This overview is of course not complete, but contains only varieties that seem reasonable to me. You could also feed raspberries or beetroot, for example, but that would probably only lead to more colourful birds and a wonderful “mess” in the cage.
Suitable varieties
| Vegetables | Lettuce & Sprouts | Fruit |
|---|---|---|
| Cauliflower (also leaves) | Chivorée | Apple (without cores) |
| Broccoli (also leaves) | Oakleaf lettuce | Apricot |
| Fennel | Endive lettuce | Strawberry (also leaves) |
| Carrots (with green) | Lamb’s lettuce | Blueberry |
| Potato (only cooked) | Garden cress | Cherry |
| Pumpkin | Lettuce [Spritzmittel!] | Kiwi (with peel) |
| Swiss chard | Lollo Rosso | Lychee |
| Paprika (with cores) | Picking lettuce | Melon (with peel) |
| Parsnip (nur Wurzel!) | Radicchio | Mirabelle |
| Cucumber (with seeds) | Rocket / Arugula | Nectarine |
| Celery | Peach | |
| Spinach | Plum | |
| Sweet potato (cooked) | Gooseberry | |
| Tomato | Grape (with cores) | |
| Jerusalem artichoke | ||
| Courgette |
especially recommended / important ingredients / only small amounts / harmful to health
Salads from the greenhouse
You should not use lettuce from the greenhouse (not even organic!) Because they are too heavily fertilized. It is therefore advisable to offer lettuce only in summer or only from own cultivation. For most fruits, the seeds should not be fed.
Vegetables to meet the nutritional needs
- Vitamin A: carrot (1.7mg/100g)
- Vitamin C: bell bell pepper (140mg/100g) / broccoli (94.0mg/100g)
- Calcium : arugula (160mg/100g)
- Silicic acid: Cucumber
Little or not at all suitable
There are quite a few varieties that are suitable for parrots and large parakeets, but not necessarily for budgies and therefore better to do without.
Vegetables
- Eggplant
- Mushroom
- Beans and peas
- Ginger
- Kohlrabi
- Lenses
- Radish and radish
- Beet
- Asparagus
Fruit
- Banana
- Pear and nashi
- Clementine and tangerine
- Pomegranate
- Grapefruit, grapefruit and pomolo
- Guava
- Currant
- Persimmon and sharon fruit
- Orange
- Physalis
- Star fruit
- Kumquat
- Lime and lemon
- Mango
- Passion fruit
- Papaya and babaco
- Quince
Harmful or fatal
- Avocado (lethal)
- Mushroom, asparagus, beans and peas
- Citrus
- Salads from the greenhouse (high nitrate content)
- Collard greens (indigestion)
- H.-J. Kühne: “Die Ernährung der Papageien und Sittiche” (Arndt-Verlag)
- A. Wilbrand: “Futterpflanzen für Vögel” (Oertel+Spörer)
- V. Oertel & P. Wolf : “Früchte, Gemüse & Nüsse” (Arndt-Verlag)
Additional sources of information:
- V. Oertel & P. Wolf : “Früchte, Gemüse & Nüsse” (book)
- A. Wilbrand: “Futterpflanzen für Vögel” (book)
- H.-J. Kühne: “Die Ernährung der Papageien und Sittiche” (Buch)
- Obst und Gemüse für Wellensittich (Pizpon.de)