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Conference 7.286::pet_birds

Title:Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN!
Notice:INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.*
Moderator:VIDEO::PULSIFER
Created:Mon Oct 10 1988
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:942
Total number of notes:6016

514.0. "Want a healthier diet" by SPCTRM::SECURITY (ACT POLICE AND STATE YOUR CODE) Tue Mar 12 1991 17:24

    I was just wondering.......
    
    I'm trying to get my cockatiel Tequila and my green singing finches
    to eat good food ie.  fresh fruits and veggies.  I bought dried
    apricots and apple slices no luck.  I also tried 
    
    boston lettuce
    romaine
    green & red
    carrot greens and carrots
    peppers
    spinach fresh and frozen
    raisins
    corn (tequila actually likes this)
    dried greens prepacked at pet stores
    
    I'd really they rather not eat just seed but I can't get them to
    even touch anything else no matter how long I leave it in.
    
    Oh, I also tried fresh fruit cocktail with pineapples, pears, peaches
    and cherries.  
    
    Lisa and her three stubborn princesses
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514.1Rice plusCLOSET::COMPTONLinda DTN381-0687 ZKO1-2/C21Wed Mar 13 1991 12:2610
    Try rice, either white or brown, with wheatgerm and parsley flakes
    mixed in, and a little bit of hard-cooked egg chopped up for an
    extra treat.  Little birds like the finches love this stuff, but
    do change it frequently because it spoils fast, and they don't 
    seem to notice and can get sick from eating it if it has been in
    the cage too long.  This is a great mixture to put your powdered
    vitamins (or liquid, for that matter) in.  Add some Nekton-MSA for
    extra calcium and minerals, and you have a very healthy snack.
    
    Linda C.
514.2GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF MY FOODBOSOX::LEONHARTAussie land calling meFri Mar 22 1991 17:4815
    Hi, I have 2 Teils and i find that only the male will try differnet
    foods, the female will not even look at it until she see's that Sid
    (the male) is having a good time eating something.
    Sachy(female) is on the very shy side she is hand raised but is rather
    timmid. sid on the other hand came close to loosing his head one day.
    I was sitting on the cough one night and eating Ice cream and watching 
    TV. Well not paying any attention to sid who was bussy walking all over
    me, decided that he was going to sample what I had on my spoon and in
    my mouth the spoon goes with Sids head.
    I since am more carefull of what i put in my mouth and where Sid is .
    But i have found that sid will try almost any thing i have in my hand .
    Keep trying you never know..
    
    suzanne
    
514.3FUSSY 'TIELSABACUS::BOURGAULTMon Apr 01 1991 15:0815
    My cockatiels would never try new foods.  I would always have a
    separate dish for the special veggies, etc.  Then one day I decided
    to try putting the veggies on the top of their seed and after a few
    tries, they started nibbling on the broccoli, and corn.  They are still
    partial to only a couple of veggies (mainly corn - canned, not frozen
    Delmonte's salt-free) and some of them like broccoli and spinach
    leaves.  But try putting the veggies on top of their seed, you may
    have some luck.  They don't seem to care at all for fruit, although at
    times they will nibble on an apple slice.  Another trick that someone
    told me about is clipping the veggie on a spray millet clip.  I do
    that with a large broccoli floret and some of them like it that way.
    
    Good Luck.  It takes time and lots of patience!
    
    Denise