Feeding your parrot the right foods is one of the most important things you can do to make sure your parrot is healthy, both physically and mentally. If you fail to provide your parrot with the right foods, you will find that eventually your feathered friend will be sick. Without the proper nutrition your bird's immune system becomes depressed, and she will be more susceptible to disease. Parrots can also develop behavioral disturbances such as feather picking when they are not eating right.
A healthy parrot diet containing fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, seeds, parrot pellets. Seeds should make up about 10% of your parrots diet and high quality parrot pellets around 50%. The rest should be fresh ingredients. It is very important that you also vary your parrot diet, otherwise she will get bored with her food.
When you try to vary your feathered friend's wild diet, some fruit, which you can put your parrot to include pomegranates, mangoes, apples, kiwi, pineapple, melons and peaches. Parrots also loves vegetables, including sweet potatoes, corn, cucumbers, carrots, eggplant and cauliflower. If you find her to be tired of eating, try hanging pieces of fresh vegetables and fruits from the edge of the cage.
There are some foods parrots should never eat, and they include, caffeine, alcohol, chocolate, guacamole, avocado and mushrooms.
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