POUL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Feces, Vomiting, Weight Loss
26 Mar 2018
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Provide a complete and balanced diet, all consumable. Nutrition: just because it is pelleted does not make it nutritionally balanced, one diet does not feed all birds, there are many companies and many diets, so do your homework. Dyes and artificial flavors in pelleted diets: droppings may be colored and have more associated urine. Colors a(cid:374)d shapes of pelleted diets used to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)at the (cid:862)(cid:271)oredo(cid:373) argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Strive to have 80-85% of your (cid:271)ird"s total caloric intake be from appropriate pellets. The other 15-20% should be made up of fruits, vegetables, nuts, other human food. Birds fed based on the previous guidelines: should not need vitamin and mineral supplements, should not need u. v. light or sunlight (but both are good to provide, will not need gift. Toxic food or foods to avoid: avocados, chocolate, apple seeds, pits of cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, milk not digested, others. Green, short tailed, identified by head and neck colors as well as natural range.
