Tasty Tuesday featuring... Rocko!!!
Added 2020-06-16 13:00:03 +0000 UTCI hope you guys enjoy seeing Rocko for a chance in my tasty tuesday!
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Sounds like it could have to do with needing more balance of what my seasonal feeding system is. It has grains and legumes in it too to add more protein and things that make the poops look more normal. The portions are such that it's more ideal than random ingredients in random quantities so it may just be happening because you are experimenting. Once you get on a pellet and the seasonal system you should see a lot more solid poop.
BirdTricks
2020-07-09 14:56:51 +0000 UTCNo fruit really just carrots peas sweetcorn brocoli and cauliflower sprouts and egg
Sarah Lancaster
2020-07-06 22:18:02 +0000 UTCAre you including fruit in the fresh foods? Fruit will give birds diarrhea. If you have my cookbooks it talks about how much per week to give of each food group, and if you get Alfie on a pellet that will really help with normalizing his poops, too. Pellets fill in the nutritional gaps of a fresh diet, especially during a transition.
BirdTricks
2020-07-06 20:23:13 +0000 UTCLast question for now my african grey has been eating a mixture like what you took off bean. After watching your videos im doing more fresh foods and trying new stuff. However Alfie now seems to have diarrhea. Is this normal? Love your videos xx
Sarah Lancaster
2020-07-06 18:02:56 +0000 UTCHi Sarah, yes but I would only really recommend that on the seasonal feeding recipes. I have more freezing instructions in my cookbook, the main one, though. Different foods freeze differently.
BirdTricks
2020-07-05 15:45:06 +0000 UTCHi if I make your recipes in bulk can they be frozen xxx
Sarah Lancaster
2020-07-04 16:42:44 +0000 UTCYou may try powdering the pellets and sprinkling them over the fresh mix since your budgie likes that. In my budgie course I go over diet conversion for budgies: https://birdtricksstore.com/collections/top-8/products/the-budgie-bundle-budgie-course-only
BirdTricks
2020-06-22 14:43:09 +0000 UTCSorry to be off topic but I need budgie diet advice. There are not many options for cold pressed pellets here in Australia. I am trying to convert budgies to Top’s Parrot Food Pellets (for small hookbills). Have you heard of this brand? The pellets look great and appear super healthy but so far they are not keen to eat them. One will sometimes eat it if I mix in (very very diluted) water with honey it. I’ve also tried crushing it up. Good news is that the birds are loving the batch of seasonal feeding system I made. My first batch was just made roughly with ingredients I had on hand ensuring all the food groups covered in the right proportions. My birds are tiny so I froze a gazillion teaspoon sized balls and I defrost a couple of them in the fridge overnight for perfect