Wednesday, 25 June 2014

What can parrot's Diet contain?


Vegetables: (veggies should be what your bird gets the most of; feed leafy greens in moderation at first to avoid diarrhea) Artichoke Arugula Asparagus Beets and beet greens Bok Choy Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage (both red and green) Carrots and carrot greens Cauliflower Celery Chard Chickweed Chicory Chinese Cabbage Cucumber Dandelion Greens Edamame (A.K.A. Soybeans; for details on feeding soy: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11668&p=69360#p69360 ) Eggplant Endive Fennel Jicama Kale Leeks Lettuce (Romaine, etc. - darker is better) Mustard Greens Okra Peas/Snap Peas/String Beans/Snow Peas Peppers (all kinds and colours) Purslane Radicchio Radish Spinach Sweet Potato/Yam (cooked/parboiled) Swiss Chard Squash (all kinds including pumpkin and zucchini) Tomatoes (fed in moderation, some concern about the acidity) Turnips and turnip greens Watercress Wheat Grass Fruits: (your bird should get more veggies than fruits; remove pits/seeds from fruits you don't eat the seeds of like apples, peaches, etc.) Apples (no seed) Apricots (no seed) Banana Blackberries Blueberries Boysenberries Cactus Fruit (A.K.A. Prickly Pear, Opuntia, Cactus Fig, Indian Fig, or Tuna [in Spanish]) Carambola (A.K.A. starfruit) Cherries (no seed) Coconut (feed sparingly due to fat content) Cranberries Currants Custard Apple Dates Dragon Fruit Feijoa (A.K.A. Pineapple Guava) Figs Gogi Berries Gooseberries Guava Grapefruit Grapes Hawthorn Hedge Apples (A.K.A. Osage Orange) Horned Melon (A.K.A. African Cucumber or Kiwana) Kiwi Fruit Lemon Lime Longan Lychee Mango (no seed) Melon (cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew) Mulberries Nectarine (no seed) Olive (fresh) Oranges Papaya Passion Fruit Pawpaw (cooked; uncooked may be gastrointestinal irritant) Peach (no seed) Pear (no seed) Persimmon (must be fully ripe, unripened can be toxic) Pineapple Plum (no seed) Pomegranate Pomelo Quince Raspberries Rose Hips Rowan Berries Schizandra Berries Strawberries Tamarillo Tangerine Grains: (fed in very small amounts) Brown Rice (when fed with cooked beans, makes complete protein) Buckwheat Corn (frozen/fresh/dried/cooked: whole kernel, on the cob, plumped, popped, cracked) Hemp Oat Groat/Hulled Oat Oatmeal Pasta Pearl Barley Quinoa Proteins/Other: Beans (soaked overnight, rinsed thoroughly, and cooked) chick peas/garbanzo beans, broad beans, runner beans, mung beans, lentils (brown, green and red), adzuki beans, etc. (many bird owners just buy a 5/7/10/15 bean mix and cook small amounts as needed) Chicken (cooked, many parrots will break open the bones for marrow) Eggs (cooked through/hard boiled with or without shell which adds calcium) Egg Food Herbs Nuts (almonds, walnuts, acorns, pecans, hazel, macadamia, pine...) Peanuts (more in depth info on peanut safety viewtopic.php?f=13&t=11110) Seeds (typical birdseeds- GOOD for your bird!) Spices Sprouts (most nutritious as soon as the emerging sprout pokes through) Yoghurt

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