What to feed the undulating parrot

The basis of the diet of a wavy parrot is grain and seeds. Most of all these parrots love millet, sharewhich should be at least 60% of the grain mixture, which you feed the parrot. It is best to feed the wavy parrot with a balanced ready-made feed that consists of yellow, white and red millet with the addition of oats, flaxseed and canary seed. Also, ready grain mixtures can contain mineral additives, fruits, vegetables, etc.

Picking up a suitable grain mixture, you need to feed the parrot only to her, without changing the brand of feed. If you need "Retrain" a parrot from one food to another, pour in a new one for three to four daysfeed to the old, gradually reducing the proportion of old feed and increasing the amount of new. Before you give the parrot feed, be sure to make sure that it does not have spoiled seeds, litter, insects, mold, etc.

On the day an adult wavy parrot should eat about one tablespoon (with a slide) of a grain mixture. But you can not feed a wavy parrot with a single grain mixture. Dry grains and seeds account for about 70% of the parrot's diet, the remaining 30% - is a juicy feed (vegetables, fruits, berries), greens, as well as protein foods.

From fruit and berries parrot can be given apricots (fresh and dried), pears, berries, bananas, oranges, grapes, plums, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, pomegranate, sea buckthorn, currants. From vegetables - carrots, cabbage, sweet peppers, tomatoes,cucumbers, lettuce, beetroot, pumpkin, turnips, zucchini, legumes, corn. Naturally, before giving the parrot any vegetables and fruits, they need to be thoroughly washed. Of fruits and berries, you need to extract the bones.

Also useful to give a wavy parrot fresh plant twigs. The best for these purposes are twigsfruit trees and shrubs, birch, aspen, hawthorn, maple, hazel, chestnut. They should be collected away from roads, factories and other pollution sources. You can not give the parrot branches of bird cherry, acacia, pear, lilac, oak, poplar and any coniferous trees.

Some hosts include in the diet of a wavy parrot porridge (1.5-2 tsp / day). You can use any cereal for making porridge, you can make assorted porridge. When preparing porridge for a parrot, several important rules must be observed. The groats should be thoroughly washed. Porridge is cooked only on the water, in no case can you add broth, milk, salt, sugar, spices. Instead of boiling the rump you can steal: pour boiling water in a thermos and leave it for a few hours.

In the diet of a wavy parrot should be present protein. Usually as a protein componentappears boiled quail or chicken egg (about 5 g per parrot), low-fat granular curd without additives or flour worms. In normal periods of life, give the parrot protein food can be once a week or two, during moulting and reproduction, its share in the diet increases.

In a cage, a parrot should always be fresh drinking water (boiled, stand-by, filtered or bottled). It should be changed every day so that it does not stagnate. Also wavy parrots are needed source of calcium, in the role of which can act as a mineral stone, chalk, etc.

What can not feed a wavy parrot? It is contraindicated in some exotic fruits(mango, papaya, persimmon, avocado), potatoes, spicy greens, sorrel, celery, garlic and onions. It is also not advisable to feed the parrot with nuts and seeds: they are too fatty and create a heavy load on the bird's liver. Also harmful to the parrot meat, fish, bread, dairy products (except for the low-fat cottage cheese mentioned above), any food from your table. Do not add salt, sugar, spices to the parrot for food.

How much food should I give to a parrot? The optimum number for your birdgrain mixtures should be determined empirically. The parrot should eat the whole mixture without residue. If the mixture is put too little, the bird will remain hungry, if too much - the parrot will choose from the mixture the favorite seeds, and the rest will be ignored. Fruits, vegetables and other additional fodder is best given to the bird in the morning, and in the evening to remove the remains so that they do not deteriorate.