DIET

A good balanced diet is the key to successful breeding of parrots.

At SBB Aviaries we feed a mixture of soaked sprouted seed with fruits and vegetables. Our Soaked seed mixture is a mix of seven seeds that has proven successful. We generally feed more vegetables than fruit.

We feed our soaked sprouted seed mixture with fruit and vegetables all year round increasing the content in the lead up to the breeding season. Once chicks have hatched the amount of the mixture is increased and the content of vegetables increased.

Our parrots also always have access to a quality shell grit mixture and cuttlefish bone. Supplementary items such as vitamin powders can be given where a fully balanced diet cannot be provided

The diet shown does not suit all parrots and diet should be adjusted to suit the particular parrot species being housed.

We consider the diet shown a good Asiatic species base diet. Amazons and some of our conures require a more specialised diet.