If you are allergic to cat hair or you do not want to walk with a dog in bad weather, but want to have a pet, then consider a variant of a domestic feathered friend. Many bird lovers prefer parrots.
We choose food for the parrot
To your favorite parrot was healthy and cheerful, you need to provide him with quality food. In natural conditions, it feeds on the buds of plants, seeds of milky wax ripeness, beetles and spiders. And what food to choose for parrots living at home?
In conditions of time trouble, you need to buy ready-made food, and we will not save on the food of your feathered friend. Purchased forage for parrots come from domestic and foreign producers. This is reflected in the value of the product. Unfortunately, domestic feed is not always of high quality. However, the food produced by the Biosphere firm for parrots is popular and uses a dump. Products from Russian manufacturers are cheaper than foreign ones, produced by a wide range. Feed VAKA produced for both large and small and medium parrots. In the composition of feeds for the main me, in addition to a mixture of seeds, can include sea kale, which is the source of iodine for birds, which improves the metabolism of parrots, and stabilizes the thyroid gland. In the food for large parrots are added sunflower seeds, pumpkin and legumes, herbal granules. Sometimes dry vegetables and fruits.
Feed VAKA - a balanced diet for parrots, but, nevertheless, on the forums systematically there are negative reviews, including about the diseases of parrots . Of course, you choose. Rio, Fiory, Padovan, Nutri Bird, Versele-Laga, JR Farm, Vitacraft are the names of companies you are already familiar with, or will be known if you choose ready mixes from foreign producers for feeding parrots. The products are most often produced by rulers: ready food for large parrots (Pappagalli), food for medium parrots (Parrochetti) and for small ones, already marked with Pappagallini. There are food for parrots during moulting, for parrots over 5 years old or medicinal. Virtually all the rulers have feeds for the main menu. And in this case the composition of the products will be multicomponent: grain mixtures, sometimes with the addition of dry vegetables and fruits, minerals.
There are also feeds from one kind of grain. It can only be oats, millet, hemp seed or flax seed. They also sell treats for these birds: biscuits, crackers, sticks.
The value of germinated seeds
If we compare the nutritional value of dry seeds and sprouted seeds, then of course, the latter will be the winners here. Biological activity of fodder during germination increases due to an increase in the content of vitamins B, C, E (antioxidant), carotene (provitamin A) and other biologically valuable substances. Food for parrots RIO just produces the mixture intended for these purposes.
Italy's contribution to feeding your parrot
For almost 50 years, the Italian firm Fiori has been taking care of pets, including birds. She develops and produces popular feed for them. Fiori produces food for parrots, depending on the size of the birds. This is a grain mixture with the addition of pieces of fruit, raisins.
How much food do they give to parrots?
While feeding the parrot, remember that the bird in captivity does not receive full physical exercise, and it can not be overfed. Small parrots should receive about 20 grams of feed per day, averages of 30 grams. But large ones should be given at least 50 grams of feed.