Vitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting in your budgie, enabling the production of clotting factors that prevent excessive bleeding from injuries. It also supports bone metabolism by helping direct calcium into bones. Dark leafy greens like kale, spinach, and parsley are extremely rich in vitamin K1. Budgies also produce some vitamin K2 from gut bacteria.
A small leaf of kale provides roughly 50-100mcg of vitamin K1 — your budgie's feed should contain approximately 1-2 mg of vitamin K per kilogram, translating to roughly 4-12mcg per day. Dark leafy greens provide abundant vitamin K, and even occasional greens easily meet this need.
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Vitamin K makes up 0.0% of your budgerigar's total daily nutritional requirements by weight. That's a tiny amount — but it matters.
Excessive bleeding from minor injuries, bruising, blood in droppings, and slow wound healing. Vitamin K deficiency is uncommon in budgies eating any leafy greens.
Vitamin K toxicity from food sources is essentially unknown. The body regulates vitamin K utilization efficiently, and excess from greens poses no risk.
| Life Stage | Size | Min | Max | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult | — | 1 | 2 | mg/kg feed | Approximately 4-12mcg per day. Abundantly supplied by dark leafy greens like kale, spinach, and parsley. |
Source: general avian veterinary consensus
