• Scientifically formulated as completely balanced extruded 2 mm granules
• Contains eight grains and nuts for maximum palatability and biological value
• Flavorful maintenance food for Cockatiels, Quakers, Lovebirds, Rosellas and Parrotlets
• Vitamin and mineral supplementation is not required

Tropican is the only formulated pelleted food line that most birds will need in their lifetime, from a newly hatched baby chick to a mature, breeding adult. For baby chicks, Tropican Hand Feeding Formula is a product with no guesswork, recipes or cooking required. Tropican High Performance Granules and  Biscuits  provide stressed or breeding birds with extra protein and minerals. For regular maintenance, Tropican Lifetime Granules or Lifetime Food Sticks ensure that fussy eaters get a full balanced diet. Since Tropican incorporates vitamins and minerals, the Prime Supplement is not needed. 

Contains:

• Fruits: orange oil, banana oil (for flavor)
• Seeds: corn wheat, rice, sunflower kernel, flaxseed, oat groats
• Vegetables: tomato
• Legumes: soybean, peanut kernel
• Others: spirulina, rosemary extract, vitamins and minerals
• Protein: 14.0%
• Fat: 9.0%
• Fiber: 4.0%

Fiber levels in seed kernels are much lower than what is declared on analysis statements on bags of mixed seeds. Since birds hull off the husks of seeds and nuts, these high fiber shells are not eaten by the birds but must be included in the whole bag analysis for packaging. Further selection by birds of the high calorie seeds and rejection of lower fat grains (which would balance out the fat) results in malnutrition and obesity. 

Formulated diets balance fiber with other nutrients in a pre-mixed kibble where birds cannot select out the higher fat ingredients. The mess around cages from high fiber hulls is a negative aspect of bird keeping, also eliminated with a formulated diet. Food used as a play toy is wasteful and unhealthy. Giving wood, rawhide and rope chew toys is far better for the long-term health of birds.

Mark Hagen talks about avian nutrition
Research Papers
Nutrition Expert Panel Review
Information Sheets from the Vet
TROPICAN AND THE COMPETITION - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
H.A.R.I. "TIPS FROM THE VET"
Additional Hagen Product Info Info

Due to our new extrusion operation at Hagen Industries, our Tropican sizes are a bit different. And, notably the Sticks and the Biscuits. These lots are just now coming to the US inventory.

The formulas, flavor & nutrient content,  are the same high quality as before…in fact better. For about 10 years Hagen Pet Foods in NY had extruded our Tropican, in addition to our other extruded consumables (small animal), as well as the major tonnage for our Nutrience Dog & Cat Food products. The production of the smaller batches of pet foods in comparison to the dog & cat food was a production scheduling problem-and then it caused many delays in our inventory of Tropican products (and anything else with Tropican, such as Tropimix & Living World Premium Bird Seed Mixes).

Now that we’re producing the Tropican products right at Hagen Industries, we have smaller batches-all with laboratory testing and quality control lot testing at HARI, and the ingredients are sourced from local suppliers. This results in higher quality and higher standard of quality control, quicker testing time-as well as fresher to market objective that benefits our US customers. (and other countries). In fact, HARI has performed more tests lots since January than they did all last year!

I know that some birds are accustomed to eating a particular size and that perhaps this might be an adjustment to something “new” in the dish. My own pet birds, some of whom have been eating Tropican since 1993 were a little hesitant to dive right into the dish, but they did and still do. In fact, I have some Tropican Sticks produced in NY (notable with extraordinary holey texture) mixed in with the new production, and they prefer the new production. The newer Tropican results in much less powder and dust-therefore less waste.

I hope that helps explain the slightly new sizes of Tropican morsels. 

Melanie Allen

Avian Product Specialist

Rolf C. Hagen (USA) Corp.