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| 536.1 | Just Right..... | LESCOM::KIRSCHBAUM | Have You Hugged a Parrot Today | Mon Apr 22 1991 12:27 | 13 |
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I have started feeding my Macaw Exact, it is the only "pelleted" food
that does not end up entirely on the bottom of the cage.
however, they suggest always keeping 1/4 of the birds daily food
a seed mixture. The local pet store [Fins & Feathers in CHelmsford]
has a nice seed/nut/fruit mix w/o sunflower seeds that I am using.
Along with pizza, chicken, pasta etc. of course...and lots of fruit,
especially now in the summer, since he loves peaches.
-dick
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| 536.2 | | SWTHRT::RIVES_J | | Tue Apr 23 1991 14:08 | 17 |
| We have a yellow fronted amazon that NEVER eats seed.We have had her since
she was three months and gradually at the beginning got her off the seed.This
was on the advice of our Vet.At the moment she is in a big time molt so we
make sure she gets her vitamins every day in addition to her regular food.
She eats whatever we eat.Her favorites are mashed potatoes,brocolli and
pizza.When we started her on new things we have to make a big deal over whatever
it is.We try to give it to her and she always shakes her head no.After much
fuss on our part she will try the new morsel and ultimately eat all.
Patience is the key.We had her annual check the other day and our Vet is
thrilled with how well she is doing.
I will say that very rarely when we want to brighten up her day we give
her a few sunflower seeds.She takes each one,holds it and and says WOOOOOO,
WOOOOO,very good.
Caliope's Dad
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| 536.3 | Grey's and Great, B&G's Finicky! | WR2FOR::BONAZZOLI_MA | | Mon Apr 29 1991 15:47 | 15 |
| I have a Congo African Grey, who I have converted to LaFebvres Pellets
and a B&G Macaw who won't touch pellets at all. The Grey eats no seed,
pellets during the day, and veggies, fruit, people food, etc. at night.
He's VERY healthy. Getting him to pellets wasn't easy. I put a third
bowl in his cage, gradually decreasing the amount of seeds I was giving
him, and increasing the amount of pellets. I also switched the location
of the pellets and the seed...the pellets went in the bowl where the
seeds usually were, and the seeds went into a seperate bowl which is
now gone. When I say gradually...I acutally measured the amount of
seeds precisely, decreased slowly, and this took about 2 mos. to
accomplish. The macaw, unfortunately, will have nothing to do with any
pellets.
Nancy
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| 536.4 | no sunflower seeds? | SELECT::BRUCE | It is the Adventurers who accomplish great things. | Mon Jul 08 1991 16:44 | 5 |
| I'm new to the conference (my S.O. and I would like to get a bird) and
I've quickly picked up that sunflower seeds are not recommended food.
How come?
-Tanya
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| 536.5 | My $0.02 | DPDMAI::MCQUEENEY | Imminent Cerebral Meltdown | Tue Jul 09 1991 11:38 | 7 |
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Sunflower seeds are very fatty, and very difficult for birds to digest
even with added grit. I keep a bag of seeds on hand to help train
Cricket, but his staple food is pellets supplied by the Vet.
McQ
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