If you think about it, the water from fruit gives birds polyuria, while not necessarily bad, it makes it difficult to diagnose other problems. They have the same nutrition as fresh fruit, without the water. The way I see it, as long as there is no added sugar, dried (dehydrated) fruit should be perfectly good for them in small amounts. My Sun likes dried mangos and fruits, but he has an aversion to any foods that are cold and wet. Gabbagabbawill Cockatiel Gender: Posts: 89 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Number of Birds Owned: 1 Types of Birds Owned: Jello - Sun Conure - DOH 6/4/11 Flight: Yes It's also very high in Vitamin A, which I have read is important to the diet of norther Brazilian conures, and many "parrot foods" are deficient in. It's a fruit with an alkaline base, so it won't upset their tummies like acidic fruits and has relatively low sugar. I believe papaya is part of their natural diet, since it is native to their habitat and so it's probably a really good treat. His ABSOLUTE FAVORITE treat is dried papaya. I have not been able to get him to eat many raw veggies or fruits. Along with this, I feed him a mixture of dried fruits and veggies. this seed contains groats, pumpkin seeds, pepper seeds, and many other types of seeds other than sunflower and millet. I feed him a mixed seed diet as maybe 5% added to his pellets. I've tried to convert him to Harrison's without much luck, but hopefully will be able to eventually. GlassOnion African Grey Gender: Posts: 1305 Location: Canada Number of Birds Owned: 3 Types of Birds Owned: Cockatiels, Ruppell's Parorot Flight: Yes Cut up in little pieces as well as big chunks hanging from the cage. I'd suggest offering different vegetables in different textures. Sprouted seeds are loved by seed junkies. You should sprout your bird seed by soaking the seeds overnight and then rinsing them several times a day, for the next couple days until you see little tails sprouting. If you look on the My Safe Bird Store, there are cook mixes as well as a product called "Bountiful Harvest" that is loved by many parrots. Or cook him rice/barley/quinoa with vegetables. has a LOT of pellet brands, you can look around for price comparison/ingredients lists. Remember, the lower quality pellets are NOT cheaper than the healthiest brands out there. Kaytee is considered unhealthy and Hagen Tropican has a weird perfume-like smell that's VERY strong. You can try feeding Zupreem Natural first, and slowly transition him over to Harrion's or Totally Organics pellets (TOPS). However, many birds like Zupreem because of the high corn/sugar content as well as the colorful artificial dyes. Totally Organics, Harrisons, Roudybush, Goldenfeast are the best pellets on the market. his diet should be about 30-50% in pellets. I dont even buy candy for Halloween because the kids dont really walk around here and they would never walk all the way up my driveway anyways.Well, it's great that you're trying to give him a proper diet! Not many people care, and diet is extremely important to avian health.įirst off. Its funny, what comes to mind when I eat one of those is the movieīut still, all those candies are very much enjoyed ! The last time I had one of those candies, a very, very long time ago The first time I saw the Tootsie Rolls I couldnt wait to open one, lolol. If I had taped them, you would have seen them all sitting there in front of the box with their heads tilting back and forth listening to me oooohhhh and ahhhhh everytime I opened something, lolol. The dogs got a kick out of the first time I ordered from MSBS, I was I roll up the tissue paper and let the cats have those along with the I seriously never had so much fun un wrapping things I bought for the birds, lol. They dont last long, but boy do they have fun with them There so much its hard to remember everything, lol.
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