The principal point in the keeping of birds is a right feeding for them. The principal part of the cage pets such as parrots, pigeons etc. are used to be granivorous birds. Owing to the name of this sort of birds people used to feed them only with seeds, that is not right. In the natural existence birds change their nutrition against the season. Birds like to diversify their meal with different kinds of animal forages, vegetables, fruits, tree barks and so on. So keep in mind, that if you want your bird to be robust and healthy you are to feed it with various sorts of forage.

Today you can see a broad diversity of bird seed in different pet shops. You are to take care of your birds and make natural conditions for them. That's why you are to feed them with various kinds of feed during the year.

Lots of birds can have the same forage for a long period of time and don't reveal any symptoms of a disease. Scientists observe such diseases as the malfunction of moult, overweight, disorder of the reproductive function etc. All these occasions are connected with wrong feeding of birds. Also there can be many cases of infective illnesses because birds need vitamins and proteins in their food.

The main part in a bird's nourishment should contain grain blend. It is highly important for birds that the mixture must contain different kinds of crops (wheat, oats, millet, maize etc) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds and lettuce's seeds). Of course there must be oil-bearing seeds such as sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seed and diverse nuts. But these kinds of crops must be added in a small amount because overuse of oil-bearing seeds is the reason of obesity.

A number of seed feed must correspond to the daily standard of your bird. You may find that a canary will eat only 1 teaspoon per day and Cockatiel Parakeet's standard is 1 tablespoonful.

Also you may include in the mixture different kinds of greens, fruits, vegetables, wild herbage, fresh leaves and branches of trees. Besides, animal feed must be included to a bird's ration. Hen's eggs in a boiled condition, fatless cottage cheese or small amount of fatless minced meat can be included in a bird's ration. You should give such feeds to your bird once a week, but in moult period it will be twice a week and if it is a period of breeding - give it every 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 good digestion.

We are to say that birds want a large cage. If you incline to buy bird houses you may get them at any online pet shop today.

Also you may buy diverse bird feeders in our store if you like to feed birds in your yard or from the window.

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