Dry Lory Food is a very versatile food. Scenic manufacturing produces a food that will reduce the amount of moisture required to feed your bird, resulting in a cleaner, safer environment. Dry Lory Food also allows your pet to mimic its natural feeding behavior. Historically these birds have been offered liquid nectar solutions (LNS) as their diet. LNS are not nutritionally similar to foods these birds consume in the wild, which results in malnutrition in captivity. Second, LNS does not sufficiently mimic the feeding behavior these birds exhibit in the wild. Pollen- and nectar-eating birds have long tongues with specialized structures to collect these items from their natural habitats. The DRY LORY FOOD allows them a means to use these eating behaviors and reduce the amounts of harmful moisture in their diet and subsequently in their environment by 50%. And finally, Dry Lory Food can be fed once per day reducing the amount of time and effort required to maintain longevity, health and safety. This high fluid intake from LNS causes several problems. First, it causes the birds to excrete high moisture feces, which leads to environmental contamination and the spread of pathogenic organisms. In order to reduce the spread of these microbial breeding grounds, the care-giver must spend time keeping the aviary clean and decontaminated to prevent the spread of food-and fecal-borne bacteria and yeast. Some of this bacteria and yeast may become airborne. Ingredients: Whole grain white corn, soy protein isolate, corn gluten meal, rice flour, sucrose, soybean oil, sugar beet pulp, zinc sulfate, flaxseed oil, dicalcium phosphate, niacin supplement, manganese sulfate, ferrous sulfate, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, calcium pantothenate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, thiamin mononitrate, dl-methionine, choline chloride, sodium chloride, l-lysine, cobalt oxide, folic acid, menadione nicotinamide bisulfite, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), pyridoxine hydrochloride, magnesium oxide, propionic acid, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, d-biotin, sodium selenite, vitamin B-12 supplement, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D-3 supplement, vitamin E supplement. |