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handful of Vesele Laga P15 pellets which they absolutely love. I like to give them some pellets in their diet for the following reasons. If I have missed anything from their
diet it’s bound to be in there, also if they ignore any foods they will be eating that substance in the pellet. The birds seem to really enjoy them
and delight in chewing them up into tiny bits, again making a mess but eating plenty as well. They make an almighty row until they get given their daily pellets so I am happy that they really enjoy them in moderation, I also use the pellets as a means of treating the birds individually while keeping them tame with a little bit of training. At about 5pm I give them a small
amount of Vesele Laga Amazone Parrot seed mix, never much, just a small handful. I feed Versele Laga as I find they make
good products and have found them all in 15 - 25kg sacks at a reasonable price in Germany, also I like the fact that some of
the money goes to Loro Parque. Some last things I make available is
whole cuttlefish bone and the pink iodine blocks wired to the aviary wire, along with plenty of hazelnut branches for them to chew strip and perch on, constantly moving them and adding new ones. I am still experimenting with flowering weeds mostly inspired by Rosemary Low’s books and talk at a previous Think Parrots seminar!
I would love to try my luck with Dusky
Pionus next. If there’s any Dusky breeders out there with or without babies please get in touch with me through the Parrot Society as I would love to keep these beautiful subtle coloured parrots and have a go at breeding them. As I said earlier I asked some breeders
for some advice along this journey. I would like to personally thank Les Rance, Kevin Pickup, Stefano Salles, Guy Smith of FeathersInc, Roz at Riverbank Aviaries, Terry at New Forest Parrots and mostly Sonja, Brandon, Xenia and Paul for loads of support feeding and cleaning.
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