thank you so much ill try the swiss char i have growing i will eventually have fruits from the garden untill then ill have to just see what he does and does not like ill have to play with his diet and see if im missing anything i do alot of research all the time being as hes my first parrot my hens are way easier to care for lolPajarita wrote:The actual name of the seed mix is not relevant, it's the percentage of his diet that was protein that matters because you can feed the best stuff but if the proportion is wrong, you end up with a bad result. Now, tomatoes are great, my birds love the grape ones and they get the red and the yellow ones but cucumbers are mostly water with very little nutrition. My birds do get them every now and then (mostly because the canaries and the cardinals adore them!) but they also get a different veggie, a different fruit and a different leafy green every day and I always try my best to offer the most nutritious stuff more often as well as a good variety in colors (this is more important than people usually realize) so, for example, today they got organic pears (they all love them!), organic carrots and chicory - yesterday they got pomegranate seeds, yellow zucchini and romaine and tomorrow they are going to get blackberries, yellow tomatoes and green Swiss Chard - see what I mean? And, of course, you have to add all the veggies that are in the gloop which they eat every day: chopped broccoli, corn, peas, carrots, chopped green beans, white hominy, butternut squash, sweet potatoes and chopped artichoke hearts. On some batches, I add a bit of chopped curly blue kale but not in all because of the high content of sorbitol in it and, in others, I add beets.
Bird woman wrote:Welcome to the forum, I have 2 macaws and if this is his picture his beak looks pretty normal to me. My 2 macaws are the biggest destroyers of all in my flock and are provided with small logs that I've sliced into 2 inch thick rounds and made a huge Mobil out of the wood for them. All bird safe wood and stainless chain of course. They will destroy it quick. And to further promote foraging and chewing I drill holes part way down into wood all the way around the rounds and poke treats in them. They love it. To many times vet offices lump up the beak , wing and nail trim in one sentence. My vet one time worked on taking the 2 points off 1 of my mollucans and she was absolutely miserable for weeks eating until she ground her beak back into 2 points on the lower jaw. This was 17 years ago and I know better now that all these cockatoos have the dbl.point. This is an avain specialist he should have known better. Recommend study your particular species they all have different requirments. He is eating fresh produce with no problem and you are soooo luckey that's usually my hardest battle with all the new rescues in my flock. Once again WELCOME anything I can do to help just give a yell , there's a lot of great info here and great people always there when you need them or want to brag! Bird Woman
Pajarita wrote:If I were you, I would not 'listen' to him in terms of his preferences because they are like children in the sense that, if it was up to them, all they would eat would be sunflower seeds, French fries and white bread . People often say that, because they are animals, parrots 'know' what to eat but it's simply not true, they eat what they were taught to eat and then, out of this and given a chance, only what they like. They truly have no idea what is good or what is bad for them so always offer a large variety, always eat breakfast with him (his breakfast, not yours!) about one hour after dawn, and keep on insisting on stuff that he doesn't touch because parrots take a looooong time to become familiar enough with a new food item to try it.
Luckyandjenn wrote:Ha ha ha i will keep eating with him and not give up lol ill start eating with him i just also bought him higgins sunburst gourmet food mix ill see if hell even eat it lol
Pajarita wrote:Luckyandjenn wrote:Ha ha ha i will keep eating with him and not give up lol ill start eating with him i just also bought him higgins sunburst gourmet food mix ill see if hell even eat it lol
Well, I have to tell you that Higgins is not really very good... It's not the seeds in it, it's the dried produce in it which is not only dried (bad for parrots that need A LOT of moisture in their food) but also sulfured (real bad) and, the things that need to be organic are not. He would be much better off eating nuts for dinner...
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