Daisy finally ate her first fruit and vegetable this week!

[hlasdf]

Yay! It took 4 months of getting her to try them, but she finally has! I was eating a banana while she was on my shoulder, when she suddenly took an interest and nibbled on some pieces we gave her. Pretty soon, she was taking huge chomps of them and getting her face slimy And just a few hours ago, She tried a cucumber as well which is an even bigger surprise since she previously refused to ever lick anything that was wet that wasn't water. So yeah, I'm just really glad she's finally eating fruits and veggies and wanted to share!

[Eric&Rebecca]

Love it when it finally clicks!

[hlasdf]

Love it when it finally clicks!

You know it!

[KimberlyAnn]

Very cool! I've been trying to push sprouts. No way, says Emmi...I want cooked lentals! Good thing I like sprouts myself! Lol At least she's eating the cooked ones I guess.

So what are you trying next? I've had great luck with yams/sweet potatoes. She loves dandelion greens too. Carrots (cooked or raw) can go kick rocks as far as she's concerned. She gets upset if I even try to give her some. So I eat them when I don't want a bird climbing all over me for a few minutes. Lol

Maybe something else you want to try...cinnamon. I heard a little bit sprinkled on food is good for them. Emmi LOVES it. Will eat almost anything if it has cinnamon. She smells nice afterwards. My step son came in from playing the other day, picked her up and he asked..."Do we have pumpkin pie? Emmi smells like pumpkin pie...where is it?" Lol

Just don't try apples unless you will be gone for 2 hours after and she will be in her cage. My husband gave Emmi a very small pea sized bit three times. That was the WORST poop to clean off the rug or the couch. I told him no way! No more apple! Wet runny poop cleaning is not my idea of a good time. Lol

[Eric&Rebecca]

Apples? I've not had this experience... is it a green cheek thing?

It's just so funny when they realise OMG this thing I've refused to try for so long is actually nice! Edmund loves pear and so does George. They sat on my lap and shared a pear the other day. I don't find it makes their poop any different so maybe that could be an alternative to apple.

[marie83]

Ollie nearly gave my vet a heart attack (well my mum did). What happened is I visited my mother right before a vet trip. I left the room for a few minutes and my mum gave Ollie a grape and a huge chunk of apple, without my permission I might add so by the time we had got to the vets he had huge amounts of water in his droppings. Usually he only gets excess water in his dropping if fed large amounts of fruit, I would be concerned if tiny amounts were causing excess water but that said remember a tiny bit to us is much bigger to a small parrot so may count as a large piece.

The piece of apple my other gave Ollie in the example above was a small piece to my mother but to a bird of Ollies size it was massive as it was bigger than his head... An apple treat that I would have given Ollie would have been smaller than his beak (for training I will cut that amount up into 1-2mm pieces) which would have had little effect on his droppings so it might not be the fruit but rather the amount but also it could relate to what else he had eaten that day.

[KimberlyAnn]

My husband says "Pea sized," but that could mean anything. I've seen it fed once. then I've caught him once more. Then I asked the third time. Now it's a rule! Lol All I know is it only happens when she eats apples. Then everything is normal again. It never gets clear, but it is not the little compact droppings I normally get! She's normally up on something and well, you know. lol

I would think she would get it with watermelon, really plump sugar snap peas, grapes, and kiwi. But nope, just apple. It can have that effect on humans too.

And YUM I will try the pear. They have already started hitting the markets here. Just a few more weeks and they will be perfect!

[Pajarita]

That's great news! I find it useful to always use the same phrase when I am eating and offering them food because it becomes a conditioned reflex with them (it tells them that what you are offering is good and safe food) which is indispensable when introducing them to new food.

[hlasdf]

Very cool! I've been trying to push sprouts. No way, says Emmi...I want cooked lentals! Good thing I like sprouts myself! Lol At least she's eating the cooked ones I guess.

So what are you trying next? I've had great luck with yams/sweet potatoes. She loves dandelion greens too. Carrots (cooked or raw) can go kick rocks as far as she's concerned. She gets upset if I even try to give her some. So I eat them when I don't want a bird climbing all over me for a few minutes. Lol

Maybe something else you want to try...cinnamon. I heard a little bit sprinkled on food is good for them. Emmi LOVES it. Will eat almost anything if it has cinnamon. She smells nice afterwards. My step son came in from playing the other day, picked her up and he asked..."Do we have pumpkin pie? Emmi smells like pumpkin pie...where is it?" Lol

Just don't try apples unless you will be gone for 2 hours after and she will be in her cage. My husband gave Emmi a very small pea sized bit three times. That was the WORST poop to clean off the rug or the couch. I told him no way! No more apple! Wet runny poop cleaning is not my idea of a good time. Lol

I'm going to try strawberries next, but so far she's been running away from them and screaming. I think it may be because of its bright red color haha.

[KimberlyAnn]

LOL! Emmi hates strawberries! But that's ok. More for me!