Grasscutters are strictly herbivores, and prefer mainly tick-stemmed grass species (Schrage and Yewadan 1999). The feeding habits of grasscutter and other rodents (e.g. rabbits) are directly opposite.
What are the best food for Grasscutter?
Feeding grasscutter
- Cassava.
- Potato.
- Yam.
- Cassava peels and scraps.
- Moringa.
- Corn.
- Sorghum.
- Millet.
How do you take care of a grass cutter?
Also, the grasscutters should be fed with fodder 2 hours before feeding them concentrate in the morning and evening. It is also very important to provide water always to the animals. Hence, grassy fodder needs to be dried in the sun for 1-2 days before feeding them to animals. Concentrate could be combined with fodder.
