Nuts!

[BraveheartDogs]

I have not offered my birds any nuts in the shell, except for peanuts. Of course they love peanuts but I don't give those often and I would like to offer some nuts that will be more enrichment as well as be a good treat. I would like to hear some ideas for nuts for Merlin (White Fronted Amazon), Nemo (Meyers Parrot) and Autumn (Green Cheek Conure). And, where do you get them?

Thanks!

 

[JLcribber]

Almonds. High in calcium and low in fat.

 

[BraveheartDogs]

Almonds. High in calcium and low in fat.

Do you think that my birds will be able to open them?

 

[JLcribber]

Do you think that my birds will be able to open them?

You just need to give them a smack with a hammer so they have a weak spot to work on. Don't smack your fingers!!! Or give them unshelled.

 

[BraveheartDogs]

You just need to give them a smack with a hammer so they have a weak spot to work on. Don't smack your fingers!!! Or give them unshelled.

Okay! I will try almonds, they will be easy to get too! Thanks John.

 

[MommyBird]

there are also softshell almonds right there in CA.
I need to put my order in soon, we are about out
http://forums.avianavenue.com/feathered-food-court/1753-heres-source-soft-shell-almonds.html

 

[Bokkapooh]

I personally would stop feeding peanuts or the very least, peanuts in the shell. The fungas on the peanut shell and the peanuts themselves causes aspergillis, a deadly lung disease in parrots. The only think I feed that has peanuts in it is Harrison pellets, which I really wish they would use another nut in place of the peanuts.

My zon loves almonds (smacked with a hammer so there is a weak spot, as john said), walnuts, cashews and pistacchios the most

 

[BraveheartDogs]

there are also softshell almonds right there in CA.
I need to put my order in soon, we are about out
http://forums.avianavenue.com/feathered-food-court/1753-heres-source-soft-shell-almonds.html

That's interesting, I might try some of those.

 

[Gen120]

there are also softshell almonds right there in CA.
I need to put my order in soon, we are about out
http://forums.avianavenue.com/feathered-food-court/1753-heres-source-soft-shell-almonds.html

wow, I've never heard of these before either. Those are interesting. I feed almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts, cashews, etc. I don't feed peanuts though cause of the mold spore risk. The conures don't like cashews or walnuts unless they are put in birdy bread, I actually don't think they like any kind of nut except a pine nut.