Animal Print - Issue 01

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15% - Fresh fruit and vegetables 5% - Treats Unlimited fresh water 80% - Vetafarm pellets

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

Fruits and vegetables should also be made available to encourage interaction, and provide variety and stimulation within the diet.

Ensure that you are only feeding 20% of fruit and vegetables, as recommended in the chart above.

USING VETAFARM PELLETS AS A SUPPLEMENT Vetafarm pellets can also be used as a supplement to seed-based or home made mixtures. When using within a mix, make sure that the Vetafarm pellet component is being consumed.

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Palatability: Good-tasting food is important to everyone – even our pets. Extrusion cooking improves the palatability of our pet’s foods, just as cooking in our kitchens at home improves the taste of our foods. Extrusion-cooked foods are accepted by animals much more readily than standard pellets and reduce the chance of you throwing out leftovers.

Safety: Making our foods safe for your pets is a priority at Vetafarm. High temperatures in the extrusion chamber effectively sterilise the Vetafarm pellets as they are manufactured.

This means the risk of bacteria and other infectious organisms is neutralised.

Digestibility: One of the key reasons that Vetafarm prefers extrusion cooking to older techniques is because the high-pressure and temperature conditions in the extruder actually help to pull apart starches and proteins in the formula. This makes the food much easier and more efficient for your pets to digest. This is particularly beneficial for breeding animals or babies raised on these diets; as much of a baby’s growth is dependent on how efficiently they can digest their food.

PELLETS VS SEEDS WHY PELLETS ARE BETTER FOR YOUR BIRD

VETAFARM PELLETS

OTHER SEED BRANDS

Scientifically formulated to provide a complete diet with balanced proteins, fats, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, ensuring your bird gets the nutrients it needs.

There are no detailed analyses of ingredients.

Grains are subject to wide variations in nutrients depending on seasons and regions where they are grown. Many grains are nutrient deficient.

Pellets greatly reduce the waste in an aviary.

Being 100% edible, you get maximum benefit from the pellets.

Less waste – less cleaning!

Seed mixes contain “filler seeds”. These seeds are cheap but not eaten by the bird – e.g. cracked corn. Seeds also require dehulling and along with the filler seeds may equate to 60% of a seed mix - which ends up on the cage floor!

Balanced amino acids (the building blocks of protein) allow the optimum development of feathers and immune system. Birds on pellets will look vibrant and healthy – because they are!

Most seeds are deficient in the essential amino acids – Lysine and Methionine. Amino acid deficient diets lead to poor feathering, low vitality and increased disease risk.

Breeding birds do better on pellets, producing more and healthier chicks from a fortified diet.

Vetafarm Pellets give parrot owners cost effective peace of mind with diets formulated by avian veterinarians and manufactured under strict quality assurance systems.

Breeding birds on seed diets struggle to find adequate calcium and Vitamin D3 for growing chicks. Bone fractures are common.

Seed diets are a lottery – you cannot know the nutrient balance of a mixed seed diet. Seed diets require constant supply of supplements to try and “fill the holes” in the seed mix.

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