How to hand-rear parrots
Suitable for hand-rearing small size granivorous psittacine species (genera Melopsittacus, Nymphicus, Agapornis, Neophema, Eolophus … ) which in nature consume mostly low-fat seeds.
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. For example, in cockatiels, it is used from the second week of age.
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 preferable to use a first-age hand feeding like the Granivorous Psittacine Crop Milk. At weaning switch progressively to formula Mini.
EUROPEAN LABEL
Mini Hand Feeding (Papilla Mini) is a complete food for the hand-rearing of psittacine birds.
COMPOSITION: Cereal grains and their derived products, oilseeds, oil-bearing fruits and their derived products, vegetable oils (high-oleic sunflower, refined flaxseed), legume seeds and their derived products, minerals and their derived products, dehydrated whole egg, fructose, dried brewer’s yeast, inulin (Cichorium intybus), marigold meal (Tagetes erecta), Mojave yucca.
ADDITIVES: Vitamins: 3a672a Vitamin A: 4600 IU/kg; 3a671 Vitamin D3: 1100 IU/kg; 3a700 Vitamin E: 270 mg/kg; 3a300 Vitamin C: 200 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: 1700 mg/kg; 3a160(a) beta-carotene: 18 mg/kg; 3a920 Betaine anhydrous: 250 mg/kg. Trace elements: 3b106 Iron (hydrated iron (II) chelate of amino acids): 28 mg/kg; 3b406 Copper (hydrated amino acid copper (II) chelate): 1 mg/kg; 3b504 Manganese (hydrated amino acid manganese chelate): 65 mg/kg; 3b606 Zinc (hydrated amino acid Zinc chelate): 23 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: 3.2.3 L-Lysine: 4.8 mg/kg; 3c301 DL-Methionine: 49.3 mg/kg; 3c440 L-Tryptophan: 9.8 mg/kg. Antioxidants: 1b306 (ii) Tocopherol-rich extracts of vegetable oils (delta-tocopherol rich): 114 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 21.5%, Crude fat 10.0%, Crude fiber 4.0%, Crude ash 7.0%, Lysine 1.2%, Methionine 0.6%, Calcium 0.6%, Sodium 0.11%.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE: Store in a cool, dry place. Avoid simultaneous use with drinking water to which choline chloride has been added.
