Branch food for parrots
For many owners, the revelation is the fact that branches are needed not only to care for the beak of a parrot, but also to create a complete diet.By eating branches, parrots get the trace elements and fiber needed by the body. Therefore, it is not worth depriving a feathered friend of such valuable branch food. Of course, when giving branch food to a parrot, some precautions must be observed:
- You should not “extract” branches near roads, garbage dumps or hazardous industries.
- Make sure that there is no resin on the branches.
- Before offering the branches to the bird, they are soaked for 6 hours in cold water, then washed well under hot running water, then scalded with boiling water to disinfect – after all, wild birds could spend time on the branches, and not all of them are healthy.
Do not use cleaning products, dishwashing detergents or soap to wash the branches. Only after processing branch food is offered to the pet. Branches can be given to a parrot not only in summer, but also in winter. In cold weather, they should be put in water so that the kidneys swell.
Which tree branches can be given to a parrot?
- Birch
- Linden
- Aspen
- Willow
- Maple
- Alder
- Rowan
- Cherry
- Plum
- Pear
- Apple tree
- Currant
- Hawthorn
- Kalina
- Rowan
- lenses
- Raspberry
What branches should not be given to a parrot?
- Coniferous trees – they contain resin.
- Oak and bird cherry – due to the large amount of tannins.
- Lilac – the bark and buds contain the bitter glycoside syringin.
- Acacia.
- Poplar – it absorbs toxic substances from the atmosphere.
- Elder.
