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mamaleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-16-09 08:54 PM
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61. My mother has parrots and she spends almost as much time making their dinners as her own!
They really need a varied diet.

From what I have read, seeds are like us trying to live off twinkies. Yeah they taste good, but you need real food. Too bad that shops try to push seed on you all the time.
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  -PSA if you have exotic birds, (Parrots) nadinbrzezinski  Sep-16-09 05:47 PM   #0 
  - If you want to GET a parrot, visit THIS site first!  ThatsMyBarack   Sep-16-09 05:50 PM   #1 
  - Oh trust me, I know why  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 05:59 PM   #2 
  - Oh and dead wrong  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 06:04 PM   #3 
  - Thank you  Yunomi   Sep-16-09 07:41 PM   #13 
  - I usually point out to people, cockatoos  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 07:54 PM   #17 
     - I started with tiels  Yunomi   Sep-16-09 08:35 PM   #39 
  - or this  jgraz   Sep-16-09 07:53 PM   #16 
     - Now I know where to get family holiday gifts  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 07:59 PM   #19 
        - Yes, please. We can use the money!  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:26 PM   #25 
           - AFTER payday... we spent way too much in hobbies and birds  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:34 PM   #36 
              - Tell me about it.  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:43 PM   #48 
                 - We have three, that IS my limit  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:45 PM   #50 
                    - Three of mine are fosters. It's so hard to resist when they need a home.  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:46 PM   #52 
                       - You are doing great work fostering them  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:00 PM   #64 
  - Wow, this should get exciting........  kestrel91316   Sep-16-09 06:05 PM   #4 
  - Well, it is funny, when we first got Cookie  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 06:25 PM   #6 
  - vet haters?? wow.. BTW, our kitty recovered completely  SoCalDem   Sep-16-09 07:04 PM   #10 
     - The worst vet bill we got  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 07:53 PM   #15 
  - I only posted that link...  ThatsMyBarack   Sep-16-09 06:11 PM   #5 
  - I realize and I read it  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 06:28 PM   #7 
  - Yep, our African Grey eats nearly everything we do  nolabear   Sep-16-09 06:47 PM   #8 
  - African birds are amazing  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 07:02 PM   #9 
  - Kick for bird health  REP   Sep-16-09 07:09 PM   #11 
  - Does this look like proper diet, stolen pizza and oatmeal.  buzzard   Sep-16-09 07:30 PM   #12 
  - My tiel loves pizza and has been known to STEAL the crust and run  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 07:49 PM   #14 
  - Companies should not be allowed to sell poison as parrot food  jgraz   Sep-16-09 07:56 PM   #18 
  - The only use I have for that junk is... as the vet put it  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:00 PM   #20 
     - That's what high-potency Harrison's pellets are for  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:28 PM   #26 
        - According to the vet they give them a high...  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:29 PM   #28 
           - Wow, I've never heard that.  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:32 PM   #32 
              - Well when we took Cookie off his sunflowers  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:39 PM   #43 
                 - I bet there's a difference between feeding as treats and feeding as food  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:44 PM   #49 
                    - We just took it off  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:47 PM   #53 
  - ALSO DO NOT KEEP IN THEM IN KITCHEN. They can die from fumes of burnt teflon.  Pisces   Sep-16-09 08:00 PM   #21 
  - Let me add the following, no playing wtih coins or keys (metal)  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:07 PM   #22 
  - Just don't cook with teflon. It's not healthy for humans either.  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:33 PM   #35 
  - So, I have 3 Suns and 1 Jenday...  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 08:18 PM   #23 
  - It takes a lot of work to change their diet  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:28 PM   #27 
  - Do you cut your dinner/breakfast items in small portions?  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 08:32 PM   #33 
     - I don't feed a lot of meat. I do different sizes with the veggies  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:36 PM   #41 
     - Thanks....  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 08:41 PM   #46 
     - Another thing on meat  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:48 PM   #55 
        - Why they get a little. They only get that at lunch  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:50 PM   #57 
           - Yep, parrots are very different from one another  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:54 PM   #59 
     - We have a "toy" in the nanday's cage  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:42 PM   #47 
     - Depends on the bird  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:41 PM   #45 
        - Thanks for your input...  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 08:45 PM   #51 
           - Oh wait for the teen years... those adorable ones  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:48 PM   #54 
              - And the other bright side...  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:49 PM   #56 
                 - Ours go there on their own!  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:54 PM   #60 
                 - I never put them in their cages...  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 08:54 PM   #62 
                    - We do when we leave, and there is no adult supervision  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:57 PM   #63 
                       - My Jenday likes power cords...  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 09:07 PM   #67 
                          - Yes suns love to play pick a boo in shirts and chew on cotton  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:11 PM   #68 
                             - Another question for you if you don't mind...  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 09:22 PM   #71 
                                - In the living room, by the TV  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:28 PM   #72 
                                   - Ya no cats in this household...  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 09:35 PM   #73 
                                      - I read about that cage strategy in bird talk  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:45 PM   #74 
                                         - There are SOOOOO many things to learn with avian care  jgraz   Sep-17-09 12:32 PM   #75 
  - Seed-shaped pellets like Harrison's are very helpful  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:30 PM   #30 
     - Are you saying that just the processed pellet food is enough?  SnoopDog   Sep-16-09 08:34 PM   #37 
        - Harrison's says to only feed pellets (of course), but we feed fresh and dried veggies as well  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:41 PM   #44 
  - We have a 9 y/o grey, Rudy and a 38 y/o blue fronted Amazon, George (of  Greybnk48   Sep-16-09 08:19 PM   #24 
  - Years ago he mentioned to avoid too many eggs, we do the whites only  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:32 PM   #34 
     - George loves yolk and Rudy loves the white.  Greybnk48   Sep-16-09 08:36 PM   #40 
        - I have not bought any seed in three years  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 08:51 PM   #58 
  - They didn't de, they were jus' pinin'  AngryAmish   Sep-16-09 08:30 PM   #29 
  - 29 posts until a Dead Parrot reference. That's a new record.  jgraz   Sep-16-09 08:31 PM   #31 
     - Frankly, I'm disappointed in all of you.  AngryAmish   Sep-16-09 08:38 PM   #42 
  - Always use the composit and add fruits and veggies.  L0oniX   Sep-16-09 08:34 PM   #38 
  - My mother has parrots and she spends almost as much time making their dinners as her own!  mamaleah   Sep-16-09 08:54 PM   #61 
  - The analogy the vet used many years ago was similar  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:02 PM   #66 
  - FYI for those with African Greys  iris88   Sep-16-09 09:02 PM   #65 
  - And if you are in the San Diego area, I will gladly  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:13 PM   #69 
  - Oh and I forgot, corn tortillas, not chips, just tortillas  nadinbrzezinski   Sep-16-09 09:17 PM   #70 
  - My Budgie Loves Spaghetti and Rice (cooked)  Beetwasher   Sep-17-09 12:40 PM   #76 
 

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