questions about foods for a parakeet?

Question

is it ok to have the shell of the egg grounded alongside with the hard boiled egg and feed it to the birds? and when you will feed the birds with corn is it the cooked one or the uncooked? thnx!

Answer 1

Hi,
Parakeets can have hardboiled eggs crushed shell and all. The shell adds valuable calcium to their diet. Corn can be fed in small quanities cooked but some like it raw.; You can scrape it off the cob and see which it prefers. Frozen mixed vegetables including corn can be warmed in the microwave in a small cup of water, drained , cooled and chopped finely for parakeets. Good luck.

Answer 2

What Do I Feed My Budgie?
A good mixture of canary grass seed, white millet, yellow millet, oats and groats and red millet, niger seed and linseed are ready made seeds you can find at your local pet store. The higher quality seeds come with a mixture of thistle, anise, sesame and safflower seed. Your budgie will de-husk their seeds and swallow the kernels whole. There may be a vitamin pellet included with iodine, which prevent thyroid problems. Vitamin B is good. Best place to store your seeds is in a dark, but airy place. Make sure you budgies food is in a tightly seal compartment. Usually they are sold in bags with zip locks. You want the feed to be as fresh as possible, and also you do not want any little critters getting inside. Some people store unused seed in their refrigerators until ready to use. Greens should be fed to your budgie once a day, but should not be left in the cage for more than an hour or so. Budgies in the wild feed on grass seeds, eucalypt leaves, buds and bark and other greens. Budgies are vegetarian and should not eat meats and milk. You should also offer your budgie fresh foods like green peas, cucumber, beet greens, carrots, unsprayed lettuce to name a few. Fruits that are good for your budgie are apples, apricots, bananas and most other fruits. Do not feed your budgie anything that is in the cabbage family, raw and green potatoes, green beans, grapefruit, rhubarb, plums, lemons, chocolate, alcohol, caffeine and avocado.

The budgies digestive system is designed to supply it with enough energy to fly. That is why budgies need a constant supply of nourishment. Budgies take in their food rapidly; their digestive tract is short and food passes through it in a few hours. If you heard the saying, "Birds Never Stop Eating" that is true. Budgies will starve to death if not given food for 48 hours. Budgies shell the seeds when they eat. Therefore what may look like a container with food might be a container full of shells (husk). Do not be fooled and let your budgie starve. This is a common feeding mistake That is why it is so important to feed your budgie daily. Budgies are also hookbills and crack open their seed to eat, so they do NOT need grit as many people believe they do.

You will also need a mineral block and a cuttlebone, which hangs in your budgies cage. These provide minerals and trace elements that your budgie needs, and the cuttlebone also trims your budgies beak. A cement perch also helps in trimming of the toenails. You can offer millet ever so often as a treat. Naturally supply fresh water daily. View more in our feeding and food article. http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/birdinformation/nutrition.php

Answer 3

one thing is you ahouldnt gave any human tables foods to birds because one thing can cause healthy problems and the other reason not to gave is that if you can make youre bird feel sick . and the other reason some parakeet might not like to eat any foods you try to dedicate to feed it with . plus you should always use only birds foods that are made for all birds like you gave youre pet parakeet some flower seeds, also there are some parakeet food you can buy from the pet shop or petsmart store. like maybe you can get youre bird a bag of fruit bites Banquet that looks like made with real fruits that use for any birds to eat. and there are also these Premum Vitakraft Menu food that does help the birds have a healthy hearts and gave them vitumins . theyre comes from big size big . if you want to get youre bird some treats like some snacks to chew on or play with it . there are these white hard treat that look like a pine cones that can have flower seeds all over it or bird seed that also can be cover all over the pine cones and you can hang them up so they youre bird can enjoy eatting it . its safe snack for any birds to eat .

Answer 4

what i usually do is i dont even give em the shell...i just scramble up an egg, and let them eat it. My birds love it...Also, i use canned corn for my birds, they will eat it SLIGHTLY warm, or cold, they love it! Either way its good for them!