Beth In Alaska
Rollerblading along the road
Popper and Rio came to me with a tub of seed mix that was their primary diet. I knew already that they needed to eat mostly pellets and some fresh veggies and fruit. I bought what pellets were available and started buying a ton of fruit and veggies to see what they would eat.
Overall they try new stuff but like certain things. I have noticed that they have whims where they will pig out on something for a couple of days and then not eat anymore. Or they will ignore something for a couple of days and then try it and like it. They love Granny Smith apples. Pomegranate, peas, uncooked whole wheat and veggie pasta, cooked quinoa, eggs. Popper will occasionally eat something else and will try anything. He likes chicken. They tolerate green beans (raw) and cooked butternut squash. They don't seem to eat mango, radish,
Both birds do eat pellets but I just had an epiphany that rio needs tinier pellets. I will buy some. Both birds LOVE seeds. I am slowly decreasing the seeds and increasing the pellets. Popper only eats green pellets (realize artificial color is bad).
Would like to normalize the fruit, veggie, grain thing and stop offering a huge array of options all the time. Happy to cook for them - is cooking a bird dish a week the way to go? They do not eat raw lettuce or spinach or other leaves but maybe cooked in a dish? Should they also get raw? How do you give it?
I could use apples to train Rio. That would be very motivating! Popper could be trained with scrambled eggs,
Overall they try new stuff but like certain things. I have noticed that they have whims where they will pig out on something for a couple of days and then not eat anymore. Or they will ignore something for a couple of days and then try it and like it. They love Granny Smith apples. Pomegranate, peas, uncooked whole wheat and veggie pasta, cooked quinoa, eggs. Popper will occasionally eat something else and will try anything. He likes chicken. They tolerate green beans (raw) and cooked butternut squash. They don't seem to eat mango, radish,
Both birds do eat pellets but I just had an epiphany that rio needs tinier pellets. I will buy some. Both birds LOVE seeds. I am slowly decreasing the seeds and increasing the pellets. Popper only eats green pellets (realize artificial color is bad).
Would like to normalize the fruit, veggie, grain thing and stop offering a huge array of options all the time. Happy to cook for them - is cooking a bird dish a week the way to go? They do not eat raw lettuce or spinach or other leaves but maybe cooked in a dish? Should they also get raw? How do you give it?
I could use apples to train Rio. That would be very motivating! Popper could be trained with scrambled eggs,