By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) While feeding ZuPreem’s blends to birds on all-seed/nut, nutritionally-deficient diets provides a great pathway to transition them to pellets, blends should never be fed every day as the main diet. Blends should not make up more than 30% of a bird’s total diet. They can be …
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) While ZuPreem’s blended diets are a great way to transition birds on nutrient-deficient diets (such as all-seeds or poor-quality seed blends) to nutritious pelleted diets, they can also be fed successfully to birds already eating pellets to provide them with more food variety and foraging opportunities. …
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By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Often when we bring new birds into our homes, whether they are from a bird rescue facility, breeder, or pet store, they are not eating the most nutritious diets. They may be eating all seeds or blends of seeds with nuts, dried table foods, and few …
As soon as you acquire your new pet bird, you should have it checked out by a veterinarian familiar with birds to ensure it’s healthy. Birds from shelters and pet stores typically have been housed with many other birds and may have been exposed to infections. Transitioning to a new home is stressful to birds, …
We are often asked if birds miss out on nutrition if they only eat a particular color or shape of pellet. Dr. Laurie Hess addresses this question in this video. https://youtu.be/0mXnU30xrXE Watch Nutrition in FruitBlend Pellets for Birds on Youtube. Video Transcript Birds actually have preferences so they will select out different colors and different …
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) As an avian veterinarian, I am often asked by bird owners when they should introduce a blended product, such as ZuPreem’s Sensible Seed or Pure Fun, into their birds’ diets. Ideally, these products can be fed to birds already eating a nutritionally-complete, pellet-based diet, as long …
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Everyone loves pasta – it’s yummy, filling, comfort food. Bird owners love to feed pasta – both cooked and dry – to their birds because birds typically love pasta as much as people do. Yet just as pasta isn’t healthy in excess for people, it is …
By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Many people try to balance their birds’ diets by offering them a large variety of table foods, including fruits, vegetables, grains, and protein. While these foods may be nutritious individually, it is impossible for bird owners to ensure that they are providing the proper balance of …
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Things like avocado can be toxic to birds. Now, not all species of avocados are toxic to birds many are so it’s better to be safe than sorry. Avoiding all avocados and avocado products, things like guacamole, other items made of avocados for our pet birds is really a safe bet. Other things you want …
If you’re sharing some human food items don’t use a utensil that’s been in your mouth to touch that item going to your bird. We have all kinds of bacteria, yeast, and other microbes in our that don’t belong in a bird’s mouth. The types of organisms living in a bird mouth are very different. …
