A budgie has appeared in your house? Now you simply have to provide him with good conditions for growth and development. The key to poultry health is many factors, the most important of which is correctly selected food. How to feed young budgies? This article contains all the information that will help you understand this issue.
Plant feed
Plant seeds are the basis of food for all birds. Budgerigars are no exception. How can you feed a bird so as not to harm his health? In pet stores they sell already completed packages with grain mixtures, which are selected in the percentage ratio that is needed for budgies. Such food before packing is enriched with trace elements useful for poultry. In addition, the composition of the mixture may include fruits, berries, chalk.
If, nevertheless, you do not trust the feed of industrial production, then you can develop a diet for your feathered pet yourself. Check out the list of budgies. What can feed a feathered bird to make him feel great?
- Cereals: millet, oats, flaxseed and canary seeds.
- Sprouted grain.
- Green food: lettuce, sorrel, vegetable tops. In the warm season, you can give fresh leaves and flowers of clover, dandelion, plantain.
- Fruits: pear, apple, banana, kiwi, citrus fruits (without skin). Berries of wild strawberry, strawberry and raspberry.
- Carrots, beets, cucumbers, radishes, cabbage (pre-doused with boiling water), sweet peppers - all these products are very popular with budgies.
How to feed a little feathered friend in the winter, when there are practically no useful elements in vegetables and fruits? It is recommended to give a parrot raisins, dried apricots, prunes, rose hips. These products must first be steamed. The bird will eat them with pleasure, while receiving a lot of vitamins and minerals.
Important to remember! The following plant foods should never be introduced to budgies: nuts (any kind), persimmons, avocados, dill, green onions, potatoes, eggplant tops and tomatoes.
Animal feed
Dairy products (cottage cheese, milk powder), chicken egg, liver, honey can be present in the diet of birds in very small doses. 2 times a week, a parrot is given flour worms (10-12 pieces). Bloodworm is one of the favorite delicacies of these birds, it can be fed in unlimited quantities.
Cereal cereals. Do budgerigars eat them?
What else can a bird feed to be healthy? Porridge in the feathered diet should be present 2-3 times a week. It can be buckwheat, and millet, and rice, and any other porridge that you cook for yourself. Naturally, for a parrot this “dish” cannot be salted and flavored with any kind of oil.
Minerals in the feathered pet's menu
There should always be mineral supplements in the diet of a parrot. It is better to get them at a pet store. Manufacturers produce them in briquettes, which can be hung in a cage or chopped and poured into a plate. The mineral complex usually includes such components: shells, eggshells, chalk, sand, salt, wood ash, bone meal, calcium.
How many times to feed a budgie
Food, however, like water, should always be in the cage of a bird. The parrot does not have a feeling of greed, so he will not eat too much. It is important to ensure that food is always fresh. If porridge or food of animal origin remains in the feeder, then it should not be left at night. It will deteriorate anyway by morning, and a bird, having eaten such a product, may become ill. It is better to give food to the parrot in small portions and, if necessary, add during the day.
You still think what kind of pet to bring to the house. The best choice is budgies. How you can feed them, you already know. And the rest is a simple matter: buy and install a cage and study information on how to care for a feathered friend. But that's another story.