Eating Birds Of Prey

Roses or lovebirds (The Rosy-faced Lovebird) eat mainly seeds, fruits, buds, leaves, and other plant foods, in addition to some types of roses eating small amounts of insects, larvae, and some invertebrates, so it is important to feed a bird Rose follows a diet similar to her normal diet.

The right food for the rose bird

Roses’ meals should mainly contain ready-made bird pellets (bird feed), which are available in several commercial types, and are often similar to parrot feed, and may be fortified with vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients. It is worth noting that some types of roses have a different diet . Some, like the “black-collared love parrot” that feeds on a certain type of fig fruit growing in its native habitat, which makes feeding it in a cage difficult.

Although ready-made bird pellets (bird feed) should make up the majority of the rose’s diet, it needs to be fortified with grains, fruits, vegetables and fresh plant foods , so that they make up about 25% of the weight of the food provided to it.

Rose birds need to be provided with drinking water constantly, as they drink approximately 300 ml per day, and they prefer to moisten their food before eating it, and it must be noted that the water must be pure, clean and of moderate temperature.

The amount of food for the rose bird

Generally, about 1-1.5 tablespoons of ready-made feed can be provided to each bird per day, or the equivalent of 45-60 grams. It is also preferable not to leave the rose bird food bowl completely empty, or to fill it in exaggerated quantities.

Rose birds are usually fed in the morning, so that they can continue to eat their feed throughout the day when they are hungry. It is also preferable to feed them with fresh food of fruits and vegetables once to twice a day.

Feeding chicks of rose birds

As for the chicks of rose birds, feeding them may require additional effort and experience, as they need to be fed a special formula of ground grain every hour after hatching until they reach the age of one week by injecting them orally, then feeding them every 2-3 hours until they are two to three months old.

Roses’ favorite food

The preferred food varies from one rose bird to another, and this can be discovered by experimenting with the behaviors of feeding the bird, and despite the possibility that the rose bird is selective in its food, it must be ensured that its diet is varied, and the best foods for rose birds can be listed as follows:

Cereals: such as millet and sunflower seeds, but it is worth noting the necessity of providing many types of grains to rose birds, and not being satisfied with only two types.

Fresh fruits : especially kiwi, plums, figs, grapes, citrus fruits, melons, and bananas.

Vegetables : carrots, peas, tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, broccoli, sweet peppers, and beets.

Leafy vegetables: quot; Spinach, parsley.

Foods harmful to rose birds

You should avoid feeding rose birds with foods that are highly rich in salt or sugar. We also show the following foods that may be harmful to rose birds:

onions.

the Garlic.

chocolate.

avocado.

mushrooms.

Dairy products.

All kinds of seeds extracted from fruits, such as; Cherry, peach, apricot and peach.

Apple seeds.

Caffeine-containing drinks