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Is spray millet good for budgies?
Even picky budgies will happily eat this treat. It has a crunchy texture, an interesting color, fat, proteins, and millet sprays are fun to tear apart. It’s a healthy choice to feed your budgie throughout the week, but only in moderation.
Is spray millet healthy for birds?
Millet is a good source of magnesium, phosphorus, protein and calcium. Spray millet, also called finger millet, is left on the stalk and provides a great treat for birds. It has an appealing texture and delicate taste, and satisfies a bird’s need to forage by harvesting his own seed.
How often should you spray budgies?
Budgies should be sprayed down about 1-2 times a week. If your budgie likes it and the room temperature is warm, you can do this more often. You should avoid spraying the budgie every day, which could hamper its ability to balance its natural oils.
Can spray millet spoil?
After opening the bag is it best to keep in the fridge or does it matter? Thank you. Millet can spoil, dry out, or become moldy if left in moist environments or not consumed before expiration.
Is it OK to spray budgies with water?
Most budgies love being sprayed with a gentle mist of water. It will encourage them to preen, make their grooming routine more effective, and cool them down. Misting can even relieve irritation during a molt, make it easier to breathe, and limit feather dust.
Can I give my Budgie millet spray?
If your budgie hasn’t tasted millet yet, introduce it to some and it will soon come to love this treat. Millet Spray holders are easily available in most pet stores, but putting an entire stick of millet spray in the cage is a bad idea. It is a fattening treat and you don’t want your budgie to have too much of it.
What do budgies eat?
To many people millet is the archetypal budgie food. The commonest varieties are white millet and the more expensive red millet, which has tougher husks. Both are actually the same species, Panicum miliaceum.
How do you get a budgie out of a cage?
Using millet as a lure is a great way of speeding up hand or finger-training for your budgies, for getting them out, and back in, the cage. It also helps, on the bird’s early free-flight adventures, to have a spray of millet fixed inside the cage.
How do you feed millet sprays to birds?
Tip: Let your birds eat their seed mixture and fresh food such as vegetables and fruits at first. As soon as they’re quite full, you can offer them a small quantity of millet sprays. So they won’t eat too much then. Many birds prefer the red sort of millet sprays.