If you decide to purchase a feathered pet, you should first carefully study its needs, namely, what it feeds on. It's a big mistake to think that it's enough to buy ready-made food and your parrot will not need anything else. In this article, we will tell you how to properly feed a wavy parrot.
How to feed the parrot?
The first rule in feeding any birds and animals - the products must necessarily be fresh and quality, without chemicals. Also, we must not forget every day to wash the parrot's dishes and change the water.
When asked how many times to feed a parrot, there is no definite answer. These birds have a very fast metabolism, so for more than 3 hours do not leave them without food. Better daily at a certain time to fill at once the entire daily rate of grain feed. And put a slice of fruit or vegetables in the grid. Also remember that new feed should be introduced into the diet gradually, wait until your parrot gets used to the new food.
What food to feed the parrot?
The basis of feeding of wavy parrots is the grain mixture, which consists of millet of different species (about 70%), oats (about 10%), and it can be canary, linseed and hemp seed, wheat, etc. (the remaining 20%). Buy ready mixes designed only for the breed of your parrot, since mixtures for other breeds can contain, for example, peanuts and sunflower seeds, which for a parrot is too fatty food (meaning in large quantities, a few nuts and seeds all the same You can give).
It is useful as a supplement to the main food to give parrots sprouted grain. It contains many vitamins. Cultivate better wheat or millet.
Also in the diet of the parrot it is necessary to include fresh fruits, vegetables and greens daily. It can be different fruits and berries: pears, apples, cherries, citrus fruits, carrots, cucumbers, etc. It is better to give them in large pieces. Suitable greens are salad leaves, spinach, dandelion leaves.
Sometimes, if necessary, parrots are given animal feed, such as chicken eggs, hard-boiled.
But here is a list of what you can not feed the parrots:
- fresh papaya and mango, avocado;
- potatoes;
- spicy greens (dill, parsley, coriander), onions and garlic;
- candied fruit;
- such products as meat, fish, cheese, butter, seafood are generally prohibited;
- Also, do not feed your birds from a common table, this food contains too much for parrots of salt and fat, can harm their health.
What to feed a bird with a parrot?
Usually newborn chicks feed a parrot female by itself (goiter milk). But it happens that the young mother refuses to feed the cubs. Then taking care of her babies completely falls on your shoulders.
It is recommended to feed the chicks in the following way. Baby food should be diluted to a relatively liquid state and heat the mixture to 37 ° C. Put the nestling back in the palm of your hand and, dipping a thin brush into the mixture, gently bring it to the chick's beak (side) so that it can swallow the drooping droplet. Feed until the chick is full. Feedings are carried out through
Gradually, the amount of feeding is reduced, and a millet is added to the diet, it is prepared from crushed millet. When the chicks reach twenty days, they are transplanted into a cage and little by little accustomed to feeding from a spoon, pushing it through the mesh or the door.
After the chicks learn to eat from a spoon (and this does not happen in one day), start to cook more thick porridge, and then also gradually introduce into the diet a grain mixture.