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Foraging Strategies with Feeding Activities

Our birds need to forage as part of their daily activities, yet sometimes, we have to take steps in teaching our birds to forage successfully. Caretakers can use various pet products to create different levels of foraging activities that empower a bird with a sense of accomplishment!

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  • Best Practices for Prime Application & Storage

    ? While the exotic fruity flavor of Prime blends in well with soft food application,

  • Healthy Table Foods For Birds

    Do you like cooking for your feathered companion? See the delicious recipe for cooked rice with Tropimix!

  • Insects and Mealworms For Companion Birds

    At HARI we offer our passerines a few bugs and they love it! Insects and mealworms can be a highly relished and nutritious treat for many finch species, and even a few parrot species.

  • Enriching Bird Diet With Grains, Seeds And Nuts

    Good quality seeds, grains and nuts, especially in freshly packaged mixes such as Tropimix, can be a great addition to a companion bird’s array of enrichment foods. While healthy seeds have some nutritional benefits, HARI recommends that fatty seeds be limited to prevent obesity.

  • Converting to extruded pellets is an excellent way to keep your birds healthy. It’s also easy. Follow our step-by-step guide and help your birds make the switch.
    Start converting
  • Feeding Vegetables and Fruit with Tropican Food

    We especially want to share our concerns with overfeeding too much fruit and vegetables that contain high amounts of naturally occurring sugars. In the following two part video segments, the HARI team discuss feeding vegetables and fruit in addition to Tropican food.

  • Enrichment Foods and Tropican Consumption

    Healthy seed mixes, fresh fruits and vegetables, sprouted seeds, treat sticks, and millet sprays all make up good choices for most parrots enrichment diet.

  • Tropican Bird Food Diet Conversion Techniques

    The right cage choices, food dish placement, as well as optimal times to offer Tropican bird food can make a big difference in encouraging our parrots to eat a minimum of 70% Tropican. Often caretakers offer too much variety in their bird’s diet and that not only contributes to improper nutrition, these mistakes can also…

  • Tropican Bird Food Recommendations

    We recommend fresh Tropican be offered in clean dishes ad lib throughout the bird’s living quarters.

  • Weigh your parrot on a weekly basis to keep track of their weight and monitor their health. This can help you detect any changes early on and take necessary action.
    Safe Weighing Techniques
  • When to Feed Birds Charcoal and Gravel

    Why would your bird need Charcoal and Oyster shells? Each of these two supplements have unique qualities that can help you with your bird’s care. While the avian community has stepped away from charcoal as a necessity for companion birds, we at HARI find activated charcoal an indispensable item for all companion bird owners. Why?…

  • Recommended Feeding Methods of Companion Birds

    Budgerigars, Canaries and Finches have evolved as seed eaters and do best on VME supplemented seed diets mixed with some Treat seeds such as Fruit and Vegetable Treats. They also enjoy, and can be fed exclusively after adaptation, the TROPICAN Mash which is a dry powder that the birds lick up from a bowl. Breeders…

Choosing the perfect formula for your pet bird. banner

Choosing the perfect formula for your pet bird.

Companion parrots require a balanced diet that contains a nutritious blend of grains, seeds, nuts, vegetables, fruits, vitamins and minerals. Pet parents also need to consider the species, life stage and lifestyle of their pet bird.

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