The principal point in the housing of birds is a correct feeding for them. Pets that dwell in people's houses in decorative cages commonly belong to granivorous birds. And as a result a lot of persons used to think that such birds are to eat only seeds. Every time of the year birds diversify their nourishment owing to their necessities when they dwell in nature. They may have everything including animal forages, greens, fruits and tree barks. That's why the variety of feeds will bring your bird robust.

Today you may find a wide diversity of bulk bird seed in different pet shops. As you see you shouldn't feed your bird a whole year with corns because it won't harmonize with their natural nourishment.

A lot of birds may have the same forage for a long period of time and don't show any symptoms of a disease. Scientists observe such diseases as the malfunction of molt, overweight, disorder of the reproductive function etc. All these occasions are conditional on incorrect feeding of birds. Vitamins and proteins are also needed for the birds' body because without them different infective illnesses may appear.

Grain mixture is the most necessary part in a bird's meal. It is very significant for birds that the mixture should contain different sorts of crops (wheat, oats, millet, maize etc) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds and lettuce's seeds). Of course there should be oil-bearing seeds such as sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seed and various nuts. Overweight can be provoked by oil-yielding seeds so you are to give little portions of them to elude overuse.

A number of crop forage must correspond to the daily norm of your bird. Budgerigars should have two teaspoons per day and in the same time macaw needs 4 tablespoonfuls every day.

Fresh forage contains different greeneries, wild herbage, fruits, vegetables, also fresh leaves and branches of trees. And, of course you have to add animal forage to the bird's meal. You can give your bird boiled hen's eggs, fatless cottage cheese and small amount of minced meat. You should give such feeds to your bird once a week, but in moult period it will be twice a week and if it is a period of breeding - give it every day. Chalk or small stones must be also added in an extra feeder in a bird's cage. They contain calcium and important for good digestion of a bird.

Also it is important to provide a bird with a large cage. If you incline to buy bird houses you can get them at every online pet shop nowadays.

For those people who like to feed wild and domestic birds we suggest also bird feeders.

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