{"product_id":"lafeber-avi-era-bird-vitamins","title":"Lafeber Avi-Era Powdered Bird Vitamins","description":"\u003cp\u003eA concentrated powdered vitamin supplement containing \u003cstrong\u003eall 13 essential vitamins plus iodine\u003c\/strong\u003e, soluble in water or mixable into food. Lafeber position it as support during sickness and stress. Two measuring scoops come in the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne thing to get straight first.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your bird is already eating a complete formulated diet — pellets, Nutri-Berries, Avi-Cakes — it is getting a balanced vitamin and mineral profile already, and adding more on top can do harm rather than good. Oversupplementation of the fat-soluble vitamins, A and D3 in particular, is a real clinical problem in pet birds. Ask your avian vet before you start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere it earns its place is with a bird on a seed diet, a bird under veterinary care, or one going through the stress of illness, moulting or breeding — on a vet's advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDosing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eIn drinking water — small scoop\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTwo scoops per \u003cstrong\u003eone ounce\u003c\/strong\u003e of drinking water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eIn drinking water — large scoop\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne scoop per \u003cstrong\u003etwo cups\u003c\/strong\u003e of drinking water\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eIn food\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHalf the small-scoop water dose, mixed into food that will be eaten completely\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eStress or sickness\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDouble the recommended dose\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake the water solution up fresh every day — a vitamin solution left standing in a warm cage is a bacterial culture by evening. Keep the container closed and store below 72°F at low humidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGuaranteed analysis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePer kilogram, and per small scoop:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVitamin A\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1,000,000 IU\/kg · 125.00 IU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVitamin D3\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e125,000 IU\/kg · 15.63 IU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVitamin E\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5,000 IU\/kg · 0.62 IU\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVitamin K\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e250 mg\/kg · 31.25 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVitamin C\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20,000 mg\/kg · 2,500.00 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eVitamin B12\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5 mg\/kg · 0.63 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eRiboflavin (B2)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1,250 mg\/kg · 156.25 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eThiamine (B1)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e500 mg\/kg · 62.50 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eNiacin (B3)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7,500 mg\/kg · 937.50 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePantothenic acid (B5)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2,500 mg\/kg · 312.50 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePyridoxine (B6)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1,500 mg\/kg · 187.50 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eFolic acid (B9)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e250 mg\/kg · 31.25 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eBiotin (B7)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40 mg\/kg · 5.00 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eCholine bitartrate\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5,000 mg\/kg · 625.00 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eIodine\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e100 mg\/kg · 12.38 mcg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIngredients\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAscorbic acid, choline bitartrate, vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, silicon dioxide, D-calcium pantothenate, sodium silico aluminate, biotin, vitamin A supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex, thiamine hydrochloride, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, in a water-soluble base of maltodextrin and BHT (preservative).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy bird is on pellets. 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