the diet.
