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Nutri-Forage

Product Description

Nutri-Forage is a mixture of pellets (30%) and grains. This nutritious treat is designed to provide dietary enrichment by encouraging the bird to work for and play with its food.

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Recommended Use

Nutri-Forage is a nutritious treat that provides enrichment by encouraging foraging. Nutri-Forage is heated until soft and warm, then packed into pasta or any fun, safe item to stimulate normal foraging behavior.

Foraging is the act of searching for and finding food. Many wild birds spend more than 50% of their day foraging and feeding, and this behavior is believed to have social and behavioral importance. Foraging significantly improves the mental well being of captive avian species, and foraging may also help to manage feather destructive behavior and other abnormal, repetitive behaviors in psittacines (see references 1-5 below).

Features and Benefits

Nutri-Forage is nutritionally balanced with:

  • Balanced omega 3/6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • Stabilized vitamins and chelated minerals for excellent absorption
  • Naturally preserved with tocopherols and citric acid.

Sizes and Colors

Package size: 100 g (3.5 oz)

Nutri-Forage is also available in cases, with 12 packages per box.

Expiration Date

Look for the “Best Before” label on the package.

Feeding Directions

  1. Preheat an oven or toaster oven to 350ºF (275ºF). Microwaving is not recommended as even heating allows for best filling and there is also danger of hotspots.
  2. Gather several clean food items or clean, edible paper or wood items to fill.
  3. Place one-quarter bar of the Nutri-Forage filler on a cool baking sheet.
  4. Bake for 2-2.5 minutes. Food should be soft and warm, but not too hot.
  5. Using a small spoon, fill the empty food or enrichment item.
  6. Allow food to cool completely before touching with your fingers and giving to your bird.
  7. Store extra treats in a re-sealable bag to maintain freshness.

Guaranteed Analyses

Protein (min) 11.0%
Fat (min) 6.0%
Fiber (max) 6.0%

Ingredients

Ground corn, red millet, hulled white proso millet, hulled oats, hulled canary grass seed, soybean meal, wheat flour, sugar, gelatin, propylene glycol, glycerine, canola oil, dicalcium phosphate, ground limestone, salt, DL-methionine, citric acid, mixed tocopherols, choline chloride, vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, ascorbic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex, niacin, calcium dipantothenate, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese oxide, zinc oxide, folic acid, biotin, cupric sulfate, vitamin B12, sodium selenite.

References

  1. Field DA, Thomas R. Environmental enrichment for psittacines at Edinburgh Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 37(1):232-237, 2000.
  2. Ingliss IF, et al. Starlings search for food rather than eat freely available, identical food. Anim Behav 34:614-617, 1986.
  3. Meehan CL, et al. Environmental enrichment and development of cage stereotypy in orange-winged Amazon parrots. Dev Psychobiol 44(4): 209-218, 2004.
  4. Meehan CL, et al. Foraging opportunity and increased physical complexity both prevent and reduce psychogenic feather picking by young Amazon parrots. Appl Anim Behav Sci 80(1):71-85, 2003.
  5. Mellen J, MacPhee MS. Philosophy of environmental enrichment: Past, present, and future. Zoo Biol 20(3):211-226, 2001.