I own eight birds, a combination of parakeets and zebra finches. A diet of seeds is traditional and stereotypical for pet birds. Birds love seeds like people love junk food. Seeds are junk food for birds. A diet of seeds is high in fat and lacking in nutrition. Veterinarians now recommend a pelletized diet that contains all the nutrition birds need.
I feed my birds ZuPreem AvianMaintenance FruitBlend Flavor Premium Bird Diet. It comes in different varieties. Each has the same ingredients and nutritional content, but the pellet size varies for large parrots, parrots/conures, cockatiels, parakeets, and canaries/finches.
The pellets are a mix of colors similar to a bag of M&M’s:
red, green, tan, and yellow. Bags come in convenience pouches of 10 to16-ounces and pouches of 2. 25 to 3 pounds depending on the pellet size. All are available in bulk bags of 20 pounds.
Since I have so many birds, I buy a 20-pound bag twice a year. Each 20-pound bag costs around $43 including shipping. It is cheaper to buy in bulk. ZuPreem recommends the product be stored in its’ original container in a cool, dry place.
The diet is good for one year after manufacture and all bags are date coded. I don’t store mine in the original 20-pound bag. I divide it up into potions that last about ...