Major Mitchell Cockatoo (above)
There’s a lot of talk today in the pet bird keeper community about how bad seeds are for our birds. That we should be introducing bird chops to our birds. If you are not familiar with bird chop – mix up about a pound of kale, beans, vegetables and fruit and serve to your bird. Most birds will eat less than 1% of that 1 pound of chop.
Sunburst for Small to Medium Hookbills: Safflower, White millet, medium sunflower, fancy Russian sunflower, grey millet, oat groats, Can seed flakes, shelled peanuts, carrots, flax, niger, sesame, oyster shell, cantaloupe,…
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How to use the Roudybush Rice Diet
If your bird is already eating a pelletized or extruded diet, switching it to Roudybush Rice Diet should be simple. Just mix the Rice Diet with the old diet and gradually decrease the old diet.
Complete, or formulated diets are “balanced” as the bird must eat the nutrients in the ratio intended. MIXED diets (seeds, fruits, and table foods) are much harder to balance and require the time-consuming use of a supplement. SEED diets are invariably low in calcium and vitamin A and high in fat and phosphorous.
A simple and SAFE way to convert most pets to a better diet is to start by cleaning the cage each evening, and leaving ONLY Tropican in the feeders (I may sprinkle some on the floor or place a small dish on the floor as well).
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How to Easily Introduce New Foods to Your Parrot
Some parrots are weaned to a diet that is basically all seed or all pellets.
While pellets are supposed to be nutritionally complete, I believe parrots miss a lot of nutrition and foraging activity if they don’t also eat fruits and vegetables that are on the bird-safe list.
Some parrots easily try whatever is offered, but they tend to be in the minority.
