Supplementing owls and raptors is very easy. Simply bare the breast or chest of the food and dunk it into the Raptor Essentials. The more food you supply the more supplement you use. This mimics the situation in the wild.

For breeding birds simply switch to Raptor Breeder Essentials for extra fertility benefits.  You may also consider using Calcivet (CalciBoost) two or three times a week with these birds and a probiotic like Potent Brew or BioPlus .

 You will use Calcivet (CalciBoost) added to the food. 5 mls (one teaspoon) of Calcivet (CalciBoost) is enough for about 2.5 kgs (5 lbs) of bird weight.

 It is a good practice to give your birds a regular probiotic. Once or twice a week for non-breeding birds. More for breeders. BioPlus can be used in the soft food and is added at the rate of 5 grams (one level teaspoon) to 500 grams (1 lb) of food. For breeders Potent Brew is even more effective and is added to the food at the rate of 1ml (1/5 level teaspoon) for 500g (1 lb) bird. Note that Potent Brew has a 3-4 month shelf life so should be purchased in small quantities.

We would strongly recommend you add the water sanitiser Aviclens (Saniclens) to your birds' drinking water to prevent the build up of harmful germs. Many diseases are spread from bird to bird through the water.

A better understanding of the function of different nutrients and their role in maintaining health and stimulating breeding, growth and feathering can be found by reading our Nutrition Articles. Whilst some of these articles are rather cage bird biased their content is still largely relevant to birds of prey. For more topical articles read our Owls and Raptors pages.

For information about the many unique and innovative ingredients we use in our product and why we believe they are sthe best supplements in the world read our Innovations page.