The wild bushbabies are primarily insectivorous, but they also eat Acacia gum, fruit, flowers, eggs, seeds and nectar.
Recommended diet for bushbabies should consist of:
2-5% Eggs
5-10% Crickets/Mealworms
15-20% Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
75-80% Hi Pro Monkey/Cat Chow
A varied diet is very important to avoid boredom and loss of appetite.
Fresh water every day at all times.
Give your monkey commercial primate diet supplemented with :
- insects like mealworms, crickets and grasshoppers
- chopped fruit like mango and apple
- nuts
- yoghurt
- cat food
- arabic gum
- vitamin supplements