Introduction to Wildlife Nutrition

FreeMe Wildlife’s “Introduction to Wildlife Nutrition” module highlights the importance of a nutritionally balanced, species-specific diet in wildlife rehabilitation. Proper diet planning includes understanding each animal’s natural feeding behaviours and ensuring food hygiene, storage, and preparation practices to prevent contamination. The module also emphasises age-based dietary needs, managing food enrichment, and monitoring nutrient intake with supplements when necessary. Specific care procedures, like tube feeding and preventing refeeding syndrome in emaciated animals, are detailed to support healthy rehabilitation outcomes​.