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Experienced parrot keepers :I Question is on diet Can you help2007-11-24 17:19:42

I have an African Grey and a Blue and Gold Macaw. I've had my lovely birds for around a year now. I've read as much as I can and looked on internet about vitamins and calcium (I know calcium in particular is required by greys). But how much vitamins and calcium for each bird? I've read lots of different recommendations and am confused.

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I have a male Eclectus. We feed him pellets + Gerber Jr. Baby food once a day-he loves anything with tomato sauce-I'm sorry to say chicken w/veggies is his favorite!

eggs, anything we eat he loves -just NO avocado and NO

chocolate-plenty of variety. Fresh fruit-grapes! NO extra vitamins.

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If you feed them plenty of fresh fruits and veggies and have a mineral block in the cage your birds should be fine. It is interesting that you have both a grey and a blue and gold for pets as that is exactly what we have for pets. We are hobby breeders of smaller birds but have those two as pets. We do not add any vitamins to our water as we feed a pelleted diet to all our birds with seeds as a treat. This along with the mineral blocks and fresh foods is more than enough for all birds as far as vitamins and minerals go.

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As for the vitamins, I was always told that as long as they are on a complete, well balanced diet, they don't need supplements of vitamins. I am not sure what you feed your birds, and unfortunately, I don't have any specefic amounts for you off of the top of my head. I own an African Grey. His main diet is ZUPREEM fruit pellets, the macaw ones becuase he likes the bigger size. The pellet diets are a COMPLETE diet. He also gets noodles, rice, fresh fruits, veges, those types of things for variety. Snacks, he gets a peanut or two, bread crust, etc. I give him cuttle bones, or toys with shells on them so that he gets enough calcium, as I too have heard they the greys have high calcium requirements.