Budgerigar(Details)
Budgerigar is the most common pet bird in the world, with many varieties, naughty and lovely, widely loved by the public, they are very easy to take care of and reproduce, with lively temperament and easy to be tamed, and is one of the most popular pet birds in China.
Feeding is a very important part of keeping budgies, and a proper diet will keep your bird healthy, while an improper diet will lead to a variety of problems. Wild budgies will feed on many things, such as seeds of plants, tender shoots of plants, even tender leaves, etc. So how do owners prepare food for budgies under artificial feeding conditions?
1. Staple food: budgies like to eat some of the shelled feed, in the daily feeding should be grain, millet or egg millet. Oyster meal or bone meal can also be used as a regular feed. Some green vegetables and so on should be fed every day. You can also put a whole cuttlefish bone in the cage for them to eat. These are all better foods for budgies. The budgerigar is resistant to roughage, concentrate feed should not be fed too much, so as not to cause monthly fat deposition, affecting egg laying and reproduction.
2. Water: Give budgies some tap water to drink, do not feed drinks, drinks contain sugar, this will cause harm to budgies.
3. Nutrients: appropriate to the budgerigar calcium supplement, in the heat of the fill better, in this period of time not to the budgerigar calcium supplement, will cause the bird egg production decline, the budgerigar's body will also cause harm. In the budgerigar calcium supplement period, you can also be appropriate with some health sand together, auxiliary eggshells to supplement you some trace elements, this is a better food. Budgies also like to eat.
If it is the first time to raise parrots, may not be able to do everything, but the experience of taking care of budgies or from the actual process of obtaining. With patience and careful observation of budgies, you will become a master breeder in no time.