If you wish to keep your bird in auspicious conditions you have to pay serious attention to its nourishment. Usually the main part of the cage birds such as parrots, pigeons etc. are considered to be granivorous birds. And as a result a lot of persons think that such birds are to eat only seeds. But in fact this sort of birds vary their ration each season in natural conditions. They may have everything including animal forages, greens, fruits and tree barks. That is why the diversity of feeds will bring your bird robust.

A lot of different shops nowadays offer you to purchase wild bird seed. But you are not to feed your bird just with seeds during a whole year because it doesn't really correspond to diverse bird nutrition in nature.

From the first view you can not discover any disease after feeding your bird with the same meal for years. But with time illnesses will be revealed. Scientists observe such diseases as the abnormality of molt, obesity, disorder of the reproductive function etc. All these cases are connected with wrong feeding of birds. Vitamins and proteins are also necessary for the birds' organism because without them different infectious illnesses will occur.

The basis in a bird's meal must contain grain mixture. Different sorts of crops (wheat, millet, oats, maize and others) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds, seeds of lettuce) should be contained in this mixture because it is very useful for a bird's health. Oil-bearing seeds may be also contained. They are sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seeds, diverse nuts and others. But you are to take care of because the excessive feeding with oil-yielding seeds may be a reason of overweight.

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