The principal point in the keeping of birds is a correct nourishment for them. The principal part of the cage birds such as parrots, pigeons etc. are considered to be granivorous birds. Owing to the name of the species people feed them only with seeds, that is not right. In the natural conditions birds vary their nutrition against the time of the year. Birds like to vary their meal with various kinds of animal forages, vegetables, fruits, tree barks and so on. So bear in mind, that if you want your bird to be strong and healthy you are to feed it with different kinds of forage.

Nowadays you may see a wide diversity of bulk bird seed in different pet shops. But you should not feed your bird just with seeds during a whole year because it doesn't really conform to different bird nutrition in nature.

There are a lot of cases when birds have the same forage for years and nothing occurs, but illnesses not always show themselves in a quick way. Scientists observe such illnesses as the abnormality of moult, overweight, disorder of the reproductive function etc. All these occasions are connected with incorrect feeding of birds. Vitamins and proteins are also necessary for the birds' organism because without them different infectious illnesses can occur.

Grain mixture is the most necessary element in a bird's ration. But the composition of the mixture should be of different grains (wheat, oats, millet, maize and so on) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds, seeds of lettuce) because it is highly important to keep your bird healthy. Oil-bearing crops can be also contained. They are sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seeds, diverse nuts and others. But these sorts of crops must be attached in a small amount because overdose of oil-bearing seeds provokes overweight.

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