Recommendation for People that Prefer Avocets
Posted on June 26, 2008 | Filed Under Family and Care
A full-blown feeding is one of the main conditions of a successful bird keeping. Birds that live in people's houses in decorative cages commonly belong to granivorous birds. But this fact doesn't intend them to eat only seeds. But in truth such birds vary their ration every time of the year in natural conditions. The nourishment may contain animal feed, different vegetables, fruits and tree barks. So bear in mind, that if you want your bird to be robust and healthy you are to feed it with different kinds of meal.
A lot of different shops nowadays suggest you to purchase bird seed. As you see you shouldn't feed your bird a whole year with corns because it wouldn't harmonize with their natural nutrition.
A lot of birds can eat the same meal for a long period of time and don't show any signs of an illness. Scientists observe such illnesses as the malfunction of molt, overweight, disorder of the reproductive function etc. All these cases are conditional on incorrect feeding of birds. Also there can be a lot of occasions of infective diseases because birds need vitamins and proteins in their nourishment.
The main part in a bird's nourishment should include grain blend. Diverse kinds of grains (wheat, millet, oats, maize and others) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds, seeds of lettuce) must be included in this mixture because it is very useful for a bird's health. Oil-bearing crops can be also contained. They are sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seeds, diverse nuts and others. But these sorts of crops should be added in a small amount because overdose of oil-bearing seeds is the reason of obesity.
A quantity of crop feed should correspond to the daily norm of your bird. You can see that a canary would have only 1 teaspoon a day and Cockatiel Parakeet's standard is one tablespoonful.
Fresh forage contains various greens, wild herbage, fruits, vegetables, also fresh leaves and branches of trees. Besides, animal forage should be added to a bird's ration. You may feed your bird with boiled hen's eggs, fatless cottage cheese and small amount of minced meat. The periods of feeding with such meal are various. For a normal bird it must be given once a week, for a bird that has moult period - twice a week and in the period of nestling - every second day. In the bird's cage should be also present a feeder with a piece of chalk or small stones, they are necessary for a normal digestion.
Birds also need a spacious cage for them to feel comfortable. A large amount of pet shops would offer you to buy different cages if you incline to bird homes.
Also you may buy diverse window bird feeders in our internet store if you like to feed birds in your yard or from the window.