The principal point in the housing of birds is a right feeding for them. Usually the principal part of the cage pets such as parrots, canaries etc. are considered to be granivorous birds. Owing to the name of this sort of birds people feed them only with seeds, that is not right. In the natural existence birds vary their nourishment against the season. They can have anything including animal forages, vegetables, fruits and tree barks. So, feed your bird with large diversity of forage and it will be healthy.
Today you can purchase bird seed practically everywhere, even online. You are to look after your birds and create natural conditions for them. That's why you are to feed them with various kinds of feed during the year.
There are a lot of cases when birds eat the same forage for years and nothing occurs, but illnesses not always show themselves in a quick way. Scientists observe such illnesses as the abnormality of molt, obesity, disorder of the reproductive function etc. All these cases are connected with incorrect feeding of birds. Also there may be many occasions of infectious illnesses because birds need vitamins and proteins in their nourishment.
So the main part of a bird's meal consists of grain mixtures. Diverse kinds of grains (wheat, millet, oats, maize and others) and seeds (canary seed, herbage seeds, seeds of lettuce) must be included in this blend because it is really useful for a bird's prosperity. Of course there must be oil-bearing seeds such as sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, hemp seed and diverse nuts. But these kinds of crops should be added in a small amount because overdose of oil-yielding seeds is the reason of overweight.
A quantity of seed forage should correspond to the daily norm of your bird. You can find that a canary would eat only one teaspoon per day and Cockatiel Parakeet's standard is one tablespoonful.
You have to contain in the feed diverse greens, wild herbage, fruits, vegetables, fresh leaves and branches of trees. Besides, animal feed must be included to a bird's meal. Hen's eggs in a boiled condition, nonfat cottage cheese or small amount of nonfat minced meat can be added in a bird's meal. You must give such forages to your bird once a week, but in molt period it will be twice a week and if it is a period of breeding - give it each day. You must also put in the bird's cage a feeder with pieces of chalk or small stones, they are necessary for good digestion and will give calcium to the bird's organism.
Birds also want a spacious cage for them to feel comfortable. Nowadays a large amount of pet shops and web stores may suggest you to get cages if you incline to bird houses.
For those people who like to feed wild and domestic birds we offer also bird feeders.