Claredools
Sitting on the front steps
Oh brill thanks I will
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Diet
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It is. Edgar is no angel himself. But I can see that he is improving. He reduced his biting a lot. I'm also teaching him to drop things when I ask. The problem is he drops everything I ask during the training session. But when he takes something he shouldn't and I ask him to drop this he suddenly goes deaf. Or he flies away with his trophy. There is a lot to do for us but I'm a patient person.
Oh that's cute, made me chuckle with that vision of him flying off with a trophy that must be a site. I tried shell less no salt sunflower seeds as a treat, that was a no go. Either I tried it to early after his battle with the bottle and he was in attack mode or not, I dunno. I have left them in his treat bowl and he didn't touch him. He has to be the only parrot I know that doesn't like dried red hot peppers, even my Love Birds liked them. So I'm back to square one trying to find a healthy treat that will motivate him.
Edgar doesn't like those as well. I can sympathise with your problems with treats. Edgar also doesn't like a lot of things that coudl be treats for him. For example no nuts. But I'm really surprised that Paco doesn't like sunflower seeds.
But you mentioned Paco likes cucumber. Could this be a treat?
I also baked cookies for Edgar, they have a little bit of honey instead of sugar, good quality of flour and oil instead of butter. He gets them very seldom and minimum quantity, but I treat them as the last resort when I really want Edgar to go to his cage and he really doesn't want to. Then I offer a crumb of the cookie. Or when he will perform very well on the training session or I'm teaching something really important and I want to reinforce this. In such situation I use cookies.
Maybe Paco would like cookies. Or birdy bread. There are some excellent recepies here on the forum. I tried birdy bread with Edgar but guess what? He didn't like it. But I know a lot of birds love it.
@Imogena oh good, I thought I had a weird parrot that doesn't like peppers. I could try cucumbers, its just hard to keep them for very long. Paco does like corn bread, I was giving him Jiffy Mix but found out on here that it has lard in it. I am surprised that Edgar wouldn't like birdie bread, have you tried corn bread?
I don't know exactly what corn beead is. Is it just bread with corn flour? If so I didn't try it. I baked corn cookies and he didn't like them. Probably because I put some blended vegies in it. I also gave him dry corn crackers but also didn't like them.
Oops I'm sorry, I didn't even take into consideration that you are not in the US. We make corn bread to eat with soups and beans. It is bread made with corn meal. I haven't found a recipe that I can make without milk or eggs but I'll keep looking.
Claredools
Sitting on the front steps
Yes I’m getting better at knowing when she will bite and when to leave her alone ,and I don’t make her do anything she doesn’t want ,it’s definitely got better thanks
Oh yeah he got me three times this week in the back of my neck. Blood every time! He has ben a total PITA but I think it has to do with hormones. It hurts like the devil and I swer I will choke the little bugger soon.
Claredools
Sitting on the front steps
Yeah it kills especially when they hold onto the skin
Or onto the skin on the top of my palm. And then they squeeze. Ouch. Even reminding this hurts.
