Eclectus Parrot Feeding Guide
Posted by feeding your Eclectus Parrot, Eclectus Parrot, feeding your Parrot, what to feed your Eclectus Parrot on 9/1/2024
Here is our Eclectus Parrot Feeding Guide.
As much as possible, keep your Eclectus Parrot’s diet varied. 60-80% of their diet needs to be pellets or complete food, and the remainder consisting of fruits, vegetables, sprouting seed, seed, nuts and other treats.
Eclectus Parrots (especially females) can easily become overweight when fed on a diet containing mainly seed. Fruits and vegetables are usually relished.
Hiding food in foraging toys is a good way of providing your Eclectus with mental stimulation, or you can just place it in their feeding dish.
Pelleted and Complete Food
Lafeber NutriBerries can be used as a treat or complete food, as they contain 40 essential nutrients. Their berry shape makes them the right size and shape for holding in feet or beak too.
They come in 5 delicious flavours
Original – Tropical Fruit – El Paso – Garden Veggie – Sunny Orchard
Kaytee is a 100% consumable diet with Omega 3, for healthy heart, brain and eyes. The food is an exciting mix of colours, shapes and flavours, for an interesting meal Eclectus Parrots love to eat.
Soaking Seed / Sprouting Seed
Use these to give your Eclectus even more of the nutrients they need. Eclectus Parrots have a particular need for Vitamin A.
Simply soak the seeds for a couple of days, rinsing occasionally, and soon you’ll have seeds full of the goodness nature intended.
Fruits
Another nutritious food stuff for your Eclectus Parrot is fruits. There are loads to choose from…
Vegetables
Eclectus Parrots have a high requirement for vitamin A. You should support your bird’s overall wellbeing by regularly offering foods such as raw or par-boiled carrot, cooked orange sweet potato, sweet red pepper and vegetable with dark green leaves such as kale, broccoli and dandelion leaves.
Seed
Should only be a small part of an Eclectus Parrot’s diet as many seeds have a high fat content.
Johnston and Jeff Lean & Fit Parrot Food has no sunflowers or peanuts. It has 24 nutritious ingredients Eclectus Parrots like to eat.
Nuts
Again, these should make up only a small portion of your Eclectus Parrot’s diet. Parrots like the different varieties though, which include…
- Palm nuts
- Cedar nuts
- Macadamia nuts
- Walnuts
- Cashew kernels
Other Treats
Sugar Cane is a healthy treat full of vitamins and minerals.
Sprinkle Bird Greens over your bird’s food and provide them with natural vegetation, such as alfalfa, parsley and kale and add variety to their diet.
Watch your Eclectus Parrot enjoy some of the finest ingredients nature has to offer with Parrot Cafe Treats. Each recipe has been made with only all natural ingredients such as red palm oil, honey, elderberry, plus a variety of fruits, seeds and vegetables. With lots of delightful treats to choose from there is something for every Parrot.
Please Note:
We would always advise buying the smallest bag/pack possible to trial your Eclectus with. It can take some time and persistence to introduce a new food. It may be worth having a second bowl of water next to your Eclectus Parrot’s food bowl, as many enjoy dunking their food before eating it. Always have fresh water available.
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