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Feeding your Quaker 
Your Quaker will need a good variaty of food each and everyday,along with clean fresh water and a treat every once in awhile.Your Quaker relies on you,you are responsible for him/her and feeding them is one of those large responsibilities.If you cant handle that then I suggests you shouldnt own a Quaker or any animal for that matter.
Many people say that a pellet based diet is alot better and healther than a seed based diet and I agree,but it doesnt mean that your bird can NEVER have seeds.I feed my Quaker Exact Original Parrot pellets with one scoop of seeds, a couple veggies, and some fruit everyday.Everyone has a different idea of a proper diet and by no means am I a bird expert or an Avian vet for that matter, but I do love Quakers and take on the responsibility with a smile on my face. I think that a variety is very inmportant for a Quaker.Quakers are prone to Fatty Liver Disease or FLD, so if they eat fatty foods or foods with high sodium all the time they could and proubibly will get FLD.Remember a healthy Quaker is a happy Quaker! So with a good diet, socail interaction,space, and love your Quaker could live up to 40 years!!
Exact Original Parrot PelletsAll birds must be offered a constant supply of fresh, clean drinking water. It is simply a bird trait to soil the water dish and you will just have to get used to changing it many times every day. If at all possible, it is probably healthiest to provide your parrot with bottled non-carbonated mineral water.If you must use tap water for your bird you should bring it to a rapid boil first and allow it to cool before placing it in the container. This will help destroy potentially toxic bacteria that grows in the water as it sits in the house pipes and also boils out many of the chemicals added at the water treatment plant. Although we humans are able to tolerate many of these substances, our body mass is substantially larger and our signifigantly smaller avian friends are not as adept
Water/food bottle
Further, another option is to offer your Quaker a birdie bottle, which is a plastic, gravity fed water bottle with an incorporated stopper to prevent food from being inserted through the tip, blocking the gravity feed. Many Quakers adjust well to these bottles, and if you work all day, this a great option. Do not remove your Quakers water dish when not at home until you know for sure your bird has adjusted to the bottle, and be sure to change the water inside the botle frequently as well, even if there is a lot left. It is not alright to let your bird drink contaminated, soiled, foul water no matter how many pet stores you see that allow it. If you wouldn't drink it, don't allow your baby to. Also, it is not necessary, nor is it healthy, to add vitamins to your birds drinking water. Most vitamins oxidize in the water after a very short period of time and are actually contaminating it!Eating is not only a means to achieve nutrition and energy, eating is a very social activity for birds as it is for us human kind. Most Quakers truly enjoy eating with their families and I think this is preferable whenever possible. You could buy a perch to sit at the diningroom or kitchen table and have a little plate with some veggies and what not. If your eating at the same table as your bird be sure to put more food on your plate then you usually eat because you'll have to share with your Quaker!
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