Is it bad to give your IRN to much fruit? I usually give him 2 or 3 pieces a day... It depends on the day on what it is, but it seems to make him poop a lot more often... Im scared that it is going to dehydrate him or something... I try to switch the fruit up day to day... Pineapple, oranges, apples, strawberries, grapes, and others... i try to give him a lot of things because he chooses not to eat the pellets... so i know he needs some vitamins...
So... can you feed ur IRN to much fruit?
To Much fruit?
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Indeed you can.
Fruit is good for your bird, however it is also 70-80% water in most cases.
An IRN's (as like any other parrot) gastro-intestinal tract is designed to handle compact, concentrated foods such as - meats, cereals, nuts and seeds and various fruit and veg that fit into that category (like peas, carrot, beans etc)
As much as fruit is good, to rely on it as a main source of food will not get your bird near what it needs in nutrition... and too much fruit fills the birds stomach and its interest in the seed / important foods dwindle.
It will not dehydrate your pet, however you are not meeting the dietary needs (fibre vitamins etc etc) that I mentioned above. Making a slow decline in the birds health a very likely path.
Fruit is good for your bird, however it is also 70-80% water in most cases.
An IRN's (as like any other parrot) gastro-intestinal tract is designed to handle compact, concentrated foods such as - meats, cereals, nuts and seeds and various fruit and veg that fit into that category (like peas, carrot, beans etc)
As much as fruit is good, to rely on it as a main source of food will not get your bird near what it needs in nutrition... and too much fruit fills the birds stomach and its interest in the seed / important foods dwindle.
It will not dehydrate your pet, however you are not meeting the dietary needs (fibre vitamins etc etc) that I mentioned above. Making a slow decline in the birds health a very likely path.
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