Donkey Food Aggression

If he is dropping food sure sounds like mouth issues could be teeth or something in there burrs etc.

Donkey food aggression. Does anyone have any good suggestions of how to deal with donkeys and food agression. I have an almost 2. And while a lot of pain can cause reactions it is normally in the area of the hurting if touched there and not the other end. Donkey and food aggression or just sell it thread starter promiseacres.

Llamas donkeys and dogs as a webinar hosted by food animal concerns trust. Donkeys are more alert and territorial and more instinctively aggressive to national predators than horses. Goats pigs and donkey eat together. Even domestic donkeys show aggression toward other herd members during feeding.

Joined oct 5 2012 messages 3 878 reaction score 6 436 points 463 location nw indiana. According to a study published in the journal of applied animal behaviour science during group feedings 90 percent of uncastrated males and 60 percent of females kick other herd members to gain exclusive access to food. For example donkeys may become stressed and refuse food or water when removed from a bonded companion which may put them at risk of developing the potentially fatal disease hyperlipemia. Unfortunately the donkey s natural propensity to freeze when threatened or frightened and their calm stoic dispositions have led people throughout history to brand the donkey as such.

Despite many sayings to the contrary the donkey is neither stubborn nor stupid. If the farrier or veterinarian is coming to our farm say an hour or two before feeding the animals tend to be more wary about why they are being caught or fed earlier than usual and may refuse to cooperate. Horses use their herd as protection dohner said. The donkey is out of control.

Thread starter 1 promiseacres herd master. A food aggressive donkey kicks a goat and kills it. Jan dohner presented livestock guardian animals. This helps explain to a small degree why a donkey can eat poorer quality food than a horse and still stay fat izraely et al 1989.

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