A full-blown alimentation is one of the principal conditions of a problem-free bird housing. Usually the cage pets are a kind of granivorous ones they are parrots, canaries, pigeons etc. But it doesn't intend them to eat only seeds. But in truth such birds change their ration each season in natural conditions. Birds like to diversify their feed with various kinds of animal forages, vegetables, fruits, tree barks etc. So, feed your bird with large diversity of meal and it will be robust.
A lot of various stores today suggest you to purchase bulk bird seed. As you see you shouldn't feed your bird a whole year with corns because it won't harmonize with their natural nutrition.
A lot of birds can eat the same meal for a long period of time and don't show any signs of a disease. But as a rule, the effects of such nutrition may be revealed in the abnormality of molt, overweight, kidney illness and disorder of the reproductive function. Also there can be many occasions of infective diseases because birds need vitamins and proteins in their nourishment.
The basis in a bird's nourishment should include grain blend. Different kinds of grains (wheat, millet, oats, maize and others) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds, seeds of lettuce) should be contained in this blend because it is very useful for a bird's health. Of course there should be oil-yielding crops such as sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seed and various nuts. Overweight can be provoked by oil-bearing crops so you are to give little portions of them to avoid overdose.
Your bird should have a daily norm of its feed because each species has its own daily norm. Budgerigars must have 2 teaspoons a day and in the same time macaw is to have 4 tablespoonfuls each day.
Also you can include in the mixture different kinds of greeneries, fruits, vegetables, wild herbage, fresh leaves and branches of trees. Besides, animal feed must be included to a bird's meal. Hen's eggs in a boiled condition, nonfat cottage cheese or small amount of nonfat minced meat may be added in a bird's meal. The periods of feeding with such forages are different. For a usual bird it should be given one time a week, for a bird that has moult period - twice a week and in the period of nestling - each day. You must also put in the bird's cage a feeder with chalk or small stones, they are important for normal digestion and will bring calcium to the bird's body.
Birds also want a large cage for them to feel comfortable. If you incline to bird homes you can get them at every pet shop today.
For those persons who like to feed savage and domestic birds we propose also wild bird feeders.
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