How to Manage Your Pet Bird's Diet
One error many novice or uninformed bird owners make is to feed their bird an all-seed diet., Supplement the diet with fresh veggies and fruits, as well as foods such as cooked brown rice or hard boiled eggs., Limit dairy products, as birds are...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: One error many novice or uninformed bird owners make is to feed their bird an all-seed diet.
Seeds do not provide adequate nutrition for your pet bird.
It is horrifying to meet a bird owner who is making the mistake of feeding their bird solely millet sprays-an excellent treat but NOT an appropriate diet.
Imagine a human living on potato chips-it may keep them alive but their quality and length of life will suffer.Make sure your bird has a good staple formulated diet, such as pellets.
Some seed diets say they are balanced, and some are certainly more balanced then others-some even have pellets included.
While excellent in theory, the danger is that the bird, much like a toddler presented with a bowl of healthy cereal with marshmallows-will eat the less healthy parts and ignore the good stuff.
This is one reason why sunflower seeds, found in many bird foods, should be kept to a minimum as they are very fatty, taste good, and are very tempting to your birds.
If you feed your bird a seed/pellet mix, make sure they are eating all of it. -
Step 2: Supplement the diet with fresh veggies and fruits
Do not, however leave these fresh foods for more than an hour in the cage, as bacteria can build up. ,, -
Step 3: as well as foods such as cooked brown rice or hard boiled eggs.
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Step 4: Limit dairy products
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Step 5: as birds are sensitive to Lactose.
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Step 6: Make sure your birds' water is clean and fresh and change it at least twice a day
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Step 7: or as needed to keep it clean.
Detailed Guide
Seeds do not provide adequate nutrition for your pet bird.
It is horrifying to meet a bird owner who is making the mistake of feeding their bird solely millet sprays-an excellent treat but NOT an appropriate diet.
Imagine a human living on potato chips-it may keep them alive but their quality and length of life will suffer.Make sure your bird has a good staple formulated diet, such as pellets.
Some seed diets say they are balanced, and some are certainly more balanced then others-some even have pellets included.
While excellent in theory, the danger is that the bird, much like a toddler presented with a bowl of healthy cereal with marshmallows-will eat the less healthy parts and ignore the good stuff.
This is one reason why sunflower seeds, found in many bird foods, should be kept to a minimum as they are very fatty, taste good, and are very tempting to your birds.
If you feed your bird a seed/pellet mix, make sure they are eating all of it.
Do not, however leave these fresh foods for more than an hour in the cage, as bacteria can build up. ,,
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