Handmix

Hand-rearing food for small seed- and insect-eating birds

Scientifically approved composition with all the nutrients your baby-bird needs. Ensures an optimal growth to completely healthy young birds. Can be used for 100% hand-rearing as well as for supplementary feeding in the nest.

  • With gut flora stabilisers, prebiotics, digestive enzymes and organic acids to promote digestion.
  • Starting food for birds that are difficult to breed or found in nature. Supplement food for weaker birds.
  • Recommended by veterinarians and used worldwide by ornithological parks and top breeders.

Opti Digest

The enzymes, organic acids and probiotics support an optimal development of the crop for better digestion of the food.

Opti Feather

Contains all the nutrients necessary for the development of a beautiful plumage.

Opti Growth

A well-balanced food that contributes to the development of healthy young birds thanks to the right amount of vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

Available in

  • 500g (EAN5410340221785)

Composition

bakery products, vegetable protein extracts, oils and fats, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, sugars, yeasts, organic acids (2500 mg/kg), psyllium, mannan-oligosaccharides (1000 mg/kg), lecithin

Analytical constituents

protein 21%, fat content 12%, crude ash 8.5%, crude fibre 1.5%, lysine 1.3%, methionine 0.6%, tryptophan 0.27%, threonine 0.8%, calcium 1.5%, phosphorus 0.8%, sodium 0.37%, magnesium 0.15%

Additives/kg

Nutritional additives

vitamin A 7200 IU, 3a160a β-carotene 4.35 mg, vitamin D3 1500 IU, vitamin E 85 mg, vitamin B1 7.2 mg, vitamin B2 16 mg, calcium-D-pantothenate 20 mg, vitamin B6 6 mg, vitamin B12 0.03 mg, vitamin C 52 mg, niacin 80 mg, folic acid 1.5 mg, biotin 0.26 mg, choline chloride 700 mg, 3b202 (iodine) 2 mg, 3b405 (copper) 10 mg, 3b503 (manganese) 100 mg, 3b605 (zinc) 96 mg, 3b802 (selenium) 0.1 mg, 3b811 (organic selenium) 0.1 mg

Zoo Technical Additives

bacillus subtilis C-3102 (DSM 15544) 22.10 8 CFU, endo-1,4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) 3000 EPU

Technological additives

antioxidants

Directions for use

DOSAGE AND FREQUENCY OF FEEDING
Mix 7 parts lukewarm water with 1 part NutriBird HANDMIX. Gradually reduce to 3 parts lukewarm water and 1 part NutriBird HANDMIX.
HOW MUCH FEEDING
Feed each meal about 10% of the weight of the bird.
HOW TO FEED
Use a syringe, a crop probe or a bent spoon.

Tips

For taming exhibition birds, you can start with NutriBird HANDMIX from the 6th day. The dosage is then 3 parts lukewarm water and 1 part NutriBird HANDMIX.
For birds that are ill, place them in a warm environment and force-feed if necessary. For this, you better use a syringe or crop probe.
For stragglers in the nest, supplement the feed until the crop is filled.