Balanced Bird & Parrot Diets for Medium-sized Parrots
Please also refer to: African Greys (African Parrots) Diets ... Budgies / Parakeets ... Cockatiels / Lovebirds ... Cockatoos ... Eclectuses ... Finches / Canaries ... Macaw & Large Parrot Diets ... Softbill / Lory Food
Parrots should be provided a small parrot / bird mix (some are listed below - but also prefer above for species-specific diets), supplemented with various fruits, green foods, millet spray, and occasionally some mealworms is generally regarded as suitable.
Vegetables and fruits should be part of a parrot's daily diet. This includes apples, grapes, many garden vegetables such as spinach, watercress, field lettuce, poppy, chickweed, dandelions, carrots, corn on the cob, peas, endives and sweet potatoes.
- Sprouting is an excellent way to provide nutrient-dense foods to birds who are less cooperative in eating its daily portions of fresh foods.
- Sprouting is easy -- this webpage has step-by-step instructions. Simple Sprouts is an excellent sprouting mix.
- Should you find sprouting inconvenient, an excellent alternative, or complement to the sprouts, are Veggie Bites. They are organic, human-grade vegetables, grains and fruits -- prepared in a way that most birds will readily accept.
- Superior Nutrition Food: Herbs Specifically for Bird Health & Healthy Dried Fruits & Veggies - Make Excellent Healthy Bird Treats & Food!
Additional proteins should be offered, such as cottage cheese, hardboiled eggs, peanuts, monkey chow, and even dog food. Fresh water should be provided daily.
A cuttlebone, mineral blocks or oyster shell should be placed into the cage to provide the necessary calcium & minerals
Generic Diets & Additional Food Items: Healthy Bird Treats & Snacks ... Superior Nutrition Food: Herbs Specifically for Bird Health & Healthy Dried Fruits & Veggies - Make Excellent Healthy Bird Treats & Food! ... Cooked Diets ... Splay Millet & Millet Accessories ... Mineral / Calcium Blocks & Accessories
Gardenflora Blend - 7.5 oz. & 18 oz. Product Description A healthy blend of flavorful herbs and spices like cilantro, parsley, basil, and chives, plus hearty ingredients like leeks, peas, celery, zucchini, and more make Gardenflora Blend a tasty meal with plenty of nutrition. AvianWeb Note: I offer this to my birds mixing it in with their seeds. I also offer it in a separate dish. Product Features
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Australian Blend - 25 oz This is a complete diet for Finches, Canaries, Cockatiels, Parakeets, Doves and Parrotlets. It is a delicious blend of over 40 bite-sized ingredients. Product Description With wholesome ingredients like toasted soy grits, sterile hemp seed, and a variety of millet seeds, plus ingredients to tempt taste buds, like molasses, papaya, and pineapple, your bird will get the nutrition he needs, and the flavor variety he wants |
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| Tropical Fruit Nutri-Berries (Par) 3lb: Nature knows best. In the wild, there are certain foods a bird intuitively craves and seeks out. Foods with sweet flavors. Succulent flavors. Foods like pineapple, papaya and banana. And they're the very same flavors used to create Tropical Fruit Nutri-Berries.Together with other natural, wholesome ingredients like cracked corn, millet, peanuts, egg and safflower- Tropical Fruit Nutri-Berries provides your bird with the foods nature intended. Because of their special berry shape, Tropical Fruit Nutri-Berries are actually 96% eaten! No mess or wasted food. Tbey are veterinarian recommended and provide lots of beak exercise. | |
| Lafeber's Nutri-Berries Parrot Food (my pet birds' preferred food): Nutriberries Maximum Nutrition. Minimum Waste. Veterinarian recommended Nutri-Berries are the most fun-to-eat, easy to accept food ever made. These nutritious nuggets have the shape birds naturally enjoy and a balanced, superior source of nutrition with an irresistible taste and aroma. Better Health For Your Parrots. Proper nutrition is critical to the good health and long life of your parrots. Nutri-Berries were formulated by Dr. T. J. Lafeber and an avian nutritionist for that very reason. They contain only nutritious natural ingredients like hulled canary seed, cracked corn and safflower blended with savory peanuts, rolled into berry-shaped pieces and coated with vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and protein. Minimize Leftovers and Mess. These colorful, richly textured and invitingly shaped treats have a difference your bird can see, taste and touch. Your bird will thrive on the stimulation and beak exercise Nutri-Berries provide. | |
Lafeber Nutri-Berries, Sunny Orchard Parrot Food 3 lb Product Features
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