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Large Parrot Seed Mix (JM)

This premium large parrot seed mix includes a well-balanced mixture of grey stripe sunflower, oats, safflower, cracked corn, barley, milo and wheat.

Large Parrot Bird Seed Mix (JM)
This premium large parrot seed mix includes a well-balanced mixture of grey stripe sunflower, oats, safflower, cracked corn, barley, milo and wheat.
Many inferior parrot mixes include a high percentage of cheaper grains like wheat, which help keep the price low, but are not especially beneficial to larger parrots. This mix does not make these compromises and maintains a healthy balance of all the appropriate seeds and grains.

General Bird Seed Information:

Bird seed mixes provide the seed component of a balanced avian diet. In the wild birds eat a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, flowers, plants, nectar, grains, roots & tubers, nuts, grubs, animal matter such as insects and carrion, grit and even clay. A pure seed diet will be relatively high in fat and low in nutrients particularly Vitamin A and calcium. Seed is a vital part of a balanced avian diet but should not be the only part. Although "complete" diets such as pellets or fortified seed diets claim to provide a balanced diet they give bird keepers a false sense of security and do not replicate natural conditions or nutritional inputs. Also, while little is known about how the mind of a bird works, bird-fanciers will agree they are intelligent creatures and a monotonous pellet or seed diet will bore them. A varied diet provides mental stimulation for caged and aviary birds. We advocate a varied balanced diet thoughtfully provided by well-informed bird-keepers.

Diet Suggestions:

  • A clean water supply is a must.
  • Bird-keepers must try a wide range of fruits and vegetables to see what their birds like. Fruit and vegetables provide nutrients not present in seed particularly Vitamin A. Just about any fruit or vegetable can be tried except Avacado which is toxic to birds. Iceberg lettuce may cause diarrhoea.
  • Native gum nuts, pine cones, eucalypt branches and blossoms will all be welcomed.
  • Grits and cuttlefish bone are essential to supplement the diet. Soluble grits such as egg shell, cuttlefish bone and charcoal provide minerals and trace elements such as calcium. Insoluble grits aid digestion as birds have no teeth and grind food into a pulp in their gizzard with the help of grits, Without grits birds may pass seed straight through thereby losing nutrition input.
  • Egg & Biscuit mix can be fed as well as mealworms or insects or insects for protein.
  • Sprouted seed provides a highly nutritious and tasty source of food. Sprouting can be time consuming but bird keepers should learn which seeds are suitable for their birds and the techniques required to sprout seeds.
  • Worming every three or four months is important and vitamin and mineral supplements are suggested.

Note: This information is only very general and might not be suitable to your specific bird or situation. Please seek expert advice before caring for any birds or pets.

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I bought this bird seeds package which is slightly expensive than others. I am feeding only a small amount each day to attract yellow crested cockatoo in my backyard. I found in this package contains many fancy sunflower seeds but my wild birds are not very keen. They favors another slightly cheaper seeds mix available on this site. I am using a several variety of tray, 3 hanging trays, 2 terracotta trays on the garden bed, 2 oven trays on top of the rain water tank so they don't fight each others and they are protected from other animals.

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