Feeding Eclectus Parrots
what you need to know
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Fruit & veggies should be a very large part of an eclectus parrots daily diets. Their extra long digestive tract & extra high sensitivity to the environment & food means you need to be careful with what you feed them.
The larger the variety of fruit & veg, the better. A high vit A & beta carotene is also required for the eclectus.
Brightly coloured fruit & veg are highly recommended as they have higher nutritional values. Fruit & veg that look washed or pale in colour like ice burg lettuce or celery are very watery & have little or no nutritional value.
Berry fruits are very nutritional & recommended as often as possible.
The usual no no's for foods never change for any parrot.
Chocolate
caffeine
salt
fats
sugars
avocado
Some fruit & veggies
Lunch mix can consist of
All ingredients are fresh. Frozen veggies often have salt added to them. I use a mortar & pestle to grind the small things down like nuts.
Star fruit (seeded)
Any berry in season
Capsicums, all colours
Snow peas or snap peas
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Pumpkin & seeds (Japanese & butternut are the sweeter ones)
Pepitas
Grated carrot
Apple
Pears (different colours & varieties)
Bananas
Plums, apricot, peaches when in season
Rind of lime, lemon or orange OR squirt of these juices.
Bok choy, red lettuces
Persimmons fruit
Silver beet, spinach
Watermelon, no seeds
Mango
Nashi pear
Pineapple
Coconut
Asparagus
Grapes (sparingly)
Any nut except peanuts crushed
Ground nutmeg
Tomato
Celery (sparingly)
Figs
Zucchini
Sesame seeds
Paw paw & seeds
Kiwi fruit
Pomegranates
This is only a small part of what is available around the world. For some parts of the world the availability is very limited, for others it's easily accessible. For me in Australia, 99% of it all is easily accessible at least most of the year. When one things goes, a few newer things come in so I am always able to give my eclectus a large variety daily all year round.
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