Aracaris Aviaries
Breeder of Hookbill Birds for Sale
Hookbill Parrot Diet
Parrot Diet
A parrots diet should be made up of made up of fruits, vegetables, nuts, a good seed mix, and mineral / vitamin supplements. Pellets should be added to the diet to eliminate the need for vitamin supplements. Pellets should not replace any other part of the diet. Foods that should not be fed are: anything with caffeine, anything with lots of salt, no chocolate, and avocado can be problematic.Parrots need Fruits/Vegetables
What one person may mean by "fruits and vegetables" may not be what another understands. Let me clarify what I mean by making this statement. Certain fruits and certain vegetables have different qualities that add zest and nutrition to the diet. Variety is important for the diet from a nutritional standpoint as well as psychological. Yes texture, flavor, and color are important to your bird as well as vitamin qualities of different produce. Surely our birds look forward to eating and playing with their food. Oh, and yes they do waste a lot but that is part of the joys of birdkeeping. When creating your birds "plate" try and make it colorful and appealing. Parrots and Pelets
I believe that pellets play an important part of most parrots diets even if it's only a small part. Pellets should never replace any part of a pets diet other than synthetic vitamin and mineral suppliments. I am a firm believer in micronutrients that are found in things like spirulina. I personally feed a tan colored pellet to my birds that has been lightly coated with spirulina and other herbs like wheat grass ect., a product I buy from healthfood stores, untill the pellets have a light green sheen. I have found that pellets help keep a birds weight up. This has been especially true with hens that are feeding babies. I almost lost a female conure that was feeding babies. At the time I had the pair on chopped apples, carrot, broccoli, Vionate multi suppliment vitamin, and as much seed as they wanted. Apparently not enough carbs. "Atkins diet?" I'm still not sure. Amazons and rosebreasted cockatoos don't apply, again we are talking in general here.
