what to feed

[chmast]

I have a question I'm hoping the forum can help me with.

I feed my ekkie fresh foods twice a day. She barley eats anything in the morning. I get her up around 5:30 am, leave the food in her cage for an hour, then I need to leave for work, so I take the fresh food away so it doesn't spoil. She has roudybush crumbles in her cage all day long and I give her treats in her foraging activities. I weigh her weekly and she remains around 300 -310 grams. Should I be concerned about her lack of interest in her fresh food in the morning? Is her weight good for a young female ekkie?

Also - does anyone else own a bird that seem to spew regurgitated food if they drink water? She's not regurgitating as if mating, but instead will eat some food, drink a bunch of water and then basically the digested food will just dribble out of her mouth? It's weird. She's had a complete physical and she is healthy and she is acting normal (she's been doing this for quite a while so I'm not really alarmed by it, just kind of curious if anyone else's bird does this as well?)

Thanks

[ampit88]

i have tried feeding them the fresh foods in the morning and they eat it about the same. they are doing a lot better than they were. i have cut the dry seed back right now we are at 9 tablespoons. the lovie still gets a full dish of the seed mix because she doesn't eat the fresh stuff. i got a sample pack or roudybush pellets (not sure what type they are right off hand) and some zupreem pellets...... those aren't going over real good so i smashed them up and added them to the soft food. right now jack and bobbin get 2/3 cup of the mix i make for them (veggies,grains,dry mix, etc). i give nellie about a 1/4 cup and add some millet to hers, because she wont even look at the dish if i don't. about a year ago they were all eating the soft foods great and just getting the seeds as a treat, then they just quit eating it all to gather.......... so i had to start over. i try to get their weight atleast once a week. it does go up and down, but not anything to worry about (although bobbin is a bit over weight). jack tries new things all the time, but bobbin wont. the first time i put my mix into her cage she sat on top of her cage and screamed at me for 2 hours. bobbin is the queen so she won that day and she get her seeds........ and people just think kids are spoiled! i will switch "my mix" back to the morning feed again and see how that goes over again. thanks

[chmast]

A must watch video by Patricia Sund at Parrot nation. I just mixed up a huge batch of chop and have freed myself from weekly food preps!!

Thank you Patricia!!!

Attached is my "money shot" as Patricia calls it.Attachment 150


check out the video:
Parrot Nation

[beakerskyler]

Hi
I feed a fresh veggie/15% fruit mix that remains in my bird's bowls all day. I don't feel comfortable leaving cooking food/mash for the day and I lightly spray the veggie mix with Apple Cider Vinegar, particularly in the summer months. I've never found my 6 year old male SI to be very 'food motivated' anyway, but you might sprinkle something interesting on top of what you're leaving in the morning. I use a sprinkle of ground flax seed, a little grated coconut, toasted Kashi or any number of other healthy items.
I take everyone out when I come home and they snack on sprouts or a good seed mix while I get their mash/cooked dinner ready. They eat on their playstands and stay out until bedtime. That way I can remove the cooked food when it's time for them to go to bed and I know their foods are fresh both during the day, and at night. I only use Roudybush CareLine Rice pellets for all my birds as I've personally found even some of the other 'natural' pellets still have too much sodium or other additives none of my birds need, especially the clec.
I don't know if this will help, but let us know how it goes. Sometimes, it's just a matter of observing and modifying eating arrangements/plans for them.
My clec doesn't seem to drip food/water but that may be a 'baby' bird behavior.

[MarieandChirpy]

hello,
i have been doing a lot of research on line about what to feed my birds. i have talked to many people about this topic also. i have ended up with more questions than answers so i will start by asking what does everyone feed their bird? i have 2 seed junkies and one seed and junk food junkie (this is my fault because i didn't know any better, and i am trying to fix the issue now). bobbin is a 9 year old yellow collard macaw, who was about 5 years old when i got her. she was eating the dry seed mix from wal-mart when i brought her home. jack is a 3 year old blue and gold macaw who was 6 months old when i brought her home. nellie is a 2 year old (i think) love bird who was about 9 months old when i brought her home. all three were on an all dry mix diet when i got them. jack is willing to try just about anything i offer her. she learned quickly that she likes pizza, french fries, potato chips and so on. she how ever does not like hardly any veggies and very little fruit. bobbin wouldn't touch any type of "people" food when she came to live with me, and i'm still not sure if she is now. nellie was eating some veggies then she stopped eating them (i'm not sure why). what is everyone feeding their birdies? if they eat their veggies and stuff how did you get them to eat it? what is your opinion of dry mixes and pellets? thanks
robin

I give Chirpy dried fruit, nuts, greens, and carrots along with her regular diet of pellets and seeds.

[Roofing007]

hi,
Nice post thanks for sharing it with us.