Budgie
Budgerigars, fondly known as ?budgies?, are known to be sweet, affectionate, and?entertaining pet birds. They are also known to be picky eaters and may not like everything you offer them. Since a nutritious diet is essential to maintaining a healthy budgie, it is recommended that they eat adequately the right kinds of food.
Good Quality Seed Mix
Budgies can thrive on good quality seed mixes that are packed with the needed nutrients. You can buy these from the local pet supply store or most supermarkets. Try not to buy in bulk or too much at one time, instead go for the small fresh seed packs. Stay away from mixes that have too much hulled oats since these can cause weight gain.
Giving your budgie purely seed mixes can cause it to quickly become overweight so monitor the quantity and kinds of seeds you feed your bird.
Fruits and Vegetables
Your budgie?s meals should be supplemented daily with fruits and vegetables, which are great sources of vitamins and minerals. Fruits you can include in your budgie?s diet are apples, melons, mangoes, grapes, guavas, strawberries, plums, and watermelons. Vegetables that are great for budgies include celery, spinach, broccoli, zucchini, watercress, grated or chopped carrots, peas, and sweet corn.
Before giving fruits and vegetables to your pet bird, make sure these have been thoroughly washed, chopped in small pieces, fresh, and at room temperature. The core, pits, and stones should have been removed and usually raw (although some are more preferable when cooked such as peas).
Your budgie might initially not want to eat fruits or vegetables so be patient and keep offering since they are an important source of nutrition.
Foods to Avoid
Some foods may be more hazardous than healthy for your budgie and should best be avoided. These include chocolate, avocado, alcohol, asparagus, raw potato, caffeine, milk, cream, eggplant, cabbage, and junk food. In varying quantities, any of these can potentially harm your budgie if ingested, to the point of killing them.
Additional Supplements
Iodine, calcium, and mineral blocks should be provided. You can add vitamin supplements in fresh drinking water at least once a week but do not let it stay for too long since bacteria can quickly accumulate. You can also add powdered vitamins into the seed mixes or moist food such as apple slices. But make sure you first read the instructions on just how much and how often you should give the powdered vitamins.
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