Maximum Nutritional Formula For Small Birds.
Year-round formula for canaries and finches as well as budgies (parakeets) and other small parrots.
- Conversion: All birds should start out and remain on High Potency Formula for a period of at least 6 months.
- Special needs: For birds that are moulting, overweight, underweight, particularly active, housed in a cold climate, recovering from an illness or affected by liver or kidney disease.
- Weaning birds: Feed High Potency Formula for at least 6-9 months.
- Breeding birds: Birds should be fed High Potency Formula 1-2 months prior to the breeding period and until chicks are weaned or for at least six months before resuming Adult Lifetime Formula. The amount of supplemental certified organic vegetables and fruits may be increased until the chicks are weaned. For each 2 Tbs (20 g) formula, add ½ Tbs (5 g) certified organic peanuts or almonds and 1Tbs (10 g) certified organic sunflower seeds.
Storage: Harrison's Bird Foods do not contain artificial preservatives. Once opened, a bag of Harrison's should be used up within 8 weeks. Storing food in fridge or freezer helps maintain freshness.
See INGREDIENTS tab and FEEDING GUIDE tab for more information.
- feed fresh food daily - do not "top off".
- to help reduce waste, feed as distinct meals.
- birds may eat all they want, but use the list below as a guideline.
Approximate feeding amounts of High Potency Superfine (HPSF) and additional foods:
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Canary / Finch:
- 1 - 13/4 g (1 tsp) of HPSF
- ½ tsp additional foods
- 1 - 13/4 g (1 tsp) of HPSF
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Budgie (parakeet) / Parrotlet:
- 11/2 - 3g (1 - 2 tsp) of HPSF
- ½ - 1 tsp additional foods
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Cockatiel / Lovebird:
- 2 - 5g (11/2 - 3 tsp) of HPSF
- ½ - 1 tsp additional foods
- 2 - 5g (11/2 - 3 tsp) of HPSF
FEEDING OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS
- Harrison's products should make up 70% by volume of your bird's diet.
- It is recommended that 20% by volume of the overall diet should be good quality, ideally organic, vegetables and fruits. Dark yellow meaty, or dark green leafy, items such as sweet potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, winter squash, broccoli, parsley, spinach, mango or papaya are the most beneficial.
- It is recommended that 10% by volume of the overall diet should be high quality, ideally organic, items which provide a rich source of omega-3s. Examples include chia seeds, hemp seeds, flax seeds, or certain nuts.
- It is not recommended to supplement with vitamins or other bird or animal supplementary products.
[For birds with suspected iron-storage disease: Avoid citrus fruits, tomatoes, kiwi, strawberries and other foods containing vitamin C. Avoid grapes, currants, raisins, liver, red meat, egg yolk or dark green vegetables such as spinach, which may contain high levels of iron.]