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- Jason Smith
I own a Moluccan cockatoo who is about 40 years old. I want to improve his diet however he is a picky eater. For the longest time his diet consisted of Parrot Supreme (sunflower seed mix), apples, bananas, and corn-on-the cob. I have been sprinkling calcium powder on his food. My question is this: For about three months I’ve been giving him ZuPreem Fruit Blend. I give this to him in a separate dish. The problem is that most of it winds up on the bottom of his cage! I then tried to mix 50 / 50 Parrot Supreme and ZuPreem to the same food dish. This result is always the same: He picks out the ZuPreem and discards it on the cage floor! Now I’m breaking up the pieces into smaller pieces by putting the ZuPreem into a zip lock bag and beating the ZuPreem with a kitchen hammer to reduce the size of the pieces. When I put the pieces into a separate food dish he is eating some of the pieces. (Not all but better than the larger pieces.) It seems to me that he is used to seeds and nuts and he is able to break them apart with his beak without the fine “crumbs” associated with the ZuPreem. As an aside - when does a Moluccan cockatoo come across anything like ZuPreem in the wild? Does anyone think that it would help if I added a little water to the ZuPreem to the consistency of a banana? He will eat mushy foods like bananas so why not wet ZuPreem? I wanted to get your opinion before I do this because I wasn’t sure if the ZuPreem was intended to be given to a parrot in a moist condition. Please help.