As mentioned in our last post about the Houston Zoo’s baby Flamingos, here is the recipe for the Flamingo Food. And just below, a fantastic little video of how we make it that’s too entertaining not to watch!
Flamingo Hand Rearing Formula (Diet)
720g Infant rice cereal flakes (soaked in water)
720g Shrimp
720g Smelt/Capelin (whole/thawed) – heads/tails/fins removed
720g Hard-boiled egg yolks
1 cup Vionate
1 cc Thiamin-Vitamin E paste
~12 cups water
1.) Soak Rice cereal in water (according to directions) – set- aside 720 g of soaked rice cereal
2.) Peel shrimp and dice, blend well with ~1-2 cups of water
3.) Take heads, fins, and tails off of the fish, dice, blend well with ~1-2 cups of water
4) Blend egg yolks, vionate, and thiamin with ~1-2 cup of water
5.) Mix all ingredients together and blend well
6.) Strain formula and blend remainder, strain again.
7.) Divide up into smaller batches to freeze. Fresh made formula will keep in the fridge for 24 – 48 hours
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Great video Rochelle… lots of work goes into getting prepared to feed these babies. Thanks for giving us a ‘birds-eye’ view. Sorry, had to do it!
Mmmmmm flamingo smoothie. It had potential until you throw in the shrimp and smelt.
“birds-eye view” LMAO