What food?

[xxbluedragonxx]

Hi!

Is it possible to overfeed vegetables? I am not sure how much or what mix to feed.

At the moment I am chopping into small bite size bits cucumber, carrot, tiny amount of chillies, spinach and mix it together.

For treats I give him sunflower seeds, apple, grapes.

How much is enough and what else can I give to ensure good diet mix?

How many treats are ok a day?

 

[expressmailtome]

Bump.

 

[Feathered up]

Be careful of too much fruit as a treat. I am the world’s worst about over feeding apple. I know I’ve done it when Skyy’s poop changes and then I back off. I also turned Pavitr’s poop blue with too many blueberries recently.

Wild birds forage for food all day long and I’ve taken to offering a couple tablespoons of fresh food in the morning and in the evening and hiding pellets and some seed and nuts and maybe a bit of milletin forage toys. I do keep some pellets in a feed Dish and generally only give a few small pieces of fruit a day. I give maybe a quarter of a large grape, teaspoon of pomegranate one big blueberry or a slice of apple and the like.

I’ve been feeding a lot of herb salad lately as well.

Yes you can feed to many leafy greens as many contain oxalates that can cause crystals to for in the urine.

 

[Barbara jasko]

My pet sitter tells me I overfeed but the birds only eat what they want, the rest is something to play with and make a mess. My cages always have a bowl of pellets and water. Then I give them a bowl of about a cup each of mixed chop/veg. Assorted veg, fresh sprouts, and some high antioxident fruits. For breakfast on their playgyms, they get 3 tablespoons each of a cooked diet with grains, beans, nuts, chia seed, flax seed, hemp oil, and a probiotic mixed in. 1 Nutriberry per day per bird for a treat.