Food for pet and aviary GALAHS 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 food needs to be offered in such a way and quantity that it will be consumed before it becomes spoiled.
We want the food offered and consumed over a 24 hour period to be nutritionally balanced.
The food should be offered in such a way as to mimic the feeding habits of the birds in the wild. Galahs tend to forage throughout the day and in captivity are very prone to obesity.
They therefore should be offered half their daily quota of their seed mix morning and later afternoon and a variety of fresh greens throughout the day. Ad lib feeding of seed may lead to
obesity.
The nutritional requirements of Galahs may differ with the time of the year, the breeding and moulting cycles. Extra greens and protein sources may be offered during breeding and
moulting.
Galahs are primarily seed eating birds, and ideally would be offered the types of seed they would eat in the wild. However, in practice for convenience and economy, we usually feed a limited mixture of introduced seed types.
