Kaytee Exact has been the recognized nutritional leader by avian veterinarians and breeders since its introduction more than a decade ago. Developed by the nutritional experts at the Kaytee Avian Research Center, Exact is the most researched and widely used extruded food available.Extruded diets have been proven to provide superior nutrition when compared with seed blends. The difficulty is converting a bird on a seed mix to an extruded or processed food. Exact Conversion & Weaning improves the initial acceptance when introducing an extruded food, and is the easiest way to convert your bird from a seed or other diet to Exact nutrition.
This complete diet provides premium daily nutrition for Parakeets, Lovebirds, Cockatiels, small Conures, and Quakers. Exact Conversion & Weaning combines the highest quality ingredients with necessary nutrients to produce an enticing rainbow of colors. Each nugget contains exact nutrition ensuring your bird gets exactly the right nutrition to produce better feathering, brighter colors, and maintain excellent health. No shells or hulls means there will be less mess in and around your cage and more time for you to enjoy your bird's company.
Crunchy, easy to eat texture, high nutritional content, and compatibility with Exact Hand Feeding Formula makes it an excellent weaning food.
Daily Feeding Instructions
Feed Exact Conversion & Weaning every day in a clean food cup following guidelines below. Adjust to the bird's actual needs and spillage. Provide a clean, fresh supply of water daily.
Parakeet: two tablespoons
Lovebird: three tablespoons
Cockatiel: four tablespoons
Small Conure: four tablespoons
Quaker: five tablespoons
Exact Conversion & Weaning is designed to be the bird's sole diet. Limit additional foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, or other treats to 20% of the bird's total diet. When used as directed, no additional vitamin or mineral supplements are recommended.
With time, it is recommended to transition your bird's diet to an adult maintenance form of Exact Rainbow, Exact Original, or Exact Organic. Birds should convert easily because of the compatible textures, tastes, and ingredients they have become familiar with in Exact Conversion & Weaning.
Converting to Exact Conversion & Weaning
Converting from another extruded diet: Mix the two diets together and over the course of one week, slowly eliminate the old food. This will help avoid the possibility of digestive upsets that may occur.
Converting from a seed-based diet: Some coaxing and a little time is required for the bird to adjust to the new food type. Although an immediate conversion is possible, it is recommended to slowly introduce Exact into your bird's diet by mixing it with the old food as directed below. For best results, limit the quantity of food available to the suggested feeding amount.
Day 1 - 7: one part Exact/three parts current food
Day 8 - 14: two parts Exact/2 parts current food
Day 15 - 21: three parts Exact/one part current food
After 21 Days: Feed Exact only--your bird should be completely converted.
Observe your bird closely to ensure it is eating Exact and not searching for its old food. A change in the color of droppings (to a brown or reddish-brown color) should be evident with successful conversion.
Conversion time may vary. If you are unsure of adequate conversion, or have any questions regarding the conversion process, call the Kaytee Helpline toll-free 1-800-KAYTEE1.
Important Notes
- When more than one bird is kept in a cage, monitor birds very closely to assure all are eating adequately. Extending the conversion process an additional seven days is recommended.
- Birds should be monitored closely during the conversion process. If the bird becomes listless, sits with its feathers fluffed, or loses weight, it may not be consuming enough food. If these signs occur, immediately provide the old food and a mixture of equal parts Exact and the old food (in separate dishes) until the bird returns to normal activity (approximately three days). At this time, remove the dish of old food and continue the conversion process.
- Initial acceptance of Exact can be improved by moistening with fruit juice. Be sure to remove uneaten portion within four hours to prevent spoilage.
- The color of droppings may not be consistent, but they should be well formed.
Weaning
Exact Conversion & Weaning makes an excellent weaning food due to its crunchy, easy to eat texture, high nutritional content, and compatibility with Exact Hand Feeding Formulas.- Pre-Weaning: Moisten product with warm water or fruit juice (below 120 degrees F) and finger-feed baby birds. Discard any unused moistened food.
- Weaning: Place in a clean, shallow dish when baby bird begins to explore its environment.
- Moist: Moisten as directed above, or mix with chopped or mashed fruits and vegetables, and provide to weaning birds between hand feeding meals. The soft texture makes an ideal transition between hand feeding and dry food. Discard moistened food within four hours.
- Dry: Provide at all times. Formulated to have a lighter, easy to eat texture, babies will begin to eat it at an earlier age than with a typical dry food. When readily consuming this product, and showing signs of weaning, mix in Exact adult diets as desired.
Storage Instructions
For maximum freshness, store in a cool dry location. Reseal between use. Refrigerate or freeze for extended use.
Ingredients
Ground corn, ground wheat, ground oat groats, wheat middlings, corn gluten meal, dried whole egg, dried beet pulp, soy oil, soybean meal, corn sugar, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, wheat germ meal, dried cane molasses, l-lysine, salt, vitamin A supplement, choline chloride, brewers dried yeast, dl-methionine, yucca schidigera extract, propionic acid (a preservative), vitamin E supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin supplement, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, manganous oxide, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), ethoxyquin (a preservative), niacin, calcium pantothenate, copper oxide, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), beta carotene, canthaxanthin, folic acid, calcium iodate, biotin, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried bacillus coagulans fermentation product, dried bacillus licheniformis fermentation product, artificial colors, natural flavors.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein (min.) 15%, crude fat (min.) 6%, crude fiber (max.) 5%, moisture (max.) 12%.
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