NATIVE HARDBILLS
AFTER many years of being involved in birdkeeping, I have recently come to the conclusion that if you want to avoid serious ill health in your birds, you need to start by planning to avoid minor ill health!
That means paying attention to the food, drinking water, housing and hygiene. Since this Cage & Aviary Birds has a special focus on feed, we'll begin with that. I have no doubt that a good and suitable diet is fundamentally conducive to rude health. And the species-specific seed mixes for hardbills are clearly put together with particular needs in mind.
There is no point in feeding seed that your birds don't eat, or feeding them eat! If all aren't eaten with regularity, then it is likely that the birds are being overfed: that is why they are able to pick and choose. In such circumstances they are able to pick out their favourite seeds and ignore those that they find less palatable.
