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The healthiest fruit and veg ted to have the deepest colors. Pale-fleshed apples, pears and turnips are low in nutrients, while vivid orange-fleshed peaches, pumpkins, sweet potatoes and carrots are terrific. They contain beta-carotene, which the parrot’s body converts to vitamin A, an essential nutrient for animal health.
This Sulfur-crested Cockatoo loves her corn on the cob!
Dark green is another color to go for - nutrient-rich cabbages such as kale, along with broccoli and dandelion leaves, are packed with B vitamins, antioxidants and a multitude of minerals.
As a rule of thumb, make sure the vegetables outnumber the fruits in your parrots' diet by around 10:1. (Again, this is a general rule, and there are exceptions: Caiques, Eclectus and Lories are fruit fanatics and require more fruit than the other parrots).
The following fresh foods are suitable for most parrots:
- Vegetables:
- Alfalfa
- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Beet Greens (cooked)
- Beetroot
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts (cooked)
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Chard (cooked)
- Chicory
- Corn (on the cob)
- Cress and mustard
- Dandelion Greens
- Endive
- Green Beans
- Kale
- Okra
- Parsley
- Peas (still in the pod)
- Peppers (including hot ones)
- Potato (cooked)
- Pumpkin
- Soy Beans
- Spinach (in small amounts: it can prevent a parrot absorbing calcium if eaten in large amount)
- Spring Greens (Collard Greens)
- Squash
- Sweet Potato
- Turnip Greens
- Yams
A Rainbow Lorikeet mixing and matching fresh food and dry seed
- Fruits:
- Apples (no seeds)
- Apricots (no stones)
- Bananas
- Blueberries
- Cantaloupe
- Cherries (stoned, and not too sweet)
- Cranberries
- Figs
- Grapes (dark ones are best)
- Guava
- Kiwi
- Mango (no skin)
- Nectarines (no stones)
- Orange (seedless)
- Papaya
- Peach (no stones)
- Persimmons
- Pineapple
- Plantains
- Plums
- Pomegranates
Comments
Jordan, 15 November 2021
Does any one know if Electuses can have Swede?
Zain, 7 May 2020
Hi, I have a question. Info Parrots
Theresa, 13 February 2020
How can I help my IRN with molting, he really takes strain for a while ,looks sad ,looks terrible, won’t let me hold him (he is very tame) is there a tonic or something that can help him with this process. He is 20/+ years old as I adopted him 6 years ago.and the previous owner had him about 15 yrs but before that he was a stray in their garden.hope you can give me some advice.
Hafsana, 1 February 2020
What is the quantity of pellets can I gave to my small African green parrot???
Dave, 7 January 2020
In the comments on fruit you fail to take in that my wife when mixing up the mushy feeds uses a range of other stuff and that parrots who don't like food ... chuck it.