Budgerigar is the most common pet bird in the world. They are various, naughty and lovely, and are widely loved by the public. They are very easy to take care of and breed, lively and easy to domesticate, and they are also one of China's favorite pet birds.
Feeding budgerigar is a very important link. Reasonable diet can ensure the health of birds, and improper diet will lead to various problems of birds. Wild budgerigars will feed on many things, such as seeds, buds and even leaves of plants, so how can the owner prepare food for budgerigars under artificial breeding conditions?
1. staple food: budgerigar likes to eat some feed with shells, and millet, millet or egg millet should be the main food in daily feeding. Oyster powder or bone meal can also be used as conventional feed. You should feed some vegetables and the like every day. You can also put a whole cuttlefish bone in a cage and let it eat. These are all good foods for budgerigars. Budgerigar is resistant to roughage, so it is not advisable to feed too much concentrated feed to avoid monthly fat deposition and affect egg laying and reproduction.
2. Water: Just give budgerigar some tap water. Don't feed drinks. This drink contains sugar, which will do harm to budgies.
3. Nutrition: Give budgerigar calcium properly, and make it better in estrus. If budgerigars don't supplement calcium during this period, the egg production of birds will decrease, and it will also do harm to budgerigars. During the period of budgerigar's calcium supplement, you can also mix some health care sand together to help you supplement some trace elements with egg shells, which is a better food. Budgerigars also like to eat.
If it is the first time to raise a parrot, you may not know everything, but the experience of taking care of budgerigar is gained from the actual process. Through patient care and careful observation of budgerigar, I believe you will become an excellent breeder.