Hmmmmm yummy
Today was the birds healthy day. I gave them some veggies submerges in water.
Everyone thinks I am mad when I put vegtables in a dish of water but my birds HATE misting so I can't get them to bath any other way so when they see the vegtables in the dish that they love they always go into bath (even if the vagtables are in their way).
Today was brocolli. My birds LOVE brocolli. My bird who most loves it is Jack who will go nuts over a tiny speck of it. He is the most keen on brocolli but the least keen on baths. The most keen on baths is Coco or willow who jumps head first into water.
FACT: Did you know budgies can not swim. They will drown unlike most birds who can swim!
There are certain vegtables and fruit that my birds like such as:
*Sweetcorn
*Curly kale
*Brocolli
*Green beans
*Apples
*Carrots
My birds favirote is kurly kale out of this group. It is organic and fresh. The best combination for your bird! If you want to see more foods that are safe for your bird (scroll to the bottom of the page to view safe foods for birds.)
I would highly reccommend the way I bath my birds as I know many don't like to be mist sprayed so I tend to fill this shallow dish and they love it and they also get vitamins and minerals too so its a win all round!
PICTURE TIME!
And now for the bath photos
A birds diet
A birds diet should consist of about 40% vegtables and fruit, 30% pellets and 30% seeds approximatly.
A good brand of pellets to buy out their would be harrisons bird pellets which comes in: super fine, fine, medium, large and extra large depending on what size bird you have.
Fine - Budgies
Medium - Cockatiels
Large - African greys
Harrisons is good because it is natural and uses natural flavourings and no preservatives like some brands which can harm your bird or it can be very unhealthy for the bird.
An all seed diet can cause complications in a bird because seed is very unhealthy and can lead to things such a liver faliure. So pellets do need to be offered to. It is hard to get a bird to eat pellets so weaning them onto this diet is the only option.
Seed is needed, however, to make sure a birds diet it still healthy so feeding you bird seed is great to. I would recommend tidy mix for the bigger birds as it contains dried fruit and a variety of helahty seeds as well (avaliable only in the UK). If not, cheap seed is ok as it is still natural but just does not contain the extra vitamins!
Vegtable and fruit for your birds is vital to keep them healthy when going through molts or to keep them alive longer! Although a bird with a bad diet can still lead a happy life, a bird with a better diet is much healthier and it can lower complications in the future.
I suggest things such as:
- Sweetcorn
- Broccoli
- Curly kale
- Apple
-Carrots
- Banana
- Rasberries
Please make sure, to lower the risks of illness, that the produce you buy is organic as pesticides pose a big threat to birds and is very toxic.
Avoid foods high in fat, sugar and salt like
-Sunflower seeds (to many can make a bird fat)
-Millet (again to much can make a bird fat)
- Honey/honey sticks (can make a bird fat)
- Chocolate, crisps, chips (toxic and fattening to birds!)
- Avacardos (toxic to birds)
- Green vegtables such as Lettuce can cause watery and green poo in birds so it is best to avoid it.
Hope this helps
Safe branches and food
Safe foods:
- Radishes
- Turnips
- Carrots
- Kale
- Parsley
- Tomato
- Green beans
- Beet (red beet must be peeled)
- Broccoli
- Corn
- Cucumber
- Apples
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Apples
- Banana
- Pears
- Cherries
- Pineapple
- Cranberries
- Grapes
- Apricots
Safe branches:
- Apple tree
- Ash tree
- Birch tree
- Beech tree
- Bamboo tree
- Aspen tree
- Almond tree
- Elm tree
- Fig tree
- Fir tree
- Grape vine tree
- Grape palm tree
Branches to avoid:
- Avacado tree
- Baneberry tree
- Elderberry tree
- Foxglove tree
- Flame tree
- Cherry tree
- Plum tree
Hope this helps.
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