Are too many hemp hearts bad?

Kiwibird said:

Too much of any one food in a parrots diet is bad. With very few exceptions who have more specialized dietary needs (such as hyacinth macaws), the overwhelming amount of parrot species are opportunistic omnivores who eat a wide variety of fruit, nuts and seeds in nature. They need a wide variety of foods in our homes too. Hemp hearts are fine to feed, but only as part of an otherwise varied diet.

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chris-md said:

Yes to all the above.

With eclectus parrots, they induce hormonal behavior. I caught a snippet (didn’t fact check, to be clear) that they help parrots in general with egg production.

We have an Indian ring neck breeder on this forum, Dani/SilverSage, who has said she would only feed them to breeding birds. Based on what I have seen with my own ekkie, I agree. I’ve long since removed them from my birds diet.

Tiny doses? Sure. Regularly giving a teaspoon with every mean? Absolutely not.

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