Lafeber Senior Bird Nutri-Berries with Glucosamine

Parrots live a long time, and the second half of that life looks different from the first. An older bird moves less, perches with more care, and does not process a rich diet the way it did at five. Lafeber define a senior bird simply: one that has reached half its expected lifespan. For a cockatiel that is around eight or ten. For an African grey it may be twenty-five.

Senior Bird Nutri-Berries are built for that stage, and the composition is unlike anything else in the Nutri-Berry range: 61% pellets, 26% wholesome grains, 13% fruits and herbs. Far more pellet, far less loose seed — a gentler, more consistent food.

What has been added

This is a food, not a medicine. If your bird is stiff, losing weight, sitting fluffed or changing in any way, it needs an avian vet, not a change of bag.

Which one for your bird

Guaranteed analysis

Note the fibre. All three run considerably higher than the Classic formulas, which is deliberate for an older, less active bird.

Ingredients

The Parrot formula: ground oats, corn, wheat flour, wheat bran, maltodextrin, hulled white proso millet, hulled oats, red millet, dried fruit (cranberries, dates, plums), hydrolysed soy protein, hulled canary grass seed, rapeseed, cellulose, corn syrup, dicalcium phosphate, safflower, peanuts, corn oil, glycerin, canola oil, gelatin, soybean meal, ground limestone, dried whole egg, choline chloride, chondroitin sulfate, iodised salt, citric acid, tocopherols, dandelion root, ginger, milk thistle, DL-methionine, glucosamine sulfate, and a full stabilised vitamin and chelated mineral pack.

The Parakeet & Cockatiel and Macaw formulas follow the same pattern with the grain base re-weighted. Each bag carries its own panel.

How much to feed

Lafeber's published guidance: small parrots 10 berries at a time, medium parrots 15, large parrots 20. With an older bird, weigh weekly rather than monthly — weight loss is usually the first sign of trouble and it is easy to miss by eye under feathers.

When to switch

There is no urgency and no exact age. Half the expected lifespan is Lafeber's marker, but a bird slowing down, getting stiff, or carrying more weight than it used to is a better signal than a birthday. Switch gradually over a week or two, and mention it at the next vet visit — if there is liver or kidney disease in the picture, your vet may want a different diet entirely.

Questions we get asked

My bird is 12 and perfectly fine. Should I switch?
If it is a cockatiel, it is at the age Lafeber have in mind. If it is a macaw, it is barely an adult. Go by species lifespan and by how the bird is doing, not by a number alone.

Is the glucosamine enough to help arthritis?
This is a food formulated with joint-support ingredients, not a treatment. A bird with arthritis needs veterinary pain management. Ask your vet whether a supplement on top is appropriate.

Can a younger bird eat it?
It will not harm one, but a young, active bird is better on a formula built for that stage.

Is 61% pellets a problem for a bird that hates pellets?
Quite the opposite — this is one of the easier ways to get a seed-loving bird eating mostly pellet, because it still arrives in a berry the bird wants to pull apart.

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