Home-made Recipe For Parrots
 

Hi Bird Lovers
Does anyone have a home-made recipe for parrots to share, please?
Am having cockatiels and lovebirds and would like to add this to their diet besides the usual seed mix.

Many thanks.

Both young and old birds are partial to ears of small millet seeds. They need a regular supply of various fresh green foods such as spinach, lettuce, cabbage hearts, brussel sprouts, watercress, slices of apple and carrots. All green food should be given fresh daily and obtained from clean sources. Ample supplies of grit and cuttlefish bone are recommended as well as a mineral block.

Hi Silvanus
Many thanks for your usual prompt replies [ am a new member and have noticed your unfailing support for pet issues ].
Your list of greens is enlightening as I'm currently giving only long beans, corns, apples, quavas, boiled eggs and soaked seeds/millet sprays.

Apologies for the confusion, however, my thread's intent is to enquire about home-made recipe for more successful breeding and rearing of chicks.
Am providing Sluis egg food but am looking at some food that we can make to enable bird rearing more challenging.

On subject of diet, is/are there any recommendations for vitamin supplements, please? Also do birds require the occassional de-worming? If so, what medicine is recommended?

Many thanks again for your reply.

A daily dose of fresh fruits and vegetables combined with the proper pellets from reputable brands will me more than sufficient nutrients for normal pet birds. For breeding birds, eggfood is just to supplement the protein level in the diet.

Using home made recipes for birds may not be as good as using commercial bird food for very simple reasons.

- Bird food from reputable brands are formulated by experts and professionals with years upon years of bird keeping/breeding. They know what is the ratio of nutrients for optimal intake.

- Home made recipes are most likely blended from fresh foods, storage of the home recipe you made might not be correct and even if refrigerated, bacteria can still grow in the mix and destroy your nutrient combination.

- Most reputable brands are being used by bird breeders/keepers all over the world and has been proven to be good when birds feed on them.

- We can tell you what nutrients are needed in a bird's diet but if the ratio in the end product you made is not correct, your bird will most likely suffer from a particular nutrient deficiency in the long run.

We all want the best for our birds, I myself keep 2 mollucan cockatoos and they are doing fine on commercial parrot food. I will let the professionals do the calculation of nutrients for me rather than i myself make mistakes in their diet and cause them to suffer in the long run.

Rgds.

Hi William
Your cons for home-made recipe have swayed me against such attempts.
You are absolutely right. love your birds and provide the best for them [commercially].

With best regards