Foraging enrichment

Next to the question of what to feed, the question of how often comes up short. However, the presentation of food is just as important as its composition. The basic goal of species-appropriate feeding is (apart from the type and composition of the feed) a presentation that is as close to nature as possible. Wild parrots spend the majority [...]

The right diet for parrotlets

Zwei Sperlingspapageien fressen an einem Stück Maiskolben.

Considering how long parrots have been kept and bred in captivity, one might think that an article about proper nutrition is just a dry treatise of basic information. But the topic of the right diet was and is a difficult and emotional journey for me and my birds, as well as for the pet bird hobby as a whole. [...]

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