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Although only having MaTTie a couple months I am trying to get her on a good diet and at the same time, trying to still let her have some of the things she loves as long as it is safe for her.
I figured this could be the place to get some others thoughts and opinions.
When first getting her at that point her daily diet consisted of seeds, cheeto treats and a little fruit, mainly white grapes.
She has gotten pretty good with some veggies such as steamed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots along with green beans, yellow corn, diced whole potatoes, snap peas, bean sprouts and some rice and pasta in small amounts. Of course that varies day to day as to what she will want or eat. She wants nothing to do with dark leafy veggies yet.
Of course she loves her scrambled eggs.
As far as fruits the white grapes are about it as we haven't found much else she likes. We have tried apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and watermelon but with little or no success.
She now is about 50% seeds and 50% veggies. She won't touch pellets or avi cakes.
We have tried multiple flavors of nutri berries but to her these are just cannon balls to be thrown out of her bowl and across her cage, almost like she is saying, how many times do I have to tell you to keep these out of my bowl.
We are going to keep trying to add more veggies and keep trying fruits but there are some specific questions I do have about certain items.
1) Peanuts. I know that there seems to be some debate on them and an article I read the other night basically said that the human grade nuts would be OK as they were a much better and safer grade than the nuts found in bird seed bags. I throw out the shelled peanuts in her food but a couple times a week I do give her the shelled nuts I get from the store as she loves them and am trying to figure out if even these human grade nuts are safe to give her.
2) MaTTie has one of the larger acrylic type forging balls with the beak slots hanging in her cage. What I have been putting in it a couple times a week is Triscuit Wheat Berry Cluster, Cherries & Almonds. She LOVES this and whether in her ball or small pieces in her bowl, it's the first thing she goes after. Does anyone else give this to their birds or have any thoughts on her having it?
I tried the nutria berries in her ball and she just looked at it like I was crazy to put them in there.
3) Whenever I have any of the following she is not happy until she gets some: steak, chicken or chicken sandwiches, park chops, hamburger (well done) and even a hot dog weenie. I break off little pieces and she goes crazy over any of them so once again..... safe or not?
I guess these are some of my main questions and was hoping to get some feedback as to and I giving her anything that i should stop?
Thanks in advance for ANY thoughts on any of these items.
I figured this could be the place to get some others thoughts and opinions.
When first getting her at that point her daily diet consisted of seeds, cheeto treats and a little fruit, mainly white grapes.
She has gotten pretty good with some veggies such as steamed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots along with green beans, yellow corn, diced whole potatoes, snap peas, bean sprouts and some rice and pasta in small amounts. Of course that varies day to day as to what she will want or eat. She wants nothing to do with dark leafy veggies yet.
Of course she loves her scrambled eggs.
As far as fruits the white grapes are about it as we haven't found much else she likes. We have tried apples, bananas, oranges, strawberries and watermelon but with little or no success.
She now is about 50% seeds and 50% veggies. She won't touch pellets or avi cakes.
We have tried multiple flavors of nutri berries but to her these are just cannon balls to be thrown out of her bowl and across her cage, almost like she is saying, how many times do I have to tell you to keep these out of my bowl.
We are going to keep trying to add more veggies and keep trying fruits but there are some specific questions I do have about certain items.
1) Peanuts. I know that there seems to be some debate on them and an article I read the other night basically said that the human grade nuts would be OK as they were a much better and safer grade than the nuts found in bird seed bags. I throw out the shelled peanuts in her food but a couple times a week I do give her the shelled nuts I get from the store as she loves them and am trying to figure out if even these human grade nuts are safe to give her.
2) MaTTie has one of the larger acrylic type forging balls with the beak slots hanging in her cage. What I have been putting in it a couple times a week is Triscuit Wheat Berry Cluster, Cherries & Almonds. She LOVES this and whether in her ball or small pieces in her bowl, it's the first thing she goes after. Does anyone else give this to their birds or have any thoughts on her having it?
I tried the nutria berries in her ball and she just looked at it like I was crazy to put them in there.
3) Whenever I have any of the following she is not happy until she gets some: steak, chicken or chicken sandwiches, park chops, hamburger (well done) and even a hot dog weenie. I break off little pieces and she goes crazy over any of them so once again..... safe or not?
I guess these are some of my main questions and was hoping to get some feedback as to and I giving her anything that i should stop?
Thanks in advance for ANY thoughts on any of these items.