What and how to feed Amadin?

Health, mood and the ability to reproduce successfully in Amadins, primarily depends on a balanced diet. The diet of poultry should be varied. It is important that the pet likes the menu itself, and also contains vitamins, minerals and other useful substances. Therefore, feeding is also allowed. So that the bird is always fun and active, learn more about the information on feeding it.

The rate of daily amount of feed depends on its type. Typically, these rules are presented in tabular form and look like this:

• the proportion of millet should be 65% of the total diet, and during mating and feeding chicks - 60% and 55%, respectively;
• canary seed in any period of the life of the amadina can make up no more than 15% of the total diet;
• the recommended proportion of oatmeal is 5%; during the period of feeding, the amount can be increased up to 10%;
• It is useful to include wild plant seeds in the diet of poultry, 10% is enough, but during mating or feeding the cubs it is allowed to increase the proportion to 15%.

Ideally, the above recommendations should be observed, but, alas, not every owner is ready to measure interest. But the general rules of feeding are available to each owner:

• daily grain rate is 1.5 tsp. for poultry, feeding should be carried out in the morning;
• a soft mixture should be offered to the amadina 1-2 times a week, but when the chicks appear, fresh food should be in the feeder daily in the amount of 1-2 tsp;
• to enrich the bird’s body with vitamins and fiber, treat it with germinated grain, but make sure that it is in a separate container and not sour;
• as a source of protein, offer live food: flour worms, maggots, bloodworms, especially such a diet is important during nesting and caring for chicks.

They deserve special attention special vitamin complexes which have beneficial effects on the health, development, appearance and reproduction of the Amadina. It is more convenient to acquire vitamins in liquid form, then they are simply dissolved in water, which is poured into a drinker.

You can try adding vitamin supplements to soft foods. - then the likelihood that the substances enter the body of the bird will increase. Also, mineral stones and sepia are used to feed amadins, they are a source of calcium.

Before buying ready-made pet food, carefully read the instructions and composition. In case of a change in feed, carefully monitor the condition of the bird. See if the amadine tastes the new menu. If lethargy, passivity or other changes in behavior are noticed, then be sure to change the proposed food, perhaps this composition does not suit a specific bird. If the unhealthy state of the bird continues, it is better to show it to the veterinarian, maybe its disease is not associated with a change in diet.

Separately, it is worth mentioning about water. It is important to monitor cleanliness in the drinker. Fresh water should be poured every morning, and checked during the day for food and other debris. If foreign particles are found, the drinker must be washed and new water added. Tap water is unacceptable for the body of the amadina, in extreme cases, it is allowed to use the settled water. The best option is bottled water, if not available, boiled water will do.

In the natural environment, Amadins prefer to eat greens, fruits, seeds, small animals. In order not to feel a deficiency of some substances, at home, the bird needs to be fed with food, as close to natural. The main products for feeding these pets have already been named above, let us dwell on them in more detail.

Most often, such food is available at a pet store or in sales departments at veterinary clinics. This is the simplest and most common type of feeding, because the owner does not need to pre-wash, cut, stir anything, you just need to pour the recommended portion into the feeder. High-quality ready-made feed should consist of 60% millet. For amadins, it is better not to purchase universal food for poultry. If there is no special composition for this bird species, then give preference to products for exotic birds.

The finished mixture can be formed independently. To do this, canary seeds, oatmeal, flaxseed, rapeseed, lettuce, moghara, hemp and meadow grass seeds are added to the base of red millet.

If the above daily allowance (1.5 tsp) is excessive or insufficient for a particular individual, as can be judged by the residues of feed in the feeder, then you can adjust the amount of daily grain mixture.

The richness of vitamins and minerals makes sprouted grain a popular bird feed. If the bird has not eaten the grain mixture, then its remains can be sprouted. In this form, the presented product can be offered to the amadina 1-2 times a week. Some owners use sprouted seed for feeding in a different way: they feed Amadin for two weeks, and then take a month-long break.

Some owners make it even simpler: they put in a cage a container with the ground, where the seeds germinate. Birds themselves begin to eat hatching sprouts. Keep in mind that with this method of feeding the land should be brought from the garden, as the purchased soil may contain harmful additives, which, if it enters the stomach of the bird, will harm its health.

Soft foods and mixers may include boiled eggs, grated vegetables, and cereals. For instance, you can cook crushed corn, mix it with fat-free yogurt and leave it in the freezer. If necessary, the pet can be offered this type of food. Soft mixes can also be created from mashed carrots and apples, chopped beet tops, cottage cheese, and crushed shells.

This category includes greens, fruits, vegetables. Usually poultry are very fond of the presented type of feed, because it is he who makes their main diet in the natural environment. It is recommended that you introduce vegetables to home amadina with the help of cucumbers. This vegetable is crushed into circles and offered to a feathered pet. Usually birds prefer to peck the central flesh out of the cucumber. The following foods for complementary foods may be carrots and apples, gradually you can move on to bananas, cabbage, pumpkin crops.

Medicines for Amadins are considered leaves of plantain, dandelion, clover, beet tops.

If plants are collected from the street, then select specimens growing as far as possible from the roadway. It’s better to collect greens not in the city, but in the summer cottage. Carefully inspect the leaves for insects and diseases and rinse thoroughly before serving. In winter, indoor plants are also suitable as greenery, for example, hibiscus, begonia, chlorophytum.

Feeding live insects has a beneficial effect on the state of birds. As this type of feed, you can use small worms, larvae. Of particular importance is the feeding of food of animal origin during the period of reproduction and feeding. Amadina has enough flying insects for regular consumption. In the summer they can be caught independently, and in the winter a lively “delicacy” is bought at the pet store.

Similar additives are sold in animal goods departments. Most often, such top dressing includes sand, gravel, shell rock. For the full operation of the digestive tract, all these components must be finely divided.

For example, you can grind finely eggshell or offer the bird an ordinary pure chalk.

During the hatching of eggs, the female individual leaves the nest only for eating, at this moment the male replaces her. This period is certainly characterized by the loss of strength of the expectant mother, and it is important to maintain her health with a special approach to feeding. So, The menu must include live feed. Also, with pleasure at this time, the females will feast on fruits and herbs so stock up nettle, plantain, dandelions, carrots, apples.

When feeding hatching chicks, amadins increase the need for calcium. In this case, they will come to the rescue ready-made special additives, crushed eggshell or chalk. Good sources of calcium will also be cottage cheese, egg yolk, boiled minced meat. Once again, live food becomes an important part of the diet: daily, a nursing female needs 6-10 flour worms.

To prevent mistakes in feeding Amadin, check out the list of products prohibited for these birds.

• Avocado, papaya, mango, persimmon. The composition of these fruits contains toxic components that can lead to serious problems with the stomach of the amadina, including poisoning.
• Onions, garlic, parsley, dill. The essential oils contained in these products are also harmful to the digestive system of birds.
• Versatile bird food or parrot mix. Amadins can use only feeds designed specifically for this type of bird, or products for exotic birds. Parrot food can provoke vitamin deficiency, exhaustion, passive behavior of the amadina.
• Human food. Any kind of food from the human table can cause indigestion, obesity, diabetes, or poisoning of a feathered pet.

For more information on the diet of Amadine, see below.