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Bird Health Nutrition

Feeding your bird properly can be quite a challenge some days, and making sure your bird stays healthy and gets the correct foods keeps all bird owners on their toes. These avian books will help you feed the most nutritious foods, and when the needs arises, help your birds stay health the natural way.

NOTE: We do not recomment the Holistic book be used instead of proper veternariay care, instead it should be used in conjunction with your avian veternarian's advice. Always discuss with your Vet any concerns you have.

Guide to Successful Sprouting

"The Complete Guide to Successful Sprouting for Parrots" is the most comprehensive guide available describing all aspects of sprouting. It details their nutritional and healthful benefits.

Complete directions teach the reader how to germinate and care for a wide assortment of sproutable foods in a variety of climates.

The information in this book has been thoroughly researched, is clearly written, and abundant resources are present in the appendices. This book will help you easily adopt straightforward practices that can have a huge impact on improving the quality of your life, and the life of the birds you love and care for.

Feeding Sprouts verses Soaked Seeds:

When any seed, nut grain or legume is germinated - and allowed to grow - this is described as sprouting. During the sprouting process the entire chemical composition changes. Soaking initiates germination. For the sprouting blend to develop its maximum level of nutrition the general rule is that it must be allowed to grow for at least two to three days. During this time vitamins are generated, proteins present are broken down into their basic amino acids, minerals become chelated making them easier to assimilate, starches are converted into simple sugars, and fats are transformed into water soluble fatty acid components. This two to three day growing process is what enhances the digestibility and peak nutrition of the sprouting blend. During this sprout growing process life enhancing enzymes are created. These enzymes induce hundreds of thousands of biochemical processes in the body and facilitate digestion. There are a few exceptions to this sprouting process guideline. Read about them in “The Complete Guide to Successful Sprouting for Parrots".

Holistic Care For Birds

Holistic Care

Finally, Holistic Care for Birds is a manual of wellness and natural healing for our pet birds. Explore both commonly used and alternative treatments for birds. With this book you will learn how to offer optimum daily care for your bird, and what to do in case of illness or emergency. Learn how to improve your bird's overall quality of life and general state of health. Written by David McCluggage, DVM, a nationally recognized expert in avian medicine and Pamela Higdon, author of several other avian books.

NOTE: This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of veterinarians. The reader should consult his or her avian veterinarian in matters relating to a bird's health for proper diagnosis or medical attention.

Feeding Your Pet Bird

Feeding Your Pet Bird

Written by Petra M. Burgmann, DVM, this book is 182 pages of detailed nutritional information including charts of symptons of poor feeding habits. Learn the dos and don'ts in bird feeding, bird food formulas you can prepare yourself, "specialty foods" to help supplement your bird's diet. You will learn to recognize the symptons of poor nutrition and how to correct it.

NOTE: The Nature Chest highly recommends this book as a source of nutritional information with detailed information on vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, fiber and much more.

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