How to hand-rear parrots
Ideal for hand-rearing eclectus parrots. It contains dehydrated hibiscus flower. It also contains papaya which favours digestive transit.
It is a follow-on hand-feeding formula formulated to constitute 100 % of the chick’s diet. It should be fed from the moment pin feathers emerge until weaning. It should be used from the 3rd week of life.
It is advisable to prepare the formula with lukewarm water at a concentration of approximately 25 % solids. It is recommended to administer the formula with a soft feeding tube.
For younger animals it is advisable to use first age hand-feeding formulas like theFrugivorous psittacine crop milk or the Frugivorous Neonatal Hand Feeding (depending on the age of the chick).
At weaning switch progressively to Omega or High Energy Breeding and lots of sweet fruit.
EUROPEAN LABEL
Eclectus Special Hand Feeding is a complete food for the hand-rearing of psittacine birds of the genus Eclectus.
COMPOSITION: Cereal grains and their derived products, oilseeds, oil-bearing fruits and their derived products, fructose, vegetable oils (high-oleic sunflower, crude palm, refined flaxseed), minerals and their derived products, pollen, dehydrated whole egg, dried brewer’s yeast, legume seeds and their derived products, tubers, roots and their derived products, dehydrated hibiscus flower, dehydrated papaya, inulin (Cichorium intybus), Mojave yucca, marigold meal (Tagetes erecta).
ADDITIVES: Vitamins: 3a672a Vitamin A: 4800 IU/kg; 3a671 Vitamin D3: 1100 IU/kg; 3a700 Vitamin E: 300 mg/kg; 3a300 Vitamin C: 170 mg/kg; 3a710 Vitamin K3: 5 mg/kg; 3a820 Vitamin B1: 25 mg/kg; 3a825i Vitamin B2: 20 mg/kg; 3a831 Vitamin B6/pyridoxine hydrochloride: 25 mg/kg; Vitamin B12/cyanocobalamin: 100 µg/kg; 3a841 calcium D-pantothenate: 20 mg/kg; 3a314 niacin: 125 mg/kg; 3a316 folic acid: 5 mg/kg; 3a880 biotin: 800 µg/kg; 3a890 Choline chloride: 1400 mg/kg; 3a160 (a) Beta-carotene: 7 mg/kg; 3a920 Betaine anhydrous: 230 mg/kg. Trace elements: 3b106 Iron (hydrated amino acid iron (II) chelate): 21 mg/kg; 3b406 Copper (hydrated amino acid copper (II) chelate): 1 mg/kg; 3b504 Manganese (hydrated amino acid manganese chelate): 60 mg/kg; 3b606 Zinc (hydrated amino acid Zinc chelate): 21 mg/kg; 3b202 Iodine (anhydrous calcium iodate): 0.9 mg/kg; 3b814 Selenium (hydroxylated analogue of selenomethionine): 300 µg/kg. Amino acids, their salts and analogues: 3c301 DL-Methionine: 85 mg/kg; 3c440 L-Tryptophan: 6.7 mg/kg. Antioxidants: 1b306 (ii) Tocopherol-rich extracts of vegetable oils (delta-tocopherol rich): 125 mg/kg; 1b304 Ascorbyl palmitate: 30 mg/kg. Flavorings: 1.01 g/kg; Rosmarinus officinalis extract: 0.01 g/kg.
ANALYTICAL COMPONENTS: Moisture 8.0%, Crude protein 20.0%, Crude fat 15.0%, Crude fiber 4.6%, Crude ash 5.8%, Lysine 1.1%, Methionine 0.6%, Calcium 0.8%, Sodium 0.12%.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE: Store in a cool, dry place. Avoid simultaneous use with drinking water to which choline chloride has been added.
