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Most of the ground dwelling cockatoos such as Galahs and Corellas need a larger variety of smaller seeds in their food such as a good budgie mixture with a very small amount of Hemp seed.
of cheese to compensate. Most of the ground dwelling cockatoos such as Galahs and Corellas need a larger variety of smaller seeds in their food such as a good budgie mixture with a very small amount of Hemp seed. The larger African parrots need a good seed mixture as for Cockatoos but with more nuts such as walnuts mixed in. In fact walnuts are the best all round nuts for our birds anyway and they are easily available and quite cheap to buy especially in most street markets etc.. Oil Palm fruit is also very good for African parrots but you need to try various ways of giving it to them to help prevent wastage and it can be very messy on the birds feathers. Small African parrots such as Senegal’s, Meyers, Ruppells, Red- bellied and Brown Headed etc., need more peanuts but make sure all peanuts are shelled before giving them to your birds as quite a lot of the shells house aflotoxins which can make your birds ill and even kill them. Most birds eat the peanuts and throw away the shells which does not cause a problem. However some birds such as Ruppells do eat the shells which can be a very serious problem. It is interesting to note that peanuts are
actually a type of bean and not as beneficial to their health as other nuts. The best nuts for your birds in the best nutritional order are walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, pecan, pistachios and cashews. The smaller African parrots also eat more berries and flower buds than the larger birds and Senegal’s will eat and benefit from figs. Birds like Conures eat many more
berries, buds, small nuts and seeds in the wild and will benefit also from a course biscuit meal with a small amount of Bee pollen mixed in with it. Most of the Grass Parrots and parakeets that feed on the ground in fields and pastures etc. eat small seeds in all weathers. As such in captivity they benefit from soaked seeds and pulses etc., in addition to the normal small seed mixes that are available.
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