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Nutrition for My Indian Ringneck Parakeet

Mitch Rezman
January 27, 2022
Feeding Exotic Birds / Pellet conversion tips
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Mitch can you give me some information on nutrition for my IRP?

For whatever reason, he is a picky eater, unlike most as I have read. He hardly eats any seeds. I currently feed him cream of rice with Harrison pellets and I put the missing link ultimate avian in it.

I can’t get him to eat hardly any vegetables/greens as I offer them daily. I give him mixed vegetables with added corn and he eats mostly the corn and picks at the rest of it. He does well with fruit, grapes, apples, kiwi, bananas.

He likes the Higgins worldly cuisines Tuscan dream.

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Why Higgins Worldly Cuisines is Comfort Food for Your Birds

Mitch Rezman
January 27, 2022
Feeding Exotic Birds / Feeding Pet Birds
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Old guy (70 on 3/7/2022) that I am I’ve always enjoyed a steaming bowl of oatmeal on a cold morning. What makes me feel warm at the beginning of the day is the same thing that will make your tropical bird a little more balanced in their counterintuitive environment that we call winter.

Call it “Comfort Food” for your birds.

There are fewer wild-caught parrots in captivity these days which means chances are, your bird was hand bred and fed yummy, soft gooey, hand feeding formula as a chick. Cooked bird food is a reminder of those comfy days just out of the nest.

The soft, warm, nutritious blend of fruits, vegetables, and spices is easy on your bird’s crop which helps reduce the stress of an unnatural cool, dry habitat. (more…)

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Can I Improve My Budgies Diet Using Vitamins or Supplements?

Mitch Rezman
October 9, 2021
Bird & Parrot Care / Bird Behavior / Bird Nutrition / Feeding Exotic Birds
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Yvonne S. wrote:

I would like to ask you a question about my parakeet.

I have been thinking she could use a vitamin/supplement.

She has a very good appetite and is active but she is eating like nobody’s business.

I eat mostly organic pasta, and fruit, and a lot of baked potatoes.

Also some fish now and then.

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How Much & How Often Should I Feed a Two-month-old Sun Conure?

Mitch Rezman
September 28, 2021
Bird Nutrition / Bird Rescue / Conures / Feeding Exotic Birds / Veterinarian Related
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The first answer to the Quora question:

I don’t know but I would recommend joining one of the many parrot groups on Facebook. I would think he would be eating very often. When my eclectus was 5 months he would eat a meal and then 15 minutes later be hungry again!

Well, that was helpful ~ not.

Facebook groups are the absolute worse place for pet bird information. If the information were ANY good we would not see 60% death by starvation of pet birds in the US.

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Are Packaged Pellets a Complete Diet for Parrots?

Another open-ended question from Quora ~ sigh

“That depends”, I respond,

Actually, not all engineered food (pellets) for birds and parrots is the same, and is as far from the truth as can be.

I like to remind human-pet bird caregivers that there are no pellet trees in the rain forest.

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What Is Your Opinion of These Fresh Bird Chop Ingredients?

Scott R. wonders,

Hi Mitch, always reading on how to keep my bird healthy and happy and stumbled on to your last email and was interested if maybe I should try making this food or not.

1 cup dry quinoa (makes about 2 cups when cooked), 2 carrots, 1 broccoli, 1 medium beetroot, 6 chilies, ¼ cup flaked almonds, ½ cup rolled oats. Cook quinoa, chop all other ingredients, and mix everything together.

Eclectus/Galah/Cockatoo/Amazon: 2-4 tablespoons

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