Frequently Asked Questions...
I am thinking of buying a new bird for my aviary, what should i do to prevent disease?
I already have 2 birds in the aviary
Answer:
Quarantine the bird when you get it and have it examined by an avian vet.
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Aviary Bird
Walk in Bird Aviary Canberra
A brief outline of alternative foods to give to your pet & aviary birds
I have a large open air mixed aviary at the bottom of my garden which is home to lots of budgies and finches (Bengalese (society) finches and zebra finches), a few cockatiels, a pair of turquoisine grass parakeets, some java sparrows (java finches), a couple of Eastern (golden mantle) rosellas, and a few kakarikis, who all live together in reasonable harmony (the large flight helps to reduce squabbles as they have room to get out of each others way) and they also share the flight area with - you'll love this - a rabbit; yes I have an open rabbit hutch in the bottom of my aviary flight and my rabbit gets the run of the flight - nothing new, I've been doing this for years. The rabbit and the birds have got used to this set up and never bother each other, I've even known them to share food.
I discovered this one day a while ago when I took dandelion leaves and carrots into the flight to give as a treat for the rabbit, and within minutes I noticed some of my birds coming to the floor and helping my rabbit to eat her treats. I've since been giving dandelion leaves and carrots not only to the rabbit but to my birds also, they love 'em!
The basic rule is if you can eat it then most likely your birds can also, with a few exceptions of course, common sense should prevail when feeding other foods to your birds. Avoid meat, fatty stuff, food full of preservatives, sugary food etc.; remember common sense, healthy is best; but if unsure about anything then don't give it to them or talk to an avian vet or avian nutritionist.
Avoid these:
Alcohol, Apple seeds, Apricot pits, Asparagus, Avocado (entire plant and fruit)
Avoid anything high is salt, sugar, and fat content.
Beans (any uncooked), Butter
Caffeine, Carbonated beverages, Cherry pits, Chocolate, Cigarette tobacco
Dairy Products (birds are lactose intolerant - cleaned/cooked eggs and yogurt are fine)
Fatty foods, Food Dyes, Fruit Pits, Fruit Rinds
Garlic,
Houseplants (most are toxic, not all)
Lettuce
Mayonnaise products, Mushrooms, Marijuana (hemp),
Nectarine pits, Nuts (brazil nuts, almonds, imported nuts that have been polished/dyed)
Old Seeds, Olives, Onions (raw or cooked)
Peach pits, Pear pits, Plum pits, Raw Meats, Raw Peanuts, Rhubarb (contains oxalic acid, as does spinach)
Salty/Sugary Foods, Seeds of: Pears, Oranges, Papaya, Grapefruit, Grapes, Apples & some Melons, Sugar (too much is a bad thing, best kind is natural sugars), Sulphites (found in dried fruits and veggies to help preserve them-only from health food store)
Tobacco, Tomato plant
Uncooked Rice, Unwashed Fruits or Vegetables
Give these veggies:
Acorn or Butternut Squash , Artichoke
Basil, Beans (cooked only), Beet & Turnip Greens, Beetroot, Bell Peppers, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Broccoli Rabe, Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage, Cactus Leaf, Carrot Tops, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery stalks, Chayote Squash, Chickweed, Chinese Cabbage, Collard Greens, Cooked Red Potatoes, Cooked Sweet Potatoes, Corn, Cucumber
Dandelion Greens
Edomame, Eggplant (fruit only), Endive, Escarole
Fennel
Green Beans
Hot Peppers
Jicama
Kale, Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Mustard Greens
Okra
Parsley, Peas, Potato (cooked), Pumpkin (and seeds)
Radicchio, Radish Red Beet (fresh), Radishes, Red or Green Pepper, Romaine or other dark leafy lettuce
Snow Peas, Spaghetti Squash, Spinach, Sprouts, Squash, Sugar Snap Peas, Sweet Potato, Swiss Chard
Tofu, Tomatoes, Turnip Greens
Watercress
Yams
Zucchini (courgette, marrow)
Give these fruits:
Apples (cored), Apricot
Banana - (only served fresh), Berries (Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Blueberries), Blackcurrant, Blood orange
Cactus Pear (peeled), Cantaloupe melon, Cherry, Cranberries
Dried dates
Figs (fresh)
Gooseberries, Grapefruit (seeded), Grapes (with seeds), Guava
Honeydew melon
Kiwi (peeled)
Lychee (Litchi)
Mandarin, Mangos (pitted), Melons
Nectarines
Oranges (seeded)
Papaya, Peaches (pitted), Pears (cored), Pineapple, Plums (pitted), Pomegranate
Quince
Red Currants
Star Fruit
Tangerines (seeded)
Watermelon (no seeds), Winter Squash
Yams, Yellow Plum
Other safe foods:
Cooked grains, Cooked legumes
Grains, Breads, and Muffins:
Graham crackers, Mandel bread (soaked), Matzoh, Mini bagels, Oatmeal, Pastas, Rice cakes, Rice Chex, Rice Krispies, Sweetened corn cereals, Sweetened oat cereals, Toasted bread, Unsalted crackers, Unsalted, unbuttered popcorn, Wheat cereals, Whole-wheat or multigrain bread, Zwieback toast, soaked, Whole Grain Breads, Whole Wheat Pasta, Lentils, Sprouted Mung, Sprouting Peas - can also be sprouted:
Amaranth, Brown Rice, Buckwheat, Hulless Barley, Millet, Quinoa, Spelt or Kamut, Teff, Whole Oats, Wild Rice, ,Corn Bread, Hulled seeds
Millet spray, Monkey biscuits
Hard-boiled eggs, Peanut butter sandwiches rolled in millet, Scrambled eggs, Sprouted seeds
Please note that this list is by no means conclusive, but it will give you a good start - there‘s plenty of variety there to keep your bird or birds happy even if you never bother with anything else. There are many other foods and plants that are safe to give to your birds, and also many that are not safe. The best advice I can give is; IF IN DOUBT, LEAVE IT OUT! We don't want to make our birds ill through our incompetence or lack of knowledge now do we?
Remember; for the best advice talk to an avian nutritionist or avian vet.
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Pete Etheridge
Nottinghamshire, UK
Keeper and breeder of pet birds for 10 years.
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