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Learn the Benefits Of Organic Parrot Food

Your parrot’s diet is an essential factor in their life. What they eat affects all aspects of their health and development. Their health is obviously affected by what they eat because food contains nutrients to help them grow and thrive. But did you know your parrot’s mental and emotional health is also affected by their diet? It’s the same for humans. When we eat bad food, we feel bad. It affects our mood, our decisions, and our behavior, not to mention our health. And like you, your parrot will benefit from eating organic parrot food.

Organic Parrot Food Is Free Of Carcinogens

Many top level parrot foods have some serious chemicals in them – chemicals that have absolutely nothing to do with food or improving your parrot’s health. In fact, these chemicals can and do cause cancer. Here are a few of the items found in most non-organic parrot foods.

• Ethoxyquin – this is used as a food stabilizer and a pesticide.
• BHA – Butylated hydroxyanisole is a food preservative that has been shown to be a carcinogen (cancer cause).
• BHT – Butylated hydroxytoluene is another food preservative and carcinogen. Both BHA and BHT are difficult for humans to metabolize and next to impossible for a parrot’s sensitive system to manage.
• Menadione – A vitamin K supplement is extremely toxic. It has been reported to cause anemia, brain or liver damage, or neonatal death humans and is toxic for birds and yet many parrot foods contain this toxic element.

Organic Parrot Foods Don’t Contain Added Sugar

Would you feed your parrot sugar cubes? No, of course not, right?  Sugar isn’t something your bird needs nor does it improve their health, behavior or happiness. Yet most parrot foods contain sugar. They, for some reason, feel the need to sweeten the food. (Probably to cover up the taste of all those pesticides and preservatives.)

Your parrot doesn’t need added sugar and good organic parrot foods don’t contain any added sugar, flavorings, or food colorings.

Organic Parrot Food Lengthens Your Parrot’s Lifespan

A seed based diet is too fatty for most birds to handle and it’s short on nutrients. A seed based diet can cause:

• Fatty Liver Disease
• Kidney Failure, Feather Plucking Issues
• Overgrown Beaks
• Blindness
• Epileptic Seizures (Mostly Common In African Greys, And Cockatoos)
• Inability to Fly
• Chronic sickness

An organic pellet parrot food  can lengthen the life of your parrot by several years. Actually, it can triple your parrot’s lifespan. Why? Because it offers 100% nutrition without the unnecessary extras like fat, sugar and chemicals.

Organic Parrot Food Is Easier to Get Than Ever Before

A few years ago, organic parrot food  was next to impossible to find. It was also incredibly expensive, not to mention the shipping cost was exorbitant. That’s not the case anymore. More people are aware of the benefits making it easier to find.

If you want to offer your parrot the best you can possibly offer, organic parrot food is the way to go. It’s 100% good for your bird and helps you give them the life, love and health they deserve.

Yahoo Answers:

Question by Shannon A: Can I feed my parrot food with honey in it?
I like to feed my parrots table food. I like to have oatmeal with organic honey. I know it is bad to feed honey to children. I don’t want to even eat in front of them if they can’t eat it! =0)

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Answer by enn
Honey is not bad for children, just small babies. Honey is actually a better sweetener for small children than substitute sugars, so give your kids honey.
As for your parrot, honey is found naturally in their habitat and is a source of food for them as well. Raw or cooked oatmeal with honey is fine for both parrot and children. Honey is a great cough soother in small children. Just small newborn babies under age 1 shouldn’t have honey – but after that, honey is found naturally everywhere there are flowers and bees, and historically over the centuries honey was much more prominent as a sweetener in breads and cakes than cane sugar, so don’t believe what those “experts” say. Humans have survived for thousands of years eating honey, I’m sure feeding your kids and parrot honey will be just fine.

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Finding The Correct Parrot Food

What is the best parrot food and why? There is no single answer to this question as many different types of parrot food are good for different reasons. However it is important to find out which foods are good and why because you never know what really goes into certain products. So what are the benefits and disadvantages of particular food groups?

Seeds are a great source of nutrition for parrots. They are designed especially for parrots so the ingredients are not harmful in any way. Regular seed mixes of parrot food usually contain just plain old sunflower seeds which are high in fat and it is recommended that you try to stay away from these. More expensive mixes however, contain a large variety of seeds that are highly nutritious and very beneficial to your parrots diet. It is recommended that when buying seeds, always check to see the exact content of sunflower seeds.

