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Bird Grass?

Postby aquagreen » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:00 pm

Does anyone have any experience with grasses like these? I'm certain my Senegal would love to pick at it (especially if I act like she isn't meant to have it :roll:) :

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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby Pajarita » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:06 pm

My budgies used to love wheat grass and there were a couple of tiels that liked it while no other parrot of mine ever touched it but, hey, try it! It's very healthy!
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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby aquagreen » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:25 pm

Okay, good to know. :)

My sennie loves to rip things up, so I think she'd like a go at this. I'll report back. :D :senegal:
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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby JessiMuse » Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:31 pm

Funny, I was just about to make a thread asking about it. :lol:

From what it seems, I think bird grass might appeal more to ground foraging parrots like cockatiels and grass parakeets (as the name applies :P). Any parrot that loves to shred things up could potentially love it though, so I'd say give it a try. :thumbsup:

I'm thinking of trying it for my birds, as well.
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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby aquagreen » Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:05 pm

Hey, it's worth a shot. Anything to keep them entertained. I'll just have to play with it a lot myself first to convince her that it's something important to me--then she'll want to destroy it for sure. :lol:
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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby Pajarita » Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:13 pm

Some people put it through the blender (or the Food Ninja or whatever it's called) and add it to their parrot's soft food - like I said, it's highly nutritious!
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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby aquagreen » Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:25 pm

Oooh, good idea. Huh. I have a juicer now...I haven't been able to make your gloop recipe yet, Pajarita, since I had to order the Kashi from Amazon, but I bet this--or even some drizzled, juiced organic veggies--might be a nice, subtle addition early on as she adjusts to the mix....
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Re: Bird Grass?

Postby seagoatdeb » Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:58 pm

aquagreen wrote:Oooh, good idea. Huh. I have a juicer now...I haven't been able to make your gloop recipe yet, Pajarita, since I had to order the Kashi from Amazon, but I bet this--or even some drizzled, juiced organic veggies--might be a nice, subtle addition early on as she adjusts to the mix....


You need a juicer that is says it will do wheat grass, most cant.
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