How to feed a wavy parrot?

Wavy parrots are rather nimble birds, and in the wild they have the ability to adapt to climatic and weather factors. Therefore, their diet is very diverse, it includes fresh branches, grass seeds, exotic fruits, young shoots and juicy fruits. Domestic chicks in all depend on the person and our knowledge of how to feed these parrots. The owners of these beautiful birds will be useful to find out how to feed a pet, in addition to the standard grain mixture.

When feeding a budgie, it is extremely important to adhere to the principle of a varied diet. The menu should include various ingredients. Grain feed is a food base, an adult feathery needs about two tablespoons of grain a day, babies, respectively, less, but there are situations when a bird needs a little more grain - here you should first focus on the needs of the bird.

Most often, breeders get ready store grain mixture, as a rule, it includes:

• oats;
• millet;
• seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, flax and others)

If desired, all the components can be bought separately, and make the mixture yourself. Germinated grains are very nutritious for birds. This is a lively food product rich in proteins and vitamins. which is well absorbed in the body of the feathered and enriches it with useful micro and macro elements. The soaking mixture has a more varied composition than the dry one - mint, chickpeas, as well as sesame, buckwheat, mogar and sorghum are additionally introduced here.

Before the arrival of molting birds give 1 tsp. germinated grains twice a week, then feeding is carried out only once a month, as swollen grains begin to stimulate enhanced production of sex hormones.

The menu should certainly be mineral mixtures, they have a beneficial effect on the strengthening of feathers and skeleton, and in addition, improve the processes of digestion. Usually they include up to 70% of crushed shell rock and 30% of chalk with a slight addition of eggshell and charcoal.

The mineral supplements also include sepia, which is the shell of the sea cuttlefish. It contains high concentrations of sodium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus salts - they protect the beak from distortion and deformation that is dangerous to health. It is best to use a whitish-white sepia, a light yellow bloom is allowed. On sale are often mineral pebbles, which include iron, zinc, as well as phosphorus, magnesium and calcium. This feeding is extremely important for the skeleton, the lack of these elements leads to disruption of the parathyroid gland, which leads to weakness of the beak and bone apparatus, growth retardation and pronounced exhaustion of birds.

Mineral stones and chains are usually attached directly to the bars of the open-air cage so that the birds have a free approach to them.

And also it is necessary to pour a mixture of crushed shell rock, corals, fine-grained organic sand, chalk and wood ash into a separate container. Be sure to keep in mind that organic sand is not the same thing as ordinary building sand; it is shredded shells and contributes to the grinding of food in the goiter of an animal.

It is very important to introduce potassium into the poultry diet - it is best to get it from the shell of chicken eggs. This additive helps to strengthen the skeleton and create a protective shell when laying eggs. Parrot fodder chalk is also rich in calcium - it is attached to a cage in the form of briquettes. It is very important to buy chalk intended specifically for birds, others may contain additives that are dangerous to bird health, for example, chalk for rodents includes salt, which in birds causes poisoning.

Charcoal is obtained from birch, it contains high concentrations of calcium and iron. The additive helps to eliminate toxins from the body of the bird, harmful gases and salts of heavy metals.

Additionally, some products must be present in the parrot menu.

• Kashi. Usually birds are given oatmeal, buckwheat, millet, rice or barley. They must be prepared in water without the use of sugar, salt and butter. Kashi are a complete source of beneficial micronutrients and contribute to the establishment of metabolism.
• Vegetables and fruits. They are the main source of vitamins. Repeated feeding of birds with these products per day is allowed.
• Greenery. Young shoots of deciduous trees, beet and carrot tops, meadow herbs, pharmacy chamomile, chicory, leaf lettuce, plantain and some other succulent feeds improve the health status of birds, strengthen immunity and strengthen feathers. But keep in mind that not every grass is useful - so if you can’t be 100% sure that this or that green should be given to a parrot, you better not do it.

If your pet needs vitamins, you can buy the necessary preparations at a pet store or a veterinary clinic. During the course of treatment, all fruits and vegetables should be removed from the diet so that the parrot can get moisture only from vitamin-enriched water. It must be changed 2 times a day, otherwise the vitamins are destroyed, and the composition loses its medicinal properties.

Separately it is worthwhile to dwell on such an important issue as the feeding of poultry. The liquid must always be present in the drinker, while it must be fresh, it is desirable to take filtered or bottled. It is best to pour water in small portions, but at the same time constantly updating it, the optimal drinking temperature is considered to be +15.20 degrees Celsius. From time to time, 100 ml of ordinary water can be given to the birds with the addition of a couple of drops of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar - these measures help to prevent mycobacteriosis.

For effective cleaning of the bird's stomach and intestines, 1 time per month they give her some honey, also dry cottage cheese and fish oil are recommended.

Keep in mind that with a monotonous menu, the parrots start to hurt, however, the variety should be introduced into the diet gradually, since the parrots are rather conservative in their food preferences. Birds are fed several times a day, with a lower temperature of the air in the room, the birds' appetite increases - they become more active, and therefore require more food.

If you approach the diet of birds correctly, then the parrot will maintain vigor, health and, of course, will be grateful to its owners for their care for many years. Let us dwell on the individual components of the diet of the feathered.

Fresh vegetables should be included in the diet of birds constantly. The most useful has carrots, which is extremely important for the bird's body. Root crop is added to food in ground form, usually mixed with porridge or boiled eggs. In addition, birds are very fond of pumpkin and melon pulp, but with watermelons you need to be careful - of course, they help cleanse the body, but when used uncontrollably in parrots, difficulties may begin with organs of the excretory system.

