Pets> Nutrition for your Pet Bird

Text by: Tanya Munshi

You have to maintain a healthy diet for your bird as an imbalanced diet can cause diseases or even premature deaths. Hence it is very important to start with a healthy diet right from your pet bird's infancy.

Food tips:

• Regularly change your bird’s diet. Apart from seeds, include sprouted seeds, veggies and fruits in his diet.
• You can get food pellets for birds from a pet store. Food pellets are rich in proteins.
• The size of your bird and the amount of food fed should be proportional. Larger the bird, more food he will consume than a smaller bird.
• Never offer your bird fried, salted or sweet food items. Fruits and veggies are ideal for them.
• Give your bird a slice of guava and let him play with it and eat it as and when he wants during the day.
• Don’t let any fruit/ food item stay in the cage for more than a day.
• Fruits and veggies are healthier for birds. It will help in clearing their systems and you will notice an increase in bird droppings, but it is a natural phenomenon.
• Check with your vet and plan a diet chart for your bird, so that you are well prepared.