Support Beautiful Feathers With a Tasty Moulting Treat
Make moulting season more comfortable, enriching and enjoyable with the Vitakraft Feather Care Parrot Treat Stick, a delicious treat designed for pet birds that need a little extra support while growing fresh new feathers. Baked onto a natural wooden stick with tempting cereals, seeds, minerals and honey, this twinpack treat encourages natural chewing, foraging and feeding behaviour while helping to keep your parrot active and engaged in the cage.
- Ideal for Moulting Support: The Vitakraft Feather Care Parrot Treat Stick is especially useful during moulting, when birds are replacing old feathers with new growth and may benefit from additional nutritional variety alongside their normal balanced diet.
- Triple-Baked for Better Texture: Each stick is baked three times in carefully layered sections, helping to create a firm, crunchy texture that keeps your bird interested while making the treat longer-lasting and more satisfying to nibble.
- Encourages Natural Beak Activity: The chewable wooden centre gives parrots something to gnaw once the outer layers have been enjoyed, supporting natural beak wear and helping to keep your bird busy in a positive way.
- Great for Cage Enrichment: Simply hang the treat near a perch for easy access, or place it slightly further away to encourage movement, climbing and playful problem-solving during treat time.
The Vitakraft Feather Care Parrot Treat Stick is a practical way to combine nutrition, enrichment and enjoyment in one easy-to-serve cage treat. During moulting, parrots use energy and nutrients to produce strong, healthy-looking new feathers, so offering a varied diet with suitable treats can help support overall condition. This treat is not intended to replace a complete daily food, but it can be a valuable addition to your bird's routine when used sensibly alongside a high-quality seed mix, pellets, vegetables and fresh water.
The recipe includes cereals and seeds for energy and flavour, minerals to support everyday wellbeing, honey for natural palatability, and oils and fats that help make the stick appealing and satisfying. The layered design gives your parrot different textures to work through, beginning with the tasty seed coating, moving into the biscuit-style middle layer, and finishing with the natural wooden core. This keeps feeding time more interesting than simply placing loose treats in a bowl.
Birds love food that makes them work a little, and this treat stick offers exactly that. The crunchy outer layer encourages picking, cracking and nibbling, while the biscuit layer adds a more rewarding texture as your parrot works through the stick. For many birds, the act of holding, pulling and chewing is just as enjoyable as the taste itself, making the Vitakraft Feather Care Parrot Treat Stick a helpful option for reducing boredom in the cage.
Each pack contains two sticks, giving your bird double the opportunity for fun, flavour and enrichment. The sticks are securely baked onto natural wood, helping the treat stay in place as your parrot feeds. The twinpack format is convenient for owners too, as you can use one stick during peak moulting periods and keep the second stored properly for later use.
To serve, hang one stick inside your parrot's cage using the fitted holder or cage clip. For birds that are less confident, position it close to a favourite perch so they can reach it comfortably. For more active parrots, place it slightly further away to encourage climbing, stretching and gentle exercise. Always feed according to your bird's size, appetite, activity level and overall diet, and remove the stick once it becomes worn, soiled or no longer suitable.
Store the Vitakraft Feather Care Parrot Treat Stick in a cool, dry place to help preserve freshness, texture and taste. As with all parrot treats, it should be offered as part of a varied feeding plan and not as the main diet. Make sure your bird always has access to fresh, clean drinking water, especially during moulting, warmer weather or periods of increased activity.
Choose the Vitakraft Feather Care Parrot Treat Stick for a simple, tasty and enriching way to support your bird through moulting season. With its crunchy seed coating, biscuit layer and chewable wooden centre, it offers flavour, stimulation and natural feeding activity in every bite.
Composition
- Cereals, Seeds, Sugar, Minerals, Honey, Oils and Fats.
Directions for use
- Hang one treat stick in your bird's cage, ideally near a perch for easy access.
- For extra enrichment, hang the stick slightly away from the perch to encourage movement and activity.
- Offer as a complementary treat alongside your bird's usual balanced diet.
- Especially useful during moulting season to support feather condition and encourage natural foraging behaviour.
- Always provide fresh, clean drinking water.
- Keep dry and cool.
- Single Twinpack
- Pack of 5 Twinpacks
- African Grey
- Amazon
- Caique
- Cockatiel
- Conure - Large
- Conure - Small
- Lovebird
- Eclectus
- Macaw - Small
- Macaw - Large
- Meyers and Senegals
- Quaker
Please note - the above information should be used for guidance only - you know your bird best!
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- Next Working Day (Mon - Fri) - Parcel are delivered with 24 hours. However, due to increased demand some courier services may take slightly longer than usual.
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- Standard Delivery is usually within 5 working days, but in some areas it can occasionally take up to 10 working days. If your delivery is urgent choose the Next Working Day, or Priority Delivery Service.
- For remote areas, Express Delivery could take up 2 - 4 working days after dispatch.
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