Food for weight gain?

[Shay]

Shiraz (eclectus) is ever-so-slightly overweight. However, Jager (african grey) is underweight.

 

Aside from nuts, are there any foods that people would normally restrict their parrot from eating simply due to weight gain? Particularly fattening birdy foods?

 

Edited August 9, 2012 by Shay

[Dave007]

Shiraz (eclectus) is ever-so-slightly overweight. However, Jager (african grey) is underweight.

 

Aside from nuts, are there any foods that people would normally restrict their parrot from eating simply due to weight gain? Particularly fattening birdy foods?

 

 

I don't know what you did in order to measure your grey's weright but their weight is judged by their frames. Small, medium and large boned greys have different weights. If your bird is eating properly there's little to worry about because a grey who is losing weight rapidly is a sign of a sick bird. You never said anything about your bird being sick.

 

As far as an amazon/eckletus, they do have a tendency to gain weight but the only things that can be done is lots of exersise and a proper diet.

Normally, I wouldn't recommend fruits but there are good for obese amazons but there's good seed and bad seed.

First, seed intake must be lowered.

They should get a varied diet containing a mix of commercial formulated feeds and seed supplemented with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables or any healthy human food. Fruit, such as, raisons, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, apricots, plums and bananas should be added to their diet. They also like chopped vegetables like broccoli, which will help supply them with calcium, and green peas, sweet corn, carrots and carrot greens, beet greens, lettuce, watercress, sweet potatoes and sprouts. Amazon parrots particularly like corn and beans. They especially need the vitamins and nutrients found in vegetables and should be fed more vegetables than fruit. Any fresh foods that they do not eat should be discarded after 24 hours.

Edited August 9, 2012 by Dave007

[stover123]

Hallo.

I think Dried foods are very important for loss weight... I am also eat dried food in cold days.

 

 

 

 

Beans & Pulses

Edited December 8, 2012 by stover123