Calcium rich foods for my Grey?
What kind of calcium rich foods can I feed my African Grey?
Never give an African grey parrot any kind of cheese, fresh or parched. It can make them very sick, that's what killed my first grey. Try giving him or her a small cup of calcium fortified red juice and mix liquid calcium my bird loves it. Also you can try with other types of liquid it will give them vitamin c and many other nutritious minerals.
My vet told me I could confer my grey yogurt and sometimes a small hunk of cheese. Greys as you probably already know need more calcium than the average bird. You can also give the bird some broccoli, squash, sweet potatoes, green peas, carrots, green beans, almonds, and walnuts. I also hold a cuttle bone in the cage for him, although he destroys it shortly after I put it in in attendance.
This question is really making me ruminate.
If I'm not mistaken the egg-shells can be given to the birds as Calcium. I know its good for something, and I'm just in the way of giving it to them, but I can't remember what its good for. I honestly think its for calcium. Maybe someone else here is feeding their bird egg shells know whether its Calcium or not.
The best thing to do here is grant the bird a balanced diet of pellets, seeds, and fresh foods. Everything contained by moderation. Low fat yogurt is good in small amounts as in good health as small amounts of fat free cottage cheese. Can also get crushed oyster shell and put some in near food and boil eggs and cut up with shells on for calcium they love them at least mine does. I also give my Grey juice. (orange his fav). Small amounts. Look up different foods that are high in calcium. There are also many treats that grant calcium in good amounts. Yogurt yummies are my birds favorite. :)
Crush some calcium pills and mix it with the food or the water.
You can buy an object at most pet stores called "cettle bone" (pronounced kettle bone). There like a sturdy rock thing that your bird eats pieces of and gives him calcium. They end a long time and are cheap.
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Spinach
Collard Greens
Kelp
Broccoli
Kale
Brazil Nuts
Celery
Almonds
Papaya
Flax Seeds
Oranges
Chickpeas
Almonds
Bok Choy
Turnip
cooked Egg shell
Many types of fish also contain vitamin D to help hold calcium into the body
Calcium deficiency can cause deformities of the skeleton, beak, foot & wings in many other copier species when they’re chicks. They can get weakened bones & bone pain.
It is fundamental to provide your bird with calcium in his diet. Cuttle bones are great, whether the bird eats them but not all birds will & destroying the cuttle bone isn’t considered a way of getting the calcium into their bodies. You can buy calcium supplements from your avian vet but you shouldn’t tender your bird these unless your vet has specified you use them.
Pellets would usually give your bird the calcium requirements he requests but you should make sure they’re suitable pellets for your species of bird. Not adjectives Eclectus owners are comfortable offering their birds pellets as a base diet. Many fruit & veg contains calcium & you can grate some cuddle bone into their meals for an added calcium supplement. This make sure your bird is consuming the cuddle bone & getting his calcium requirements. You can also boil egg shells for added calcium.
If you choose to offer pellets as a underside diet for your eclectus you do not need to add any other sort of calcium supplement. Many pellet companies today also net species specific, 100% natural pellets for your birds. This means the species specific pellet are more accurate in the nutritional requirements than general pellets.
Supplying your birds near just a calcium supplement of some sort isn’t enough. To be able to fully engage the calcium into their bodies they also need vitamin D3. The most natural form of vitamin D3 is from the sun. You should allow your bird to soak up some sun outside on a regular foundation.
Vitamin D3 used to be put in pellets in vastly large quantities & this often cause Toe Tapping in Eclectus parrots. Today most pellet brands have the right amounts of calcium & vitamin D3 in them but to be sure you should find out from your avian vet what your parrots requirements should be & read the ingredients on the put a bet on of pellets.
Over supplementing your bird with vitamin D3 & calcium can also lead to excess calcium digestion which deposits calcium in their kidney & other organs leading to health issues. So it is essential not to overdo it. Since my Eclectus prefers to have conversations with his cuttle bone than eat it, I grate some of the bone or append a little crushed boiled egg shell to his diet about once a fortnight. I don’t add them both together as I believe purely one or the other is sufficient & I don’t give it to him too often.
Bought calcium supplements should be used strictly as the instructions influence on the pack or your vet has said & should never be an ongoing supplement to offer. However, seed eaters do stipulation an ongoing calcium, vit D3 & other vitamins & minerals in their diets as supplements. Seed is very high contained by fats & your bird will not keep him healthy merely to have them in his diet.
All hens require more calcium in their diets during breeding times & it is recommended they draw from their calcium requirements about 3 weeks before they start laying to avoid chick deformity & ensure healthy hatched chicks. Calcium deficiency within many species of parrot can also cause the hen to become egg bound.
