Vetafarm Parrot Breeder Pellets

A healthy and balanced diet is essential for a successful and productive breeding season in parrots. Breeding places significant nutritional demands on birds, requiring increased levels of key nutrients to stimulate reproductive behaviors, support egg production, and ensure the healthy growth and development of chicks. Essential nutrients during this period include higher protein levels to encourage breeding activity, calcium and vitamin D3 to promote strong eggshell formation, prevent egg binding, and support overall reproductive health.

Vetafarm Parrot Breeder Pellets have been expertly formulated by avian veterinarians and nutritionists with over 30 years of experience to meet these demanding nutritional requirements. Designed for use from approximately six weeks prior to the onset of breeding season and continuing until chicks are fully weaned, this specialized diet delivers balanced nutrition to support both parent birds and their offspring. Made from fresh, high-quality Australian ingredients, the pellets are extrusion cooked to maximize palatability, digestibility, and safety.

Key Features:

• Optimized Nutrition for Breeding: Provides increased protein, calcium, and essential vitamins to support membrane and shell formation, egg laying, and chick growth.
• Supports Reproductive Health: Formulated to meet the heightened nutritional demands leading up to and during breeding.
• Complete Feeding Solution: Designed to be the primary diet during breeding (80% of daily intake), complemented by fresh fruits and vegetables (15%) and small amounts of treat foods like nuts and seeds (5%) for variety and enrichment.
• Weaning Support: Chicks raised on Parrot Breeder Pellets can be smoothly transitioned to Vetafarm Maintenance Pellets post-weaning.

Feeding Guidelines:

Begin feeding Parrot Breeder Pellets about six weeks before the breeding season and continue until chicks fledge and are independent.

Daily Pellet Intake Recommendations:
Vetafarm suggests feeding parrots a minimum of 10% of their bodyweight in pellets daily. For example:

• 90g Cockatiel (or similar): Minimum 9g pellets per day
• 100g Ringneck (or similar): Minimum 10g pellets per day
• 250g Alexandrine (or similar): Minimum 25g pellets per day

Storage Instructions:

Store pellets in an airtight container, away from direct sunlight, and below 30°C to maintain freshness. Once opened, consume within 30 days for optimal quality.

Expiry:

Best before 2 years from the date of manufacture.

Ingredients:

Whole Australian grains including maize, soybean, and wheat, enriched with amino acids (lysine and methionine), vegetable oils, and natural organic acids. Fortified with essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D3, E, H & K) and minerals such as calcium, cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sodium, sulphur, and zinc.

Guaranteed Analysis:

• Minimum Crude Protein: 20.0%
• Minimum Crude Fat: 5%
• Maximum Fibre: 3.5%
• Maximum Salt (NaCl): 0.5%
• Minimum Calcium: 1%
• Minimum Phosphorus: 0.5%