2LearnBreed
Maltese donkey
Equus asinus
A breed of Donkey
Breed of donkey.
- Family
- Equidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Donkey generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Draught work
- Guarding
- Companionship
- Temperament
- Calm, cautious and strongly bonded to companions
- Mature weight
- 150–300 kg
- Lifespan
- 25–35 years
- Gestation
- 365 days
- Forage
- Adapted to sparse, fibrous food, so most of their diet should be barley straw and hay with limited grazing. Rich grass quickly makes them overweight.
- Housing
- A dry shelter is essential, because a donkey's coat is not waterproof. Add safe fencing and a hard, dry standing area.
- Good to know
- Donkeys should always be kept with another donkey. They hide pain and illness more than horses do, so small changes in behaviour matter. Feet need trimming every six to ten weeks.
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- Name
- Maltese donkey
- Slug
- maltese-donkey
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
- Species
- asinus
- Cultivar
- Maltese donkey
- Wikidata QID
- Q28868402
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48