Harrison's High Potency Mash Organic Bird Food 1 lb

Mash is Harrison's High Potency formula in an uncooked, finely milled form. It solves two quite different problems.

The first is size. Canaries, finches, budgies, lovebirds, parrotlets and doves can eat mash straight from the dish when a whole pellet defeats them. The second is ability. An older parrot, a bird with a damaged or overgrown beak, or one recovering from injury may simply not be able to crack a nugget any more — mash mixed with water, organic fruit juice or chopped vegetables gives that bird the same nutrition in a form it can manage.

Which birds this is for

Canaries, budgies, cockatiels, doves, lovebirds, conures, parrotlets and pigeons as an everyday food. Also larger species of any age that have trouble eating pellets. For long-term feeding of a big parrot, discuss it with your avian vet — High Potency Coarse remains the intended diet where the bird can manage it.

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Ingredients

Rolled hull-less barley*, sunflower kernels*, toasted soybeans*, hulled millet*, rolled lentils*, rolled peas*, peanut kernels*, rolled corn*, rolled brown rice*, toasted oat groats*, chia*, sesame seed*, alfalfa*, calcium carbonate, bentonite, vitamin and mineral supplement, monocalcium phosphate, dried kelp*, salt, anise seed*, dried algae*. (*certified organic)

How much to feed

Feed fresh daily. It can go in the dish dry, or be mixed with water, organic fruit juice or finely chopped vegetables. Mixed mash spoils quickly — make it up fresh and throw away what is left at the end of the day.

Other ways owners use it

• As a conversion aid — the texture is unlike a pellet, so birds that reject nuggets will often take mash.
• Baked into Harrison's Bird Bread Mix for weaning chicks.
• Sprinkled over chopped vegetables for a bird that eats its veg but ignores its pellets.
• As a vehicle for medication, with your vet's agreement.

Questions we get asked

Is this the same as Adult Lifetime Mash?
No. High Potency Mash is the richer formula — for conversion, breeding, moulting, growth and recovery. Adult Lifetime Mash is the everyday maintenance version for a healthy, settled adult bird.

Can I leave wet mash in the cage all day?
No. Wet food spoils fast and is a genuine health risk. Offer it, then remove it within a couple of hours.

My old macaw can't crack pellets any more.
This is exactly what mash is for. Mix it to a soft paste with warm water and speak to your vet about the underlying beak problem.

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