Pet Parrot
Your Pet Parrot’s Diet Should Have Variety
Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan
Having a parrot as a pet requires setting up a very good, healthy parrot diet so that the parrot does not become sick and die in just a few years. Parrots actually have a very long lifespan and when you have a pet parrot it pays to take the time when you get the parrot to find out exactly what should be fed to it so that you are keeping the parrot in optimal health.
Size of your parrot.
Getting the diet sorted out is not difficult to do. It is just a matter of listing a diet that is suitable to the parrot. Parrots of similar size eat similar diets, so the main consideration you need to make initially is the actual size of the parrot you have or that you intend to purchase.
For example, you most certainly would not expect an African Gray Parrot to eat the same diet as a budgerigar. Their size difference is huge and this will obviously affect the size of the food they eat. Larger birds can eat larger and harder foods like macadamia nuts because their beak is bigger, hard and much stronger.
Parrot diet variety.
A parrot enjoys variety in its diet. In his natural tropical environment, a parrot eats tropical fruits, flowers, leaves, fruit and nuts, so you can see how a range of foods is essential for his good health. Variety is essential not only for the health of the parrot but because if the parrot gets bored there is a good chance he will stop eating (just like we do if we are served the same food day in, day out), but also because it gives the bird a range of vitamins.
Vitamins in the parrot diet.
Once certain way to make sure that your parrot is getting a range of vitamins, is to feed it pellets. Most people who are involved in the keeping of parrots agree that one of the best food to feed the parrot is pellets, but there is some variance of opion as to how much they should have in their diet. Some say that pellets should be up to 90% of a parrot’s diet, but others say that it should only be 30%-40% of the diet. What percentage of pellets you feed your bird is something that you will have to decide as you develop your parrot’s diet. Adjusting the percentage of pellets being fed to the bird may depend on what other food the bird will eat.
Other foods to feed the parrot.
If you can find organic food to feed the parrot then he will be better for it! Your parrot will be so much healthier for being able to eat organic food. There is a wide range of food that the parrot will like, such as: mango, pineapple, kiwi fruit, melons, green peas and beans, cauliflower,corn, sweet potato and sweet peppers.
Having water available for your pet parrot.
Parrots need to have water available but it is not a good idea to have a bowl of water because once it is a few hours old it will start growing bacteria as food and droppings land in it. Setting up a water bottle is a much better way to look after the health of your parrot and make sure he gets fresh water.
Once you have decided what to feed your pet parrot, make a list so that you can try all the items out in your parrot’s diet. You may find that some are not so popular, but keep trying them now and then anyway.
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