A Bird's-Eye View of Nutrition

[Texasmujer]

Make Food Fun---
Biords love variety, so eating the same thing every day can get boring. To supplement your bird's dist in a fun and satisfying manner---as well as to reward good behavior---offer your pet treats. The following are sensible guidelines:

*Treats come in numerous varieties---look for snacks with nutritious, wholesome ingredients and interesting shapes and texrtures to stimulate your bird's interest.

* Treats in shapes of sticks or bars may encourage activity and relieve boredom.

* If you are using a treat stick in your cage, don't leave it there full-time. The bird will overeat from it. and may begin to refuse her real food.

*Treats are good for yoiur bird for one totally fifferent reason: because you're providing them. Offering treat foods involves important human-bird interaction. If the treat food requires hand-feeding, it helps strengthen the humabird bond, which is also crucial to the bird's health and well-being.