Organic sweet potato, carrot, apple and cinnamon

[Andromeda]

I'm always looking for new and different foods I can give to my birds to help keep them interested in their diet.

I buy organic sweet potatoes and carrots and give them to my birds as often as I can. I was in the grocery store the other day and I saw this: HAPPYTOT SWEET POTATO, CARROT, APPLE & CINNAMON.

It's all organic. I read the ingredients and everything is bird friendly: organic apple, organic sweet potato, organic carrots, Salba® (sahi alba 911 & 912 registered varieties of chia seed), organic lemon juice concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), organic cinnamon

I'd never heard of chia seed but I did a little research and it's great for birds; it's a source of Omega 3.

I don't know how much it costs online but at the grocery store it was $1 (USD). The instructions on the package say to refrigerate once open and use within 24 hours. Obviously I could never use it all within a day so I just squeezed bird-sized portions into an ice tray and froze it. I'll microwave it and serve it at room temperature. It should last me about 2 weeks if I feed it every day.

My birds really love it! I'm excited that I have a new and easy way to provide my birds with vitamin A, vitamin C, and Omega 3. I'll still serve them sweet potatoes and carrots but it's nice to have a mixture that's already prepared.

I thought I'd share just in case anyone else was interested. They have another blend (green beans, pears & peas) I might try as well.

[laducockatiel]

Cool, thanks for sharing. One question, when you feed your birds sweet potato, do you have to cook it or do you just peel it and chop it up for them.

[Andromeda]

Cool, thanks for sharing. One question, when you feed your birds sweet potato, do you have to cook it or do you just peel it and chop it up for them.

I cook it first; not sure if you can feed it raw but I don't see why not?

[spiral]

Hello
sweetpotatoe needs to be cooked i think, its part of the nightshade family which i think can be poisiounous to humans when raw.

[laducockatiel]

Hello
sweetpotatoe needs to be cooked i think, its part of the nightshade family which i think can be poisiounous to humans when raw.

Thanks 4 the advice! I will make sure to cook it

[laducockatiel]

Hello
sweetpotatoe needs to be cooked i think, its part of the nightshade family which i think can be poisiounous to humans when raw.

Thanks 4 the advice! I will make sure to cook it

Because Frank Lloyd Wright said it was so? Wink

Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?

[marie83]

Definitely cook it.

I dont know who frank Lloyd Wright is either.

[laducockatiel]

I dont know who frank Lloyd Wright is either.

Hmmm.... Maybe it's an inside joke

[hooligan]

Definitely cook it.

I dont know who frank Lloyd Wright is either.

Umm... there may be multiple Frank Lloyd Wrights, but I believe he was an architect and designer. I had a class instructor in art school that photographed his work early on in her career.

I have absolutely no idea what he has to do with sweet potatoes, though.

[Scotty]

I personally stay away from Ascorbic Acid in most products it's synthetic...

Read this and decide for yourself...

http://www.thedoctorwithin.com/vitaminc ... vitamin-c/