It is worth going to a pet store, and a variety of food for parrots catches your eye. The cheapest of them are located on the lower shelves, the expensive ones are on the middle, and the products of the average level are on the upper. Upstairs, you should look for food for budgies "Rio" (Rio).
general information
Rio is a domestic feed that has established itself among bird breeders and common feathered owners. The company exists on the market for about 10 years, produces 15 types of products. Only the food for budgies at Rio has three types: standard, during molting and soft egg. It is recommended to add sprouted grain produced by the company to the feathered diet.
Main cast
The composition of the food "Rio" for budgies is based on the seeds and grains necessary for proper nutrition. Such a diet fully meets all the needs of the bird. In the composition of the product:
The food producer recommends giving the bird fruits and vegetables as an additional source of vitamins.
Food during molting
When a feathered bird begins to molt, it needs fats and proteins to quickly restore feather cover. Rio budgerigar food is balanced in such a way that it satisfies the needs of the bird during molting. In addition to the main composition, there are sesame and flax seeds, fatty acids and vitamins.
Egg feed
It is universal, useful for all types of birds. The basic composition remains unchanged, but pieces of vegetables and fruits, eggs, berries, honey, river crayfish (fry) and gammarus are added to it.
Reviews
Reviews about the Rio feed for budgies are quite controversial. The opinions of breeders and owners of birds were divided: some advocate feeding them, others are categorically against it.
We will consider both positive and negative reviews, on the basis of which readers can draw independent conclusions about the Rio feed (“Rio”).
Positive reviews
If we compare the reviews of five years ago with the current, we will notice serious changes. But in one thing, the owners of the birds remain in solidarity with each other: the price category of feed. A package costs from 80 to 120 rubles per 0.5 kg, enough for a month. A package of 1 kg will cost the buyer around 200 rubles. The benefits also include:
Vacuum packaging that is convenient to use. It easily opens and closes, which is very pleased with the owners of birds.
Economical feed consumption. It only takes two teaspoons a day to saturate the parrot.
Fairly common, sold in large and small pet stores.
Birds are happy to eat it, and some picks choose only individual grains.
Negative reviews
To date, the quality of Rio forage for budgies has declined significantly, judging by the reviews of the owners:
Very often, packages with moldy grains began to come across. Before you feed the bird, you have to sort it out and examine it almost under a magnifying glass.
Sometimes when you open the package in the nose, the smell of musty strikes. The hosts do not risk, of course, feeding this to the birds.
Some owners claim that they came across green grain, which indicates a violation of all conceivable and unimaginable rules for storing food.
No matter how sad it is to talk about it, but food for budgies "Rio" caused the death of not one or two birds. Feathered, eating them regularly, become sad and lethargic, the appetite disappears, and the feathers fade. If the owner does not understand in time that the pet’s depressed state is caused by food, then the parrot will die.
Experienced wave owners claim that it’s time for the Rio to be removed from the recommended feed.
Conclusion
Based on the foregoing, we can conclude: it is better to choose another food for your parrot, so as not to worry later about because of his death.