Exotic Nutrition New World Primate Diet (4 lb.), Marmosets, Tamarins, Capuchins, & Other Monkeys

The Exotic Nutrition New World primate diet is a dry food sold in a 4 lb. (1.81 kg) bag, and each piece is a stick roughly 1 in. x 1/4 in. x 1/4 in. The manufacturer lists capuchins, marmosets and other New World primates among the animals it suits, and the sticks also have a place in a sugar glider's total feeding system. Protein is listed at 20.0% crude protein (min) and fat at 9.0% crude fat (min).

Stick form, primate suitability and sugar glider feeding

Each piece measures about 1 in. long and a quarter inch across, and the manufacturer describes that shape as easy to hold. Capuchins, marmosets and other New World primates are the animals the manufacturer names for this diet, while sugar gliders can receive it as part of their total feeding system. For variety, the manufacturer also allows feeding these sticks alongside a sugar glider pellet diet.

• The food is dry, and the bag holds 64 fl oz (1893 ml), or 1.81 kg (4 lb).
• Crude protein is listed at 20.0% minimum, crude fat at 9.0% minimum and crude fibre at 5.5% maximum.
• Vitamin E, vitamin C and taurine appear among the special ingredients.
• The manufacturer formulates the sticks for small New World monkeys and states that they encourage natural feeding behaviours.

Questions about this primate food

Which animals does the manufacturer name for this diet?

Capuchins, marmosets and other New World primates are the animals the manufacturer names, and the sticks can also be used in a sugar glider's total feeding system.

What are the dimensions of a single stick?

Each stick is approximately 1 in. x 1/4 in. x 1/4 in., a shape the manufacturer describes as easy to hold.

How much protein, fat and fibre is listed?

The diet lists 20.0% crude protein (min), 9.0% crude fat (min) and 5.5% crude fibre (max).

Can these sticks be fed with sugar glider pellets?

Yes. The manufacturer states the sticks can be fed alongside a sugar glider pellet diet to add variety.

What weight of food is in the bag?

The bag contains 1.81 kg (4 lb), listed as 64 fl oz (1893 ml) in a pack of one.

Ingredients in the diet

The formula starts with ground corn, wheat middlings and sucrose, then adds acid casein, dried egg product and wheat germ. Further down the list come brewers dried yeast, dried beet pulp, soybean oil, ground wheat, corn gluten meal, dried whey and dehulled soybean meal. Also listed are salt, dicalcium phosphate, fish meal, calcium carbonate, dehydrated alfalfa meal, wheat bran and porcine animal fat with BHA as a preservative.

The vitamin and mineral content also includes menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite, pyridoxine hydrochloride, choline chloride, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate, folic acid, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, vitamin A acetate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin B12 supplement, nicotinic acid, thiamin mononitrate, biotin, DL-methionine, sodium selenite, cobalt carbonate, calcium iodate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, ferrous sulfate, cholecalciferol and vitamin D3.