ZephyrFly
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I don't have a bird at the moment but I am looking to get a GCC (Green Cheek Conure) by next year. The breeder I've talked to feeds their birds a seed diet with a some powder supplements and some soak mixture, with the encouragement to give the bird extra fruit and veg for variety; this is also how they'd recommend feeding to buyers (that'll be me eventually).
Now personally I am ok with this, the seed mix they use and talk about has a good variety of mixed seed with a low percentage of sunflower seed. I am in the uk and pellets seem to be few and far between even online (on uk websites i mean), so far that I've never seen pellets in pet stores here, and when i see them online they seem to be silly expensive when compared to the seed-vitamin-soak option (pellet or seed, I'd throw in fruit and veg).
I do not think what the breeder does is wrong, I know they are advised by a bird specialist that helps them with everything from dietry help to buyer questions that they want a second opinion on (they referenced him with a few questions I`ve asked, including when I asked about pellets vs seed; this was before i realised how hard and expensive it is to get pellets where I live).
I type all this because I am aware that the main thinking is a base diet of pellets, but this seems incredible impractical/hard to manage for me where I live.
My question really is, with my situation does this type of diet seem good for a Green Cheek Conure (who we'll have flighted):
Low sunflower parrot seed mixture WITH vitamin supplement powder (as base)
soak/sprouting for half a week
fruit likely kept for treats
veg to make up on days without soak
Water is not a question, it will always be there.
Does this sound like a good solution?
Note: I am aware of dangerous foods, and we'll do our best to resist begging if birdy-boo wants our human food (future bird has no name yet).
Now personally I am ok with this, the seed mix they use and talk about has a good variety of mixed seed with a low percentage of sunflower seed. I am in the uk and pellets seem to be few and far between even online (on uk websites i mean), so far that I've never seen pellets in pet stores here, and when i see them online they seem to be silly expensive when compared to the seed-vitamin-soak option (pellet or seed, I'd throw in fruit and veg).
I do not think what the breeder does is wrong, I know they are advised by a bird specialist that helps them with everything from dietry help to buyer questions that they want a second opinion on (they referenced him with a few questions I`ve asked, including when I asked about pellets vs seed; this was before i realised how hard and expensive it is to get pellets where I live).
I type all this because I am aware that the main thinking is a base diet of pellets, but this seems incredible impractical/hard to manage for me where I live.
My question really is, with my situation does this type of diet seem good for a Green Cheek Conure (who we'll have flighted):
Low sunflower parrot seed mixture WITH vitamin supplement powder (as base)
soak/sprouting for half a week
fruit likely kept for treats
veg to make up on days without soak
Water is not a question, it will always be there.
Does this sound like a good solution?
Note: I am aware of dangerous foods, and we'll do our best to resist begging if birdy-boo wants our human food (future bird has no name yet).
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