If a bird is contained in a small aviary and leads a sedentary lifestyle, then it needs fresh cucumbers - you can give a lot of them, but certainly from the garden, and not purchased from the supermarket.

Tomatoes are allowed to be consumed by birds, but only ripe, as unripe tomatoes contain alkaloids, therefore they can cause damage to the body. Beetroot is also recommended for inclusion in the diet of the parrot, it is rich in vitamins, useful trace elements and fiber.

You can treat the bird with lettuce leaves and spinach in small portions, the parrot's organism responds well to green bell peppers and boiled potatoes. Keep in mind that not all products are shown feathered. So, it is strictly forbidden to treat parrots with onions, garlic, celery root, spicy greens and radishes - they have too many essential oils, and their taste is quite sharp. Due to the high alkaloid content, eggplant should also be excluded from the pet menu.

Birds love fresh fruit. Most often, they are given apples, they can be included in the menu year-round - there is simply no risk of overdosing here. But the passion for pears often leads to constipation, because they need to be given in limited doses.

One of the most favorite delicacies for winged pets is mandarin and orange, birds can also be fed with grapes. Banana parrots also like wavy parrots, but be sure to remove the skin from fresh fruits. Peaches and apricots bring great benefits to the feathered body, the parrots will never refuse to eat cherry and ripe cherries, they are very fond of black and red currants, raspberries and wild rose. There are some birds that even eat honeysuckle, both fresh and dried.

From time to time, you can give peeled kiwi and pineapples, but remember that fruits should certainly be only fresh - canned birds do not work.

Porridges should certainly be included in the diet of these beautiful poultry, but only without oil and all sorts of seasonings. It is best to cook the grain crumbly to half-cooked.

Birds benefit from boiled rice, millet, buckwheat, as well as corn grits and lentils. It is best for newborn chicks to cook liquid cereals from wheat grains or semolina with the addition of a small amount of crushed shell and a drop of fish oil.

Babies are usually fed with a syringe, each chick is enough 3-5 ml per day for one meal. Liquid porridge contains a lot of water, so it does not require additional feeding.

Greens should be an integral part of the daily diet of birds. It should be collected in ecologically clean areas. Before serving, sorting, separating all weeds and poisonous herbs, remove insects and be sure to wash.

Parrots are useful such wild herbs as:

• burdock;
• clover;
• scalded young nettle;
• plantain.

You can replenish the stock of meadow greens with garden crops: lettuce, carrot and beet tops. Sprigs of fruit plants and willow twigs are extremely important for parrots, but just make sure that they are not tar. Budgerigars always love to bite something. In order for them not to spend their energy on baseboards and new wallpaper, let them from time to time finely chopped tree branches. Just before giving them to your feathered pet, shoots must be kept in cold water for about 4-6 hours, after which it is necessary to scald with boiling water to destroy the insects and their larvae.

Parrots like currant branches, pears and apples, as well as cherries and cherries. To grind the beak should be given feathery branches of mountain ash, alfalfa and garden viburnum. But oak, poplar, as well as lilac with acacia for birds are very dangerous, coniferous shoots are also best avoided.

Among the indoor plants there are those that pose a danger to the bird - these include dieffenbachia, azalea, foxglove, room fern and heather, but the rose, tradescantia or sweetie will not harm the pet. And also the trouble will not be if the parrot peck a little bamboo.

The feathered treats for birds include chumizu, as well as such cereals as mogar, senegalese millet and red millet in spikelets - they should be given in doses as a dessert. Despite the fact that they belong to the grains, for parrots such food is so attractive that with an oversupply pet will simply refuse any other food, will always wait for sweets. So, if you offer a cone to a wavy parrot, then a small sprig is quite enough for it per day.

Additionally, food of animal origin can be included in the ration of birds, but it can only be given a couple of times a month, not more often. The greatest love birds enjoy:

• cheese - be sure to take varieties with a low level of fat;
• boiled eggs - only shelled;
• fish fat - it is better to interfere with the feed mixture;
• cottage cheese - this component is given in a small volume, preferably a semi-dry one with a fat parameter not higher than 9%.

Nowadays, in specialized stores for wavy parrots they offer a large selection of different sticks - honey, cereal or egg. There is no need to take them - they include too many sugars, as well as dyes and preservatives, and the very quality of the grain in them is very doubtful.

The list of banned products includes:

• salt - the body of a domestic parrot is simply not capable of independently digesting this product, which inevitably leads to health problems;
• dill, parsley, spices, seasonings and spices - these products cause severe complications of the health status of birds and often lead to their death;
• milk and all its derivatives - The fact is that the birds do not produce enzymes that can digest this product, in addition, it has a high fat content, therefore it causes harm to the pet's health;
• bread - this product is not recommended for birds, as it contains yeast and sugar, as well as flour and salt, in rare cases, you can treat a parrot with a non-yeasted, dried slice;
• mushrooms - it is strictly prohibited to birds, since they have the most negative impact on the digestive organs;
• chocolate and other sweets - they include sugar and cocoa, which have an excessively stimulating effect on the nervous system of birds.

Proper feeding of a wavy parrot is considered an indispensable fundamental condition, on which the growth and full development of the feathered pet depends in many respects. That is why it must be thought out completely and completely.

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