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RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Sunshinesmom — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:43:32 GMT

Sunshine loves peas, she goes nuts over them, she eats the insides lol. I usually mix them with carrots, brocolli, Green Beans, Corn in the food processor this is how I got her to eat her other vegetables before she was just picking out the insides of the peas hee hee

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Kito&TupisMom&Dad — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:39:27 GMT

K&T Dad... YES it can & will. Millet is to birds like potato chips are to us! Start introducing pellets, veggies, fruits, greens, beans, and grains to your Tiel.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Roxy Spinoza — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:04:44 GMT

Roxy loves to eat spray millet. Can too much be unhealthy for her? She is a 5 month old Pearl Cockatiel.

thx....doug

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

QuakerLuv127 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:14:45 GMT

Hahahahahahahahaha!!! I tried googling it and everything.. Thanks!

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

KnuffleBunny — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:16:47 GMT

Fid- Feathered Kid.

^^

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

KnuffleBunny — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:15:59 GMT

All mine love beat tops.
^^

And get little red beaks when I give it to them. It's very cute.

Anyway, I've noticed my 'teils aren't fans of anything watery ( Like Fruit, for example), but they do love their veggies.

Bird loves plain old romaine, and the girls like broccoli tops, and my little Gim'll eat any veggie.

=P

And they don't technically eat it, but they adore ripping kernels off of uncooked corn. I get them the Indian ( The ones with pretty colors and patterns) corn during the fall, and they never get tired of it.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

QuakerLuv127 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:02:14 GMT

Ohhhhh my some of you have a TON of birds! Mildly jealous haha.. Mine are enough work alone! Um.. I switched both my birds to a pelletted diet.. and finally they both started eating it. I am working on fruits and veggies. I give them the Lafabers fruit and veggie seed ball things.. and I bought a bad of basically trail mix for birds. I started mixing it with seeds and they have caught on and started eating that too. Is that enough? Can they get any nutrients out the trail mix? There are raisins, pineapples, nuts.. whole bunch of stuff. I am going to start mixing that with fresh stuff soon too.. Any input? Please let me know. OHHH and one more thing.. what exactly does "fid" mean? I understand its bird.. but how? AHH? Heh..

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Kito&TupisMom&Dad — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:56:47 GMT

K&T Dad.. Yep, Pepper's Pa.. I meant non processed & plant matter foods

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

FridayGt — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:11:21 GMT

Pancho loves Spinach and Bell Peppers.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

ditty — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:55:38 GMT

Yoshi likes berries of all kinds and is a carbo junkie. He will eat just about any carb known to man. lol His fav nut is almonds.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

rothko — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:57:24 GMT

we haven't had our (still nameless) budgie long enough to determine all his favorites, but so far we know he really likes eggs. i think it's vaguely creepy to feed a bird eggs, but hey, if he likes it and it keeps his weight up, i'm not gonna argue.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

wordybirdie — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:07:56 GMT

Olivia loves berries, especially blackberries and strawberries, soybeans, kiwi and eggs.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Pepper's Pa — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:33:05 GMT

Now, if your question is what foods Senegal Parrots eat in the wild in their natural environment that I feed to Pepper, my answer would be nothing that I am aware of feeding him. If "natural" means non-processed and plant material that a bird would have access to in the wild, then my list is below.

Based on my definition of "natural" above and what I observe Pepper eating first out of his bowl of food I’d say his favorites are:
Soy Beans (beans only, out of the pods)
Broccoli
Sugar Snap Peas
Sweet Potato
Almonds
Cherries
His seed mix (it’s made of natural foods, though they’re not naturally found together)

Since I weigh Pepper every day, I’m able to see patterns. Every morning after I either fill Pepper’s seed bowl with fresh seed mix or feed him Soy Beans, he always has a three to four gram weight gain. So I guess based on this observations Soy Beans and fresh seed mix are his favorite “natural” foods.

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Kito&TupisMom&Dad — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:36:59 GMT

K&T Dad... !$@#!$@! Forgot the cherries & Broccoli Kito LOVES cherries(Happens to be his dad's favorite too) & Tupi Loves Broccoli!

RE: Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Saving Birds — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:29:50 GMT

Peter (budgie)- red or brown rice, mashed veggies, greens, eggs

Ava (budgie)- any fruit, red or brown rice, eggs,

Kyoto (cckatiel)- greens, broccoli, mushy veggies

Peppermint Patty (cockatiel)- eggs and whatever Yo-yo is eating

Frank (Quaker)- cherries, food

Lola (Quaker)- pumpkin, though she can no longer have it

Claudia (RS Eclectus)- any fruit, snap peas

Yaz (Nanday Conure)- food

Favorite "Natural" Foods??

Kito&TupisMom&Dad — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:47:56 GMT

K&T dad.. This may have been posted before but was just interested in what your fids favorite "natural" foods are? Here is a run-down of our guys.
-Kito:(Senegal Parrot) Hot Peppers, Almonds, Papaya, Kiwi, Beans and just about everything I have thrown his way except Blueberries.
-Tupi:(P.Parrotlet) Hot Peppers, Rasberries, Seeds, Grains, Kiwi & Figs.
-Tarzan & Jane:(Peach Faced Lovebirds) Figs, Grains & Seeds.
-Miah:(Cockatiel) Apples, Peas, Corn, Seeds and Grains.
-Chico:(Green Cheeked Conure) Banana, Apples and Grains.
-Aussie:(Bourke's parakeet) Greens, Rasberries, Beans, Corn, Seeds & Grains.
-Chile:(Lineolated Parakeet) Greens, Peas, Corn, Almonds, Carrots, Grains, Melon, Pineapple and Apples
-Julio:(Black Capped Conure) Apples, Peas, Almonds and Grains.