[quote="Bird woman"]I make my birds fresh food every morning and with the grains I add chopped greens veggies and a couple different fruits and hemp seed flax seed and wheat germ. I make big batches as I have several birds , but the sky really is the limit making. Get creative and keep there taste buds in mind.
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Once a month I set up grain packets that can be soaked in boiling water in a thermal cup overnight. I drain and rinse in the morning then add frozen peas and carrots to thaw before I drain the rinse. The Cockatiels love to beat up on a stalk of celery every day but will also eat some apple and orange. I don't do chop. I would not want to be served that way. I chop up vegetable and serve them on a plate so they can see right away what they want. The veggies in the grain mixture are visibly in it and can be picked out.
Myrtle loves the grain mix and Rainbow likes to pick the veggies out of it. I let some of the frozen veggie thaw and cut into pick up size. I cut veggies the size that they can pick up (apple, orange, grapes, broccoli and cauliflower and anything else I have. I serve them on a plate as I would for humans. If I served chop one of them would make it hit the floor. I also give handouts of healthy stuff to them when they beg for mine.
Of course I have the advantage that Rainbow and Myrtle eat and drink from the same dishes. I serve cockatiel food on a platter so they can all eat at the same time.
When someone says I have too many animals I tell them I only have 4: one Chihuahua, two Amazons and a FLOCK of Cockatiels. Though they are all individual with different likes and dislikes I serve enough variety that they all eat from one platter and drink from one cup. If I served chop they would have it everywhere and stuck on them too when they walk in the middle of the platter to pick out what they want.
I also do not throw a dog biscut on the floor. I hand the dogs their biscuts. I would not want food thrown at me. I believe that every one of mine has a different personality just like people and deserve respect. All my critters respect me (except when Myrtle does a fly by and pulls my hair.)