>what do elephants eat? >>what? >I just had a dream about having a pet elephant, but I didn’t know how to feed him. I need to know just in case I dream about him again >>oh, ok. I think water and plants will do it
They’re herbivorous ungulates. They’re nonruminant so you’ll need to be real careful about not giving them enough. Their cellulose breakdown is pretty inefficient. I’d recommend a good few hundred pounds of feed. If you want an in-depth nutritional plan, I’d recommend googling a race horse’s recommended diet and amplify it by a good amount.
I wonder if their digestive system is ass-backwards like the horse’s…