by Pajarita » Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:45 am
Well, for one thing, I don't believe that citrus need to be limited. I have seen this as well as the 'citrus is not good for parrots because it's too acidic' myth but I have no idea who started it or why. My birds eat all types of apples [but I get more Gala than other kinds because I love them myself], oranges [regular, blood and Cara Cara], tangerines, ruby grapefruit, pommelos, bananas [never ripe], strawberries [not often because they need to be organic and they are too expensive], blueberries, blackberries, pears, grapes [different kinds, including champagne when they are on sale], watermelon, fresh and naturally dried and reconstituted pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew, coconut, pomegranate seeds, cherries, mangoes [mostly the regular ones but, sometimes, the yellow ones], papayas, kiwis, peaches, nectarines, plums, and there is also the dry raisins, currants, cranberries. dates and figs that I get dry and sometimes reconstitute before adding them to the gloop or just add dry to the birdy bread. I think I got them all. Of course, there are also all the fruits that we call 'veggies' like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, etc.
My gray [and the ones I had before, too] seem to like very juicy things like watermelon, cantaloupe, grapes, a ripe peaches or pears, etc. but it's not as if she would not eat any other kind because, this morning, for example, they got bananas and grape tomatoes and she ate them both - of course, the tomatoes do fall in the 'very juicy' category but not the banana and that was the first thing she picked up.