Aviary bird nutrition & care

We talk bird nutrition with NZ's own rockstar avian vet, Dr Hamish Baron.

Here’s a tip from Don Birch – the renowned bird rearer from the Hawke’s Bay Bird Club (and a loyal customer of ours) has come up with a great way to increase the quality and longevity of his feed.

In addition to fresh, clean water, quality seed should form the basis of your finch’s diet (60-70%), and can be provided in a dish or in the form of a seed bell or millet spray. The remaining 30-40% of the diet should consist of:

In addition to fresh, clean water, quality seed should form the basis of your cockatiel’s diet (60-70%), and can be provided in a dish or in the form of a seed bell or millet spray. The remaining 30-40% of the diet...

Optimal canary nutrition can be relatively easy to achieve.

This guide to budgie nutrition has been developed by experts and contains everything you need to know about keeping your budgie in tip-top health.