J-Birds Diet

One of the first questions we are asked whenever we are talking to a prospective buyer is "What do you feed your birds?". We should put together a handout by species to give to them but there is so much diet information available on the internet that we haven't felt pressured to do so.

Just for the record, we feed a basic diet to all of our birds that consists of Pretty Bird (species specific) pellets, Sleek and Sassy Nutty Garden and Grain seed and nut mix, and Ducote's Cajun Lagnappe dried fruits and vegetables. We vary the proportions of each depending on the species of parrot. Cockatoos, Amazons and Macaws get a larger percentage of seeds, Eclectus get more fruit and vegetables.

To this base diet we add a constantly changing daily variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.

We buy our food from a wholsale bird supply company in New Orleans that supplies food to retail outlets in Louisiana as well as large breeder operations. I have asked them why they don't make their selection of food available on the internet but they just shrug. They have agreed to allow us to sell the products we use on our website and they will UPS the products to our buyers.

If we do this, you will get a much fresher diet than you can buy at most pet stores at about the same price. You also won't have to go to three or four places to find it. Please give us feedback and help us decide whether this is a good idea or not. - Craig
- posted by J-Birds @ 8:38 AM |