Dried Fruits, Their Benefits And How To Provide Ornamental Birds With Dried Fruits

Dried fruits are considered one of the most important nutritional elements for birds throughout the year. Therefore, they must be provided to all types of ornamental birds that are herbivorous or that eat seeds and grains. Dried fruits are rich in necessary and important nutritional elements such as minerals, mineral salts, and vitamins that are important in the life of collecting living organisms. Below we will discuss a few examples. About the dried fruits that you can provide to your ornamental birds by answering these questions: What dried fruits should be provided to ornamental birds? What are the benefits of dried fruits for ornamental birds? What are the nutritional elements that ornamental birds benefit from dried fruits?

What dried fruits should be offered to ornamental birds?

Dry fruits or dried fruits are all fruits that have been dried and dried from the water retained or stored in their cells when they are soft, and this is what makes them suitable for storage and for human consumption for a long period that may reach several years, and drying is a process that humans have used since ancient times and are still using it to this day. It is one of the means of storing food and protecting it from spoilage. In short, it is based on the idea of extracting water from food as it is the most common factor that causes spoilage of foods in general and fruits in general.

Types of dried fruits:

Among the most famous dried fruits we find: dried figs, dried grapes (raisins), dried apricots, dried plums, dried peaches, dried bananas, and many, many other dried fruits, such as berries, for example. However, dates are among the fruits that humans do not interfere in drying because they do not contain On a large amount of water. There is a difference between dried fruits that have been dried using the water drying technique and dried fruits in which the fruits are almost dry from the tree.

What are the benefits of dried fruits for ornamental birds?

Dry fruits are considered a very useful food due to the concentration of important nutritional elements such as minerals, natural salts, and fiber as well. 100 grams contain in their nutritional value many times the value of the important nutrients contained in natural fruits, simply because 100 grams of regular fruits contain one element. Water is very high, and the percentage of water in some fruits may reach more than 80 percent, and this is why other nutrients are concentrated in dry fruits.

What are the nutritional elements that ornamental birds benefit from dried fruits?

As we mentioned previously, dried fruits are rich in nutritional elements, especially when varied in amounts according to a nutritional table. These elements’ proportions vary from one fruit to another, and they are:

Minerals and mineral salts:

Calcium : The body of birds needs it to form strong bones, maintain them, and prolong the production period, especially during the formation of eggs in the uterus of female birds.
Phosphorus : It is an important mineral element that helps calcium complete its work well.
Magnesium : Magnesium is necessary for muscle contractions, heartbeat, and nerve function. Magnesium is also necessary for controlling blood sugar levels, it also regulates blood pressure, and maintains the bones, nails, and beaks of birds in their proper shape.
Sodium : Sodium works with chlorine to maintain the balance of fluids outside the cells, and is very important in regulating blood pressure.
Iron element : Iron is very important in the formation of the protein hemoglobin (in English: Hemoglobin ) found in red blood cells, which transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. It is also involved in the production of the protein myoglobin (in English: Myoglobin ) which supplies the body’s muscles with oxygen. In addition, the body needs iron to produce some other types of hormones. In short, it is almost the basis.

How to offer dried fruits to birds:

There are several ways to provide dried fruits to birds, which are: 1. Present them as they are. We simply divide them into two parts, allowing the birds to easily pulp them, especially for small birds such as: canaries, goldfinches, and small songbirds.
Method 2: We chop the dried fruits and serve them as they are or add them to the bird patty mixes. I will leave you a video below of my method for making bird patties. Method 3 for providing dried fruits to birds: This method is suitable for collecting all kinds of ornamental birds, and it
is by grinding them and combining them with other very useful food ingredients, such as nuts and “honey ” , or “ bee ’s honey ” , because of its nutritional, healing and preventive benefits as well. Madha knows the importance and countless benefits of natural bee honey .

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