RIO Fruit & Berry Mix For Budgies - 180g

RIO Fruit & Berry Mix For Budgies - 180 g is a 180 g mix of dried fruit and berries from Rio, cut small for budgies.

Key Features

• Dried fruit and berries: Rio's description of the mix, with the pieces sized for a budgie's beak.
• Separable into rewards: Rio suggests using the individual pieces for training, which is the most useful thing to do with it.
• One hundred and eighty grams: A single pack size on this listing.
• Made for budgies: Rather than for the whole small-bird shelf.

Dried Fruit Is Sugar

• This is the thing to be clear about. Drying removes the water and leaves the sugar, so a piece of dried fruit is several times sweeter than the fresh version by weight.
• Treats stay under about a tenth of what a bird eats in a day. It is an easy rule and almost nobody keeps to it, which is why overweight cage birds are so common.
• Give it from your hand or in a separate dish rather than tipping it into the seed bowl. Mixed in, a bird eats the interesting part and leaves its actual food.
• A couple of pieces a day for one budgie is a sensible ceiling. The 180 g pack is a long way from a week's supply.

Using It For Training

• Pick out the pieces your bird likes best and keep those for training. A reward only works if the bird actually wants it.
• Count out what you are going to use before you start, and stop when they are gone.

Good To Know

• Keep it sealed, dry and out of the sun. Dried fruit and oily seed both turn in this humidity, and anything musty, dusty or webbed goes in the bin rather than the cage.
• Introduce anything new in a small amount and watch the droppings for a day. A sudden change of food upsets a small bird quickly.