What is the best food to feed a Kookaburra?
If the Kookaburra is in care, the best food to feed is an assortment of the natural food plus a good balanced diet that provides all the vitamins, minerals and protein required by a kookaburra. There are a variety of insects available to purchase or breed such as wood cockroaches, mealworms, and crickets. Insects can also be collected from the garden if you don’t use pesticides. The best food available to feed a kookaburra is pinkie rats or mice. These provide a balanced diet with all the required components neatly enclosed within the skin. If they are fed slightly furred they also provide the required roughage for birds like kookaburras. If the bird is an adult, adult mice or half grown rats are a good size. Wild Kookaburras being fed by humans to attract them to the garden should NOT be fed mince meat, steak, dog or cat food or any other form of meat-only diet. This causes imbalance of calcium and phosphorus, causing long-term damage to the bird. The best way to feed Kookaburras visi
