Caique Dietry needs
The Caique's main diet should primarily be seeds, fruits, and green vegetables. A commercially prepared parrot mix or pelleted diet can also be beneficial, aswell as "safe" table foods in small quantities.

As with all bird species, clean, fresh water should be made available at all times.

Caique favourites include -

• Berries - these guys love berries and love pebble dashing your walls with the seeds too!
• Walnuts - do not overfeed any nuts - but walnuts are a real purring treat to these guys
• Pasta - another firm favourite

Recommended Food Stuff Vegetables
Alfalfa, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery, courgettes, cucumber, green beans (French/Runner), kale, peas, sweet peppers, pumpkin cooked, spinach, spring greens, sprouts, sweet corn, swiss chard, tomato, watercress.

Fresh fruit
Apple, banana, blackberry, cherry, figs, grapes, kiwi, mango, melon, nectarine, orange, papaya, pear, pineapple, plum, pomegranate, raspberries, blueberries.

Dried fruit
Currants, dates, figs, raisins. These should preferably be soaked overnight and thoroughly rinsed. Be sure to buy dried fruit without added preservatives eg. No sulphur or E additives. Dried banana chips are a firm favourite. .

Nuts
Almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, walnuts, pine nuts, brazils,

Other Stuff
Hard cheese, cooked chicken, boiled egg, mixed pulses which are soaked and cooked, brown rice and pasta which are cooked, millet sprays, sunflower or other seeds which are soaked, toast with honey in small quantities.
The list could go on and on with all Caiques having their own personal favourite titbits.

They are excellent eaters and you will find introducing new food types isnt usuallly a problem, as they love to taste new flavours, regarding the sugar intake within the quantity of fruit Caiques eat, we have spoken to two veternarians who agree that Caiques are so energetic they burn off any sugar intakes very fast.

Feeding habits

These little chaps love dunking their food, in their eyes there is nothing quite like dunking a tasty favourite into their water bowl, can you blame them? ... nahhh we all like a nice dunked rich tea with our tea or coffee dont we?

Bottled or tapped Water?

There is arguments on both sides as to which is better? personally we use both depending on situations at the time.

Another preference is filtered water, its all up to each individual owner choice of what they prefer to offer.
Medically there is no solid proof that tap water can cause any problems.

Chocolate is POISONOUS to your bird aswell as avocado and mushrooms.
NEVER feed your bird sweets, cakes, crisps, caffeine (tea, coffee, pop or soda), salt or alcohol.