Bird food for pet and aviary birds needs to be selected and offered with a number of principles and ideals in mind.
The food needs to be fresh and nutritious, free from mould, contamination by mice, rats or other birds, and free from poisons.
The quantity of food offered should be consumed before it becomes spoiled.
Food offered over a 24 hour period should be nutritionally balanced.
Food consumed over a 24 hour period should be nutritionally balanced.
The food should be offered in such a way as to mimic the feeding habits of the birds in the wild. Some species will gorge early morning and late afternoon whereas others will
feed throughout the day.
The nutritional requirements of different species of birds may differ greatly or be very similar depending on the species. They may also differ for a particular species with the
time of the year, the breeding and moulting cycles.
The types and variety of food that we commonly offer our pet birds are usually very limited when compared with what wild birds eat.
