Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Taking care with parrot feeding is the best way for a healthy parrot

Copyright (c) 2010 Kaye Dennan

Malnutrition in pet parrots is one of the main
causes of death so understanding what to feed
them and what other signs to look for is
essential for the parrot owner. Parrots need to
be given a properly balanced, healthy diet each
and every day for maximum good health. After
all, the parrot cannot tell you that he doesn't
like what he is being fed, he will just not eat
it and this could be very damaging to his health.

What do parrots need?

Parrots need all their vitamins and nutrients
just we humans do. They too are growing cells
each day as their beak grows and other body parts
are repaired and that all requires the right food
for good health. This is why when planning the
parrot food for the week consideration needs to
be given as to actually what they are being fed,
how often and if they are eating what they are
being given.

Parrots need to eat each every day and if they do
not they will become ill very quickly.

Basically a parrot diet should consist of the
following:

- Pellets: a minimum of 40% a day

- Grain: about 10% a day

- Fruit and vegetables for the rest of the diet

Although parrots do like cooked food, the actual
process of the cooking does destroy the vitamins
and nutrients that they so badly need, so it is
suggested that they only have a small amount of
cooked food in their diet.

Feeding the parrot.

Parrots are a tropical bird by nature so they
just love those tropical fruits like mangoes,
melons, peaches and the like. Pawpaws, bananas,
pineapples, apricots and other tropical fruits
will be a hit.

A very important part of the parrot diet to
ensure is health is to include leafy green
vegetables in the diet. Foods in this category
that will be good for the parrot are: broccoli,
cauliflower, beans and peas. Beans of all types
are good for the parrot.

Broccoli is not a 'natural' food for the parrot
but it has an abundance of just about every
nutrient known to man so if you can get your
parrot to eat broccoli you can pat yourself on
the back. Because it is not a food that they
would naturally eat, the parrot might have to be
coerced into eating it.

Two meals a day.

Parrots only need two meals a day and really not
much in between. Parrots in their normal
environment feed early in the morning and again
before sunset.

If as a parrot owner, you are going to be away
all day, hang something like a carrot stick or
celery stick in the cage so that the parrot can
have some fun with it, but also have something to
nibble on when he is hungry.

As a parrot owner, take care to observe what is
being eaten during the parrot feeding time and
if, in fact, he is eating every day. If he is
not eating at all an urgent trip to the vet will
be needed. As part of the parrot feeding regime,
keep trying those foods he does not like, such as
broccoli, because many of them are very good for
them.

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