Mazuri Parrot Maintenance is a complete diet for large psittacines. This parrot food is specially formulated for non-breeding birds (young birds after first molt up to breeding age and for birds kept in non-breeding situations).
Features and Benefits:
- Specially formulated with balanced nutrition - Use as the primary diet for non-breeding birds
- Nutritionally complete - Requires no mixing or supplementation
- Extruded form - Prevents sorting of ingredients and helps reduce the risk of nutrient deficiencies
- Better than pellets - Less fines and increased digestibility
- Better than seeds - Less waste (20-50% of seed weight is hulls)
- Convenience - Leaves more time for breeding genetics, raising young, taming and training
- Fruit/vegetable supplementation can make up to 20% (by weight) of the total diet
- No artificial colors or flavors
- Natural sources of pigments, and antioxidants
Product Form: Extruded particles: 1/4" diameter x 1/4" length
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (not less than)
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15.00%
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Crude Fat (not less than)
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5.00%
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Crude Fiber (not more than)
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6.00%
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Ash (not more than)
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9.00%
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Ingredients: Ground corn, wheat middlings, dehulled soybean meal, corn gluten meal, soybean oil, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, brewers dried yeast, wheat germ, dried egg product, salt, L-lysine, calcium propionate, DL-methionine, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (vitamin K), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (vitamin C), choline chloride, tocopherols (a preservative), biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate (natural source vitamin E), beta carotene, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), folic acid, tagetes extract, canthaxanthin, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A acetate, thiamin mononitrate, nicotinic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, cobalt carbonate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite.
Feeding Directions: To switch birds from seeds (or any diet they are currently being fed) to Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet, do a gradual changeover, starting with 90% seed (of current diet) and 10% Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet. On each succeeding day, reduce the amount of seeds by 10% while increasing the amount of Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet by 10%. On the 10th day, the diet should consist only of Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet. Monitor the bird’s weight and behavior carefully during the conversion period. Be specially attentive during the 10th to 12th day. If the bird is losing weight, or if the bird is not consuming the product, offer the bird a mix of 50% seed and 50% Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet and restart the conversion process from this point. If the bird is not eating, the excreta color will become dark green and the volume will decrease. If the bird is consuming the Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet, the excreta will be a brownish-green color. This diet should be fed to non-breeding birds. Feed this diet to young birds after they have their first molt and until they reach breeding age. This diet should also be fed to birds which are not kept for breeding purposes. Any time a bird is not breeding or raising young for periods of over one month, they should be fed Mazuri Parrot Maintenance Diet.
