Ducks are social animals and demand good companionship from their owner. Ducks make very entertaining pets. Pet ducks entertain you with their cute behavior and tricks. A male duck is called a drake, a female is called a duck and babies are called ducklings. Pet ducks range widely in size, color and shape. Some lay white eggs, others brown, and still others rainbow colors. In spite of of different breeds, basic needs of all ducks are identical- a nutritious and balanced diet to keep them healthy and happy.
Here are few tips that will guide you to choose right food for your duck. It is best to feed a diet produced exclusively for ducks, such as Mazuri feeds-made by Purina. Ducklings grow fast and necessitate food high in protein and calories. Pellets should be small that ducklings can easily eat. Diet for first three weeks should have 18-20 per cent protein.
Laying ducks require high amount of calcium and proteins in their diet. Laying ducks should be offered diet with 16-17 per cent protein and calcium. Ducks can also be fed chopped hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, bugs, garden snails, worms, night crawlers, mealworms, bloodworms, and floating coy food. Switch your ducks to a maintenance diet when they stop laying eggs. Drakes should be fed a maintenance diet that is 14 per cent protein.
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Submitted by admin on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 05:06.
It’s really nice to have you pet bird healthy and chirping. The bird foods are specially designed foods that help keeping your birds healthy.
There are some foods that your birds like eating. Thus its important to know your birds likings and disliking. Parrots like to eat sunflower seeds but you should not offer them frequently because these (seeds) contain lots of fat. You can also offer them crashed seeds that are easy to digest.
Another favorite food of parrots is green grass. You can also offer fresh green vegetables such as cucumber, pepper seeds, green chilies, but be careful about nitrates because it can be harmful for your bird and can kill them. Birds like fresh fruits like apple, guava and pumpkin. You can also offer them boiled egg twice a month. Chalk is another healthy diet for the birds and a great source of calcium, so it is good to provide chalk in the cage of bird.
Millet is also one of the main foods of parrot that can easily be available at any bird shop. Birds also like to eat bread pieces. You may give Bread in any form. You should select your bird food according to its digestive system so that it can digest them easily. Sand and throat enzymes helps to divide grain food in pieces and makes easy to digest but before using it, it is always advised to wash, boil and dry the sand because direct use of sea salt is not good for the bird’s throat.
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