ZuPreem® AvianMaintenance™ Natural Diet Large Parrot ZuPreem® AvianMaintenance™ Natural Diets are formulated to meet all the accepted nutrient requirements for the maintenance of various types of adult psittacines (hookbills) and passerines (softbills).The diets are nutritionally balanced and require no supplements. With controlled iron levels (less than 80 ppm), these diets may be beneficial for species predisposed to iron storage disease.
Added carrots, celery, beets, watercress and spinach ground from fresh vegetables for a new veggie flavor.
New and improved flavors increase palatability so even the most finicky birds find these diets irresistible.
No colorants or fruit shapes.
Naturally tan oval-shaped nuggets appeal to bird owners who want to feed a more natural diet.
Complete and balanced nutrition.
Nutritionally balanced and fortified with essential vitamins and minerals birds need for good health.
Extrusion cooking enhances carbohydrate bioavailability.
More digestible than cold-pressed pelleted diets or seed mixtures, and offer maximum digestibility and nutrient absorption.
More cost efficient than feeding seeds.
Less product waste than with seeds, and provide consistent quality nutrition with no vitamin or mineral supplements required or recommended.
Naturally preserved with Vitamins E and C.
Longer shelf life than seeds and contain no artificial preservatives. Stringent quality control standards – Manufactured in an American Institute of Baking certified food-grade plant.
Fixed formulations with high-quality fresh ingredients provide consistent dependable nutrition in every bag.
Controlled iron content (less than 80 ppm)
Species predisposed to iron-storage disease may benefit from these diets.

Product Characteristics AvianMaintenance™ Natural Diets contain extruded nuggets, naturally tan in color and available in five nugget sizes for different species.* AvianMaintenance™ FruitBlend™ Flavor Diets are also available and appeal to bird owners who want to feed a diet with fruit-shaped and fruit-colored nuggets.

*Individual oval shapes are maintained where nugget size allows.

Shelf-life: One year from date of manufacture. Feeding Instructions ZuPreem® AvianMaintenance™ Natural Diets are formulated to be fed free choice. A typical bird will consume 20% of its body weight per day. Feed the diet to maintain proper body condition. If the diet is moistened or becomes wet, remove the diet after four hours.

AvianMaintenance Natural Diets are formulated to be the bird’s sole source of nutrition and require no supplements. If the diet is supplemented with other food items, make sure the AvianMaintenance Natural Diet makes up at least 80% of what the bird consumes. Adding vitamin or mineral supplements to AvianMaintenance Natural Diet is not recommended and could be harmful to the bird.

Convert the bird to an AvianMaintenance Natural Diet by mixing it with the current food, slowly increasing the proportion of the AvianMaintenance Natural Diet and decreasing the proportion of the previous food over the course of 10 to 14 days minimum. Monitor the color of the bird’s droppings to ensure they are well formed.The color of the droppings may change as a result of the dietary change.

Note – As an indicator of health, always monitor for changes in weight and body condition. Provide adequate amounts of food to maintain body condition, preventing excessive thinness or obesity.

Always provide clean, fresh water. Ingredients Ground corn, Soybean meal, Ground wheat,Vegetable oil, Wheat germ meal, Sucrose, Dicalcium phosphate, Calcium carbonate, Ground vegetables (carrots, celery, beets, watercress and spinach), Iodized salt, DL-methionine, Choline chloride, Ascorbic acid (source of Vitamin C), Natural mixed tocopherols, Rosemary extract, Citric acid, Manganous oxide, Zinc oxide, Copper sulfate, Calcium iodate, Sodium selenite,Vitamin A supplement,Vitamin D3 supplement,Vitamin E supplement, Vitamin K supplement, Niacin, Calcium pantothenate, Pyridoxine hydrochloride,Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folic acid, Biotin,Vitamin B12 supplement.