What does the macaw eat?

Peony parrots, also known as lovers' parrots, lovebirds, etc., are suitable for raising in groups. Artificial breeding environment can be fed with a variety of feed, such as biscuits, bread, steamed bread, rice, green vegetables, a variety of fruits, etc., raised in large quantities in parks or zoos. Budgerigar mixed grains can be used as the main feed. Let's take a look at what peony parrots eat.

What kind of food does the peony parrot eat?

Peony parrots in the wild prefer to eat plant seeds and fruits, and usually gather in large numbers in farming areas, mostly foraging on the ground, mainly on grass seeds, berries, fruits, and plant buds on the ground. for example, rice in rice fields, wild vegetables in the fields, and so on are their food. Of course, when they get home, they don't have to worry about food, because the breeders are ready for them. Domestic pet parrots like to eat more food, such as biscuits, bread, steamed bread, rice, green vegetables, cabbage gang, carrots, cucumbers, fruits, earthworms, rice, millet and so on.

Preparation method of peony parrot feed

1. Egg rice: 1 kg millet mixed with 4 egg yolks, the dosage generally accounts for 40% of the total feed.

2. Rice: Rice with rice husk is better. The peony parrot with rice seed coat likes to eat it very much. It can supplement starch, protein, trace elements and various vitamins, and increase the chewing ability of the beak. The dosage generally accounts for 30% of the total feed.

3. Millet: millet generally accounts for 1015% of the total feed.

4. Others: the rest can be fed with pockmarked seeds, paspalum grass seeds, melon seeds and so on. According to practical experience, it is better to feed 10-20 raw melon seeds every day.

Common problems in feeding peony parrots

1. Feeding errors of young birds: overfeeding for fear of starvation. In nature, parents must take turns to look for food to feed their chicks, so it is impossible for chicks to be fed until the vegetarian sac is full, so the chicks should be fed with a small number of meals, and before feeding, make sure that the food fed last time has been digested to avoid crop inflammation caused by the accumulation and fermentation of old food.

2. Only feed sunflower seeds: generally speaking, parrots love to enjoy sunflower seeds, but most birds take it as their only food, but they do not realize that this behavior will reduce the fun and ability of parrots to eat. And feeding only sunflower seeds can easily lead to nutritional imbalance, in addition, sunflower seeds are rich in lipids, which can easily lead to obesity diseases.

3. The problem of feed preservation: improper preservation of feed leads to food deterioration and even toxins, and birds continue to feed without noticing, of course, there will be problems with birds. Therefore, it is recommended to choose feed according to the amount of feed you raise. Large packaging will of course be cheaper, but the shelf life of feed is not long, so it will lose the big because of the small. In addition to the fact that feed should be stored in a dry or even refrigerated environment, it would be a good idea to invite several friends to share it, not only with lower cost and risk, but also to try a variety of products.

Note: when preparing food for peony parrots, breeders should also pay attention to the quality of food. Vegetables are preferably fresh and insect-free, cereals should also be fresh, and rotten food must not be eaten by peony parrots. When matching food, we should also pay attention to the matching of nutrition, can not feed a single food for a long time, such as protein, vitamins and other nutrients should be fully supplemented.