What do birds like eating?

What do birds like eating? Here, we came to my most loved topic : I am a great glutton that is why I try to satisfy my birds .

The main parrot food is millet. It is sold in every "bird" shop . There should always be enough millet into the bird cage , birds know themselves how much to eat . They also enjoy oats very much but only oats ( unpeeled , absolutely natural ) which I have not seen anywhere in shops : - ((. It is found only as an add-on in combined food. As a compromise, variant oat kernels can be given .

They also delight in sunflower seeds , although not baked obviously. Provide sunflower seeds to your bird only several times monthly since it consists of lots of fats and the bird gets stout. Prior to giving it to the bird, it is great to crush it slightly (therefore they'll consume it easily) .

They absolutely really like fresh vegetables! They die for cucumbers , lettuce, carrots, peppers and pepper seeds ( they should not be hot !). They also eat cabbage. Be cautious with nitrates ! They are especially harmful for birds because they can also kill them. If it's feasible, prevent buying food cultivated in green - houses.

Other " green food " that they like very much is ordinary fresh and tender grass . I mean ryegrass , clover particularly couch - grass or something likes , although not that grass! Something that you should never give them is parsley! I don't know why, but it is written so in the books and I haven't made experiments what will happen to them if I feed birds with parsley .

Give them fresh fruit at any possibility: apples (They like cores because of the seeds ), pears , plums as well as pumpkin. I haven't noticed them to like citrus fruit .

All fruit and vegetables ought to be well washed .

Provide them with hard - boiled egg ( a quarter of egg per two birds ) at least once a month. From it, they supply themselves with proteins and vitamin D.

Don't throw the shell away! Give it to them finely crushed . It provides them with calcium .

Another resource of calcium is chalk . Birds gnaw it with appetite so make sure always to provide chalk in the cage .

Birds like eating bread. It doesn't matter what kind it is . Put a piece of slightly damped bread between the bars and they will tackle it so that your appetite will come back to you.

There ought to always be sand in the bird cage ( that's the reason I told you in the beginning that you should buy two vessels for food ). They need the sand so as to assimilate food easier. Food does not go to the bird's stomach directly. Before that, it stays for some time into its throat. There, due to enzymes and the sand all grain food taken get broken to pieces, get soft and get digested preliminary . The sand ought to be fine , that is why you must sift it well and to get rid of the coarse fractions , because they can block the bird's throat . It is compulsory to wash the sand , to boil it for a short time in hot water, to dry it and only then to give it to the birds . Sea - sand is extremely appropriate , however it must be well - washed from salt !!! Salt isn't very useful for birds .

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