Nutrition is nearly the hardest thing to teach bird caregivers. Getting them to convert is the single hardest.
Nutrition is nearly the hardest thing to teach bird caregivers. Getting them to convert is the single hardest.
- Despite making great strides in pet bird nutrition over the past 20+ years, most bird owners are still ignorant about proper nutrition
- Pet birds are still predominantly eating high-fat, seed, and nut diets and are not consuming balanced diets
- To get the proper balance of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and other key nutrients, birds must consume a base diet of formulated pelleted diet
- The overwhelming majority of birds will convert to a pelleted diet from a seed-based diet even budgies.
- For most birds, diet conversion takes less than 1 week regardless of life stage, conversion method, or bird family
- Conversion method was the only variable found to significantly affect conversion time when it comes to birds’ conversion to pelleted diets
- The veterinary community—in association with pet stores, breeders, and bird food manufacturers—faces the ongoing task of better educating the bird-owning public about proper nutrition for companion birds. Oh, and rescues.
We have done so many conversions that we now offer it as a service. To learn more, go to our Services page for more information.
