Amount of pellets to be eaten

Clarin

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I don't know how much small size pellets I should give to my sun conure. I keep it in a bowl my conure jzt keeps Eating...I'm kinda scared it will get overweight or something like dat...
Pls someone tell me how much should I give for breakfast n lunch n dinner...anyways in between I would give peas or apple during training or while playing. 16088770037147281167537074234558.jpg

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clark_conure

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This is not an issue I ever thought about. Your bird won't over eat. I just leave bowls out and they eat what they need. As a baby.....it will eat a lot. Don't take food away they need the calories protein etc. to make new feathers and muscles.

NOT the same for snacks and human food! but pellets let the bird decide.
 

Laurasea

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I was afraid you had been limiting food in your other post showing the big crop. Birds will eat all day long that is normal for them. It how their digestive system works.

Free choice on pellets. And try and have as much free choice on veggies. As above young birds are growing and developing, tgey need great nutrition, and a little extra protein.

Sometimes with baby birds it helps to chop everything up to pea size. Romaine lettuce has lots of nutrients, try peppers too, a little boiled egg, .. offering a wide variety really helps with nutrients.
 

GaleriaGila

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Yeah, at this point, I'd just follow the directions... if there are any. Otherwise, unlimited pellets at this age and then a lot of healthy treats. Frequent weighing is a great habit. You can confer with your vet as time goes by, to ensure a good regimen.

Here are some thoughts on diet and veterinary care in general.


Most of us swear by our avian vets in the event of health concerns.
Certified Avian Vets
https://abvp.com/animal-owners/find-an-abvp-specialist/
If none are near you...
Avian Veterinarians
http://www.aav.org/search/custom.asp?id=1803
In my opinion, any of the vets listed here should be better than a regular vet.
International contacts, too.

What's the diet? That's critical for health. Too many are kept on seeds or other poor-nutrition things. They need veggies, legumes, grains... pellets are a good staple. Here's what I use.
http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/
I feed Harrison's, supplemented by fresh healthy treats. My first, and later, my current avian vet recommended it. My bird loves the pellets now, but to get him converted, my avian vet suggested putting pellets out all day, and putting seeds (his old diet) out for two 15-minute periods a day. That would sustain him but leave him hungry enough to try new stuff. I presume the same technique could be used to get him to eat other healthy stuff, like fruits and vegetables! My guy was eating pellets in a couple of days, and now I can feed a good variety of other stuff, knowing he has the pellets as a basic. Pellets are out all day... fresh treats a few times a day. I also like Harrison's via mail because I never have to worry about out-of-date products.

Good for you, for reaching out and being concerned about such an important issue.!
 

CharlieChick

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Hello Clarin, I just wanted to tell you that PetsLife's pellets are actually not good for birds.
Here are the ingredients-
Ground corn, Soybean meal, Ground wheat, wheat germ meal, sugar, vegetable oil, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, iodized salt, DL- methionine, dried bananas, dried oranges, dried apples, dried grapes, chloline chloride, natural fruit flavors, vitamin supplements, biotin, riboflavin, pyridose hydroxide... I can't tell the rest of the ingredients because they don't mention anywhere and I had to see from a customer image. The biggest thing is-
THAT FOOD SMELLS LIKE BUBBLE GUM AND CANDY
I can't even explain, it has a very strong smell of candy. Bird pellets shouldn't smell like that, something's wrong. The ingredients you see, are not good. They don't have much nutritional value at all. There are not a whole lot of great pellets out there and you have to be super careful when picking out.
I bought those pellets and my bird got sick. He smelled weird and his poop was always yellow and watery, he had got polyuria somehow. He even threw up one day which was the day I trashed those pellets.
I request you not to buy them, there isn't any information on the web nor do Petslife have their own website. Your bird will be better off without the pellets that smell like candy.
I understand how much difficult it can be to find good pellets in your budget. I recommend you to feed Roudybush pellets... they are much better than Petslife and ZuPreem fruitblend.

Lastly I'd like to point out that the 'budgie sized pellets' by that brand is very very small for a conure, it was even small for my lovebirds... they refused to eat it. Always get the medium size since you have a conure.
Thanks!
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plumsmum2005

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Hi hun have you access to a Organic Pellet, no additives etc. My preference is TOPs so please have a look at those? Second choice and this is what my flock like is Harrison's which is also organic. If a bird is a bit lazy eating so just munches pellets this can become habitual so offer fresh chopped up foods first thing in the day, as many safe and colourful veggies as you can. Then pellets can be fed later on. I have a 'too who I think would eat as many pellets as I give so he gets about a teaspoon or so a day.
 

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