About: Mazuri Softbill Diet Mazuri® Softbill Diet is a complete bird food designed for adult iron-sensitive birds, which is ideal for toucans, aracari, turacos, starlings, birds of paradise, mynahs, or other softbills. This highly palatable and nutritious softbill bird food contains real fruit. The bird food has a sweet smell and is flavored with real plum and apple, with natural pineapple flavoring added to enhance palatability. It does not contain any added artificial flavors. The bird food comes in an extruded nugget, a highly palatable and digestible form. This can be fed with fruit or other food items if desired. Each batch of Mazuri® Softbill Diet is analyzed for iron. The analyzed iron concentration is available at Mazuri.com Designed for adult iron-sensitive birds - Formulated by Ph.D nutritionists Each batch is analyzed for iron – Analyzed levels can be found at Mazuri.com Supports overall health - Antioxidant-enriched formula Feed with fruit or other food items, if desired Sweet smell and flavored with fruit - Made with plum and apple with natural pineapple flavoring to encourage palatability No added artificial flavors Extruded nugget - Highly palatable and digestible Product Form: Extruded Pellet: 3/16” diameter x 3/8” length Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Soy Protein Concentrate, Wheat Germ, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Oil, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sucrose, Calcium Carbonate, Brewers Dried Yeast, Powdered Cellulose, Salt, L-Lysine, Dried Apples, Dried Prunes, DL-Methionine, Modified Cornstarch, Natural Flavor, L-Threonine, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Choline Chloride, Biotin, d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Folic Acid, Manganese Sulfate, Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Canthaxanthin (color), Zinc Sulfate, Rosemary Extract, Vitamin A Acetate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Citric Acid (a Preservative), Nicotinic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Iodate, Copper Sulfate, L-Arginine, Sodium Selenite. Feeding Instructions: Feed free-choice and provide fresh food daily to birds after their first molt. This diet is not for growing chicks. The feeding amounts are guidelines and should be adjusted based on the bird’s body condition, activity level (free flight or not), reproductive stage, other foods offered, social structure, and environmental temperatures. Fresh fruits, vegetables, or other enrichment food items may be provided, but as no more than 30% of the total diet. Avoid feeding bananas because they are high in calories and dry matter content. Avoid food items which may contain high levels of iron (e.g. meat, dog food, grapes, blueberries, figs, etc.), and limit citrus fruit (oranges, grapefruit) because they may enhance the uptake of iron. Reproduction: Females which are heavy layers may need supplementation of pure, pharmaceutical-grade calcium carbonate at a rate of 2% of their daily intake during the laying season only. To switch birds to this diet, gradually replace your old diet with this diet at the rate of 10% per day. Do not overfeed during this transition time, and monitor your bird to be sure it is eating the new diet. Always provide plenty of fresh, clean water. Thoroughly wash feed and water bowls on a regular basis. It is always good practice to wash hands thoroughly after feeding and/or handling animals. This diet is not for human consumption.