Another type of parrot food commonly used and perhaps more nutritious than seeds are pellets. Pellets contain many more vitamins and minerals that will help your parrot stay healthy, live longer and have more overall energy. There is very little fat in most pellets found on the parrot food market but always check with someone if you are unsure of the ingredients. This type of parrot food is best mixed with fresh vegetables, which brings us to our next point.

Fresh vegetables are definitely the best type of parrot food there is. Combining vegetables with vitamin rich pellets can make a huge difference to the health of your parrot. It will give him/her a great deal more energy and vibrancy than any other type of parrot food. So go out there and buy some fresh vegetables, chop them up finely so your parrot can eat them and mix in some specially designed pellets. Changing a parrots diet can do wonders for its personality!

The last point to make note of is this, parrots are like children, they will eat anything they can get their beaks on. Some people believe that parrots are smart enough to know what is best for them to eat. Do not believe this as this is the first step to having a very unhealthy bird that will only live for half as long as it is suppose to. In the end it comes down to this, parrots must eat parrot food not human food!

Yahoo Answers:

Question by Dinky Finklestein: I ran out of mouse food today. Is it OK to give her Parrot food?
I don’t know if there might be something unhealthy about feeding a mouse bird food. Specifically parrot food.
If it’s not OK, do you know why?

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Answer by anonymous
I don’t think it’s healthy, just feed her lettuce and other veggies or fruit

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Now you have bought a parrot you may be asking the question, what is the best parrots food for your new pet.  At this point, you have probably realized that there is no single food that can be given to every bird, so now it’s time to do some research in order to find a good and balanced diet for your pet.

Buying Food With Low Sunflower Content:

Firstly, it is not really harmful to feed seeds to your pet, because they have a lot of nutritional content. However, parrots food with sunflower seeds in them are not good for your bird, because they contain lots of fats.  Therefore, it would be best to purchase seed mixes with a low sunflower content, which will keep your parrot in good health.

Pellets are an excellent parrot food and are very often fed to pet parrots mainly because they contain a lot of minerals and vitamins which are good for the health of your pet and will ensure that he lives longer and remains energetic as to. These pellets usually do not contain much fat and by mixing them with fresh vegetables it creates a wonderful meal for your bird.

Of course, nothing quite beats fresh vegetables which are obviously the proper kind of parrot food and when mixed with pellets that contain plenty of vitamins, it will help in maintaining good health in your parrot. A parrots food helps to make the animal feel more energetic and there is also certain vibrancy in good parrot food that is not found in any other kind of food and that is why it is a good idea to feed fresh and finely chopped vegetables to your bird and to also mix some pellets with the cut vegetables.

In fact, when it concerns parrot bird food there are several options to choose from including special diets and also regular foods and in fact, there are even special bird foods for different types of parrots which means that you will need to choose those that are especially designed for the type of parrot that you own.

Okay, the feeding habits of a parrot are like those of a child, which usually means they won’t discriminate what parrots food they eat.  So don’t make the mistake of thinking that these birds know which food is best for them, therefore, it’s best that you choose the correct parrot food from information you have researched from books and even the Internet.  The rather than letting your pet feed on any food it can get a hold of. In conclusion, the right kind of parrots food is one that is well balanced and is specially formulated for your pet.

Feeding your parakeet the right food is important to health. Learn tips for controlling your parakeet’s nutrition in this free video clip. Expert: Elizabeth Cantu Bio: Elizabeth Cantu has owned and been working with parrots since 1994. She has been active in captive parrot rescue and rehabilitation. Filmmaker: julio costilla

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Question by clairercluck: can parrots and budgies live together and eat the same food?
i have a indian ring necked parrot /parakeet hes not too large in a massive cage and have been give n 2 budgie can they all live together in one cage ….and will they all eat the same types of food

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Answer by grotonzoo
I wouldn’t put them in the same cage together without first seeing if they get along. Place their current cages right up against each other and see how they react to each other first. Go slow with this. As for the diet, each type of bird has dietary needs. Some of the food might be the same but I’m sure there are some foods that each will need individually. I would check with a vet or a knowledgeable pet store owner about these things.

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