Fruits and Vegetables Keep Your Bird Healthy

 

Nature provides so many healthy foods for our birds. The foods with the deepest color offer the most nutrition. If you allow your bird to regularly “Sample the color spectrum”, chances are they will live very long and disease-free lives.

Fruits and vegetables that are bright orange, deep red, dark green, purple and yellow are best.

While Asparagus, spinach and chard are not harmful, they will prevent the proper absorption of calcium if given in large amounts. Limit their intake.

 

The following is a list of wonderful nutrient- rich and safe foods for all birds:

Acorn squash

Corn

Persimmon

Apricots

Cranberries

Pineapple

Beets

Dandelion Leaves

Plums

Bell Peppers

Escarole

Pumpkin

Blackberries

Kale

Raspberries

Blueberries

Kiwi

Romaine

Bok Choy

Mango

Strawberries

Broccoli

Mustard & Turnip Greens

Sugar Snap Peas

Butternut Squash

Nectarines

Sweet Potatoes

Cantaloupe

Papaya

Tomato

Carrots

Parsley

Watercress

Cauliflower

Passion Fruit

Watermelon

Cherries

Pears

Wheat Grass

Chili Peppers

Peas

Zucchini

 

Of course, every bird needs a basic dry diet available at all times. It is important to provide a combination of natural colored pellets, herbs, nuts, and dried fruits and veggies. It is crucial that you do not switch to a seed based diet. Sunflower/Safflower based diets are lacking in nutrition and very high in fat.