A Healthy Parrot Grocery Shopping List

A Healthy Parrot Diet Shopping List

Thoroughly wash all fruits and vegetables before serving them to your bird(s). Fresh foods are recommended over cooked, unless they are better accepted warm. Every bite of food counts! Make sure that every bite of food you give your bird is nutritious. The following vegetables and fruits are high in vitamin should comprise 30-40% of your bird's every day diet:  Collard greens Mustard greens  Turnip greens  Dandelion Spinach Broccoli Cress  Kale Beet greens  Chicory Chard  Parsley  Alfalfa Green peppers  Sweet potato  Carrots  Butternut squash  Hubbard squash Chili peppers Winter squash Sweet red pepper  Acorn squash  Pumpkin  Persimmon  Mango  Cantaloupe  Apricot  Papaya Raw plantain  Sour red cherry  Nectarine Other Vegetables and Fruits should comprise 15-20% of you birds everyday diet:  Peas in a pod Bean sprouts  Cauliflower Brussels sprouts  Zucchini Green beans Asparagus Beet, Potato Tomato  Apples  Grapes Banana Guava Berries Pomegranates  Tangerines Oranges Figs  Peaches  Plums  Kiwi  Corn on the cob  Quality Proteins should comprise 20% of you bird's everyday diet: Lowfat yogurt Low fat cheese Tofu Cottage cheese Hard boiled egg Cooked chicken Fish & Turkey Tuna in water  Various grains Corn  Nuts Cooked beans  Meal Worms insect larvae  Whole Grains should comprise 15-20% of you bird's everyday diet Whole wheat bread Carbohydrates should comprise 10% of you bird's everyday diet. Seed, Pasta, Bread, Potatoes, Rice  Fruit Do not feed cat or dog or monkey food since it has been manufactured for mammals not birds.