Nutrition
Bird nutrition is vital for your pet bird to remain happy and healthy. A balanced diet will ensure that your bird will live a long healthy life and be able to cope with mental and physical stress. An unbalanced diet will lead to poor health, and perhaps even death.
Of importance is the fact that seed alone will not provide sufficient nutrition for seed-eating birds, even if a variety of seed is offered. To supply your bird with all the necessary vitamins and minerals, include pellets, fruit and vegetables as part of its diet. Formulated diets consist of seeds, grains, vegetables, fruits and proteins. Fresh fruit and vegetables must be washed and remnants left in the cage must be thrown away before it begins to rot.
Non-seed eating birds are fed on a formula which is served either dry or moistened. Formulas which are made into nectar must be changed several times a day. Offer the bird fruit such as: apple, pineapple, figs, pomegranates, grapes and kiwi. Fresh corn on the cob and flowers such as pansies, roses, marigolds and dandelions may also interest them.
Vitamin and mineral supplements are available should such be necessary for the good health of your bird. Buy the product that will specifically meet the nutritional needs of your bird. Vitamin A deficiencies commonly affect birds. You should feed the bird orange vegetables, green leafy vegetables and egg yolk to overcome this nutrient deficiency. Mineral supplements are important for nutrition, especially for breeding birds. Minerals are found in: mineral blocks, cuttlebone, bones/ bone meal, milk and cheese. To provide the necessary protein consider feeding your bird, in moderation: meat, milk, fish and egg.
Certain foods will be detrimental to the health of your bird. Avoid such foods as: those that contain large amounts of fat and sugar, avocado, chocolate, alcohol, caffeine and fruit pits.
Also important to remember in caring for your bird’s nutritional needs is water. Fresh water must be given daily or more frequently if your bird fouls up the water.
Nutrition is important if you wish to keep your bird in good health, bright and full of life. Thus you can take pleasure in owning and caring for your bird.
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If you find a baby bird this is the nesesery food the bird will need
1,get dog or cat food and put all of it in water and put in the ferig for 1 hour
Next smoosh it up with a spoon and add some bird vidamins to it you can find them at most pet store’s.
Oh right before I forgit you can keep them foriged for up to 3 Day with out going bad.
If your bird won’t eat it email me at arharbison@gmail.com
I am doing a Science fair project on birds and how they eat.
My main topic is “Will the Color of Bird Seed Affect Wether or Not the Birds Will Eat It.”
I’m only in the 11th grade. this is my first Science fair project in a good while. If you Have any ideas or suggestions please feel free to email me at
n1sillymonkey@msn.com or
princess52993@yahoo.com this would really mean alot for me. Thank you. Ashlyn
Hello Ashlyn – The thing is the color would only be available in pellet food and not normal bird food as the color isn’t dyed or changed for use as daily food. It is a task to get any bird to switch over from a seed diet to pellet so you would find most bird’s won’t touch the pellets regardless of color since they have to be weaned off bird seed and onto pellets. You could narrow it down and do what type of pellets get their attention most by laying a few different types out on the floor, putting the bird on the floor and see which he goes to if any and what his reaction or response it (only good if you have access to different pet birds of your own or friends. You have the most options by seeing which species of bird prefers what diet the best. Hope I was able to give you a idea or something to work off of.
Best Regards, Justin
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