VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

FOR BABY COCKATOOS AND BABY PARROTS

• ½ cup baby food cereal
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon fine cuttle fish bone meal
• 1 teaspoon corn syrup or honey
• 2 fresh egg yolks
• Milk or water
• 4 drops vitamins supplement
• Mix the dry ingredients; add the syrup and eg yolk and then the milk or water to make a soup like mixture.
• Boil over low heat 3-5 minutes, stirring gently.
• Cool until finger warm. Stir in the vitamin supplement. Feed the mixture with a spoon.
• The baby birds should be fed three to six times daily.
• The crop is usually visible as semitransparent bag at the base of the neck so it is possible to determine the amount of food left format he last feeding.