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My GCC bender is middle-aged and his labs came back with bile acid just a hair out of normal range and modestly elevated triglycerides. So time to reassess diet
I used to give him a mix of pellets seed fruit in his bowl, and give him foraging bags with seeds and pellets. He’s always been my good eater but I realized the little bugger was getting too many seeds by tearing through his foraging bags.
So now we have new rules. Bowl is only for fruits/veg and mash, all dry foods (pellets, seeds, uncooked pasta) go in foraging bag. I stuff a paper lunch bag with shredded paper then measure out seeds and pellets and put them in bags. He goes through the whole bag every day!
He is thus far displeased by having to work for all of his junk food!! Every morning when he finds his bowl full of fruits and veggies he’ll eat a few, do his angry dance/grumble, and climb up to rip his bag apart and get the good stuff. He gets his cage paper changed every day and one of his favorite things to do is “fish” by grabbing dropped yum Yums from his cage pan.
His indignace at having to work for his food like a peasant cracks me up! But it also means he spends a good part of his day looking for food like they do in wild, and is eating healthier overall.
He also seems to rather enjoy being indignant and I have fun watching him forage. Cheap entertainment and healthier bird - win for all!
I used to give him a mix of pellets seed fruit in his bowl, and give him foraging bags with seeds and pellets. He’s always been my good eater but I realized the little bugger was getting too many seeds by tearing through his foraging bags.
So now we have new rules. Bowl is only for fruits/veg and mash, all dry foods (pellets, seeds, uncooked pasta) go in foraging bag. I stuff a paper lunch bag with shredded paper then measure out seeds and pellets and put them in bags. He goes through the whole bag every day!
He is thus far displeased by having to work for all of his junk food!! Every morning when he finds his bowl full of fruits and veggies he’ll eat a few, do his angry dance/grumble, and climb up to rip his bag apart and get the good stuff. He gets his cage paper changed every day and one of his favorite things to do is “fish” by grabbing dropped yum Yums from his cage pan.
His indignace at having to work for his food like a peasant cracks me up! But it also means he spends a good part of his day looking for food like they do in wild, and is eating healthier overall.
He also seems to rather enjoy being indignant and I have fun watching him forage. Cheap entertainment and healthier bird - win for all!
I love the grumble of a unimpressed gcc it’s cutest noise never when they tell you off
