Saturday, January 21, 2012

what a macaw eats part 2


The treat portion of my answer to Mshorselover8's question on what I feed my macaw. My cockatiels will eat some of these things, so if you have other birds, let them try them as well! Mentioned in the vid and others I forgot: -In-shell peanuts, roasted, unsalted (3-4 at a time hidden in toys) -in-shell almonds (2-3 at a time hidden in toys) -Raw in-shell sunflower seeds (no more than 1tb. a day for going home treats if I need to leave during the day or to put him in his cage at night). -banana coins (about 5 sliced at 1/4" to hide in toys) -cherry (diced to reduce waste, otherwise he drops it on the floor. goes in dish. at least remove pit, if you don't do anything else, pit has cyanide) -orange (cut into small wedges and halved horizontally. usually goes in dish) -apples (also cut in wedges and halved for his dish) -grapes (quartered and de-seeded for his dish) -grapefruit (offered pieces as I was eating with him) -melons (he loves watermelon!) -pear -peach -nectarine -chicken drumstick bones (make sure it's cooked thoroughly. we use organic free range chicken which have denser bones and he gets a little more challenge from those. He cracks them open for the marrow. Turkey bones seem to give him enough trouble that he won't bother too much with them) -cooked potato -broccoli -carrot (sometimes he'll eat them, sometimes he won't) -cooked pasta I also give him popsicle sticks from sorbet popsicles and leave just a tiny dribble left on the stick for him to taste and then he ...

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