Frozen Food is often served to birds as a favourite. It is easy to serve up, convenient, lasts longer than fresh fruit & veg, the wastage is minimal. Most bought frozen veggies do contain sodium in the ingredients so read the packs before you buy them. They are also cooked or blanched & this alters the nutrient content. Raw is always best to serve to your parrots. As an alternative to buying frozen veggies you can cut large batches of fruit & veg up & simply freeze them in meal size portions, RAW. While cooked or blanched frozen food has alter nutrient content, freezed from raw fresh fruit & veg doesn’t change the nutrient content at all.

To know a little more about freezing bulk fresh fruit & veggies you can view the forums topic The Great Food Production Line

Dried bought fruit is another popular easy food to offer to your parrots. Most of the bought dried fruits contain sulphur dioxide as well as numerous preservatives & additives, including the natural died fruit. For under $100 you can pick yourself up a cheap dehydrator, slice the fruit & veg up, dry it & bag it into zip lock bags. You can’t get fruit & veggies more natural & safer than this but any dehydrated fruit should only be offered as a treat. All dehydrated fruit’s sugar content can double or triple that of fresh raw fruit.

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