What do Camel eat?

Answer 1

The food that camels eat depend on whether they are domesticated, feral or living in zoos. In the wild, camels will eat just about anything as it is very hard to find food. They eat plants, dried leaves, seeds, bones, fish meat and even leather! Domesticated camels (those raised by people) are usually fed dates, grass, wheat and oats. In zoos, camels are fed hay and dry grass- about 3.5 kilograms of food everyday!

Camels can go for a long time without food and water, which is how they survive in deserts!

Answer 2

Camels eat a wide variety of plants over expansive home ranges. They have leathery mouths and can eat practically any vegetation including thorns, dry vegetation and salt bush that other mammals avoid. Just about all vegetation available in the desert.

They also store food in their humps for up to 6 months, as fat.

Scientific research has demonstrated that camels can not and do not "turn (hump) fat into water"

My camels mainly eat straw/hay/roughage.

In the wild they will nibble on small branches/leaves/shrubs .

The diet from the zoo and private people owning camels is usually way -WAY- too rich; carrots, fruit etc is too rich for them; use these as nice snacks, but only snacks/rewards.

Camels eat mostly grains in Saudi Arabia.
In nature, camels will eat dried leaves, bushes, brush, and whatever plant life they can find in the desert. Domesticated camels are generally fed similar feed to that of a horse: grass, wheat, oats, and dates.