FOOD OF VARIOUS ANIMALS AND BIRDS 



COMMON SEAL {PHOCIDvE); SEA BEAR (CTARIDJl). 



These animals must be fed upon fresh fish to keep 

 them in good health. They are great feeders; a Phoea 

 vitulina will consume at least 8 lbs. weight of fish per 

 day. They must have free access to water, which need 

 not, however, be sea-water or even salted. 



MOLE (TALPA). 



I have kept but few of these animals. They require a 

 large supply of earthworms, and a rather large place filled 

 with earth in which to burrow. They are therefore not 

 easily seen unless the earth is kept in a glass tank ; you 

 may then see them now and again as they come against 

 the glass. They soon die of hunger, and are therefore 

 not often kept in confinement. 



HEDGEHOGS. 



The hedgehog is easily kept in confinement; it feeds 

 fi:eely upon raw or cooked meat, milk, and boiled tripe, 

 beetles, mealworms and other insects. Small birds or 

 mammals, eggs, snakes, and lizards are not objected to. 



FLYING FOXES. 



These animals are fed on fruit, such as apples, pears, 

 bananas, figs, raisins, grapes, and almost every kind of 

 ripe good fruit, dates, and sometimes boiled rice. They 

 require water, and must be kept very clean; let the 

 bottom of the cage have plenty of dry bran on it, for they 

 sometimes drop their food on the bottom of the cage. If 

 this is dirty they soon become sick ; if they eat a little of 



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