{"product_id":"lafeber-classic-avi-cakes","title":"Lafeber Classic Avi-Cakes Bird Food","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Avi-Cake is a square of whole premium seed pressed roughly half-and-half with balanced pellets and held together with a molasses binder. Lafeber call it a \"work-and-chew\" food, and the description is exact — a bird cannot hoover it up. It has to plant a foot on it, get a grip, and break pieces off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat is the argument for it. A bowl of pellets is gone in four minutes. An Avi-Cake occupies a parrot, and an occupied parrot is a quieter, less destructive, less frustrated one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhich one for your bird\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSmall Birds\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBudgies, cockatiels, lovebirds and conures. 8 oz.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eParrot\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAmazons, African greys and similar mid-to-large parrots. 12 oz.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMacaw \u0026amp; Cockatoo\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMacaws and cockatoos. 1 lb, and noticeably higher in fat — safflower is the second ingredient.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eGuaranteed analysis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003e\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSmall Bird\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eParrot\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eMacaw\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrude protein (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrude fat (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.5%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrude fibre (max.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMoisture (max.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e15.0%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOmega-3 (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.23%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.19%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e0.17%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOmega-6 (min.)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.44%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.95%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.13%\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth noticing: at 4.5% fat the Small Bird and Parrot cakes are among the leanest foods Lafeber make. The Macaw version is a different animal at 7.5%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eIngredients\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eParrot:\u003c\/strong\u003e corn, canary grass seed, white proso millet, hulled oats, soybean meal, sucrose, wheat flour, cane molasses, gelatin, red millet, peanuts, glycerin, ground limestone, dicalcium phosphate, dried whole egg, canola oil, ground rice, iodised salt, DL-methionine, citric acid, and a full stabilised vitamin and mineral pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Small Bird cake leads on canary grass seed and soybean meal; the Macaw cake leads on corn and safflower. Non-GMO formula.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow much to feed\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLafeber do not publish a per-day quantity for Avi-Cakes — we would rather tell you that than invent a number. In practice most owners give a small bird part of a cake a day and a large parrot one, adjusting to the bird. Weigh weekly on a gram scale and let the trend decide. Whatever you feed as the base, greens, vegetables and some fruit should be around 20% of the daily diet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eUsing it to move a bird onto pellets\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause an Avi-Cake is about half pellet already, a seed-addicted bird that eats one is eating far more pellet than it realises. It is one of the gentler routes across, and it does not require the bird to accept anything that looks like a pellet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get asked\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a treat or a meal?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA complete diet. Lafeber are explicit that Nutri-Berries, Avi-Cakes, Pellet-Berries and pellets are all nutritionally balanced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMolasses and sucrose — is that a lot of sugar?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey are the binder that holds the cake together, in small amounts. There is more sugar in a single grape than in a day's Avi-Cake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMy bird just sits on it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTry wedging it between cage bars or in a skewer rather than leaving it in a bowl. A cake that fights back gets eaten; one lying flat gets ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvi-Cakes or Nutri-Berries?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSame nutrition, different shape. Nutri-Berries are loose round berries. Avi-Cakes are a pressed square that takes longer to get into. 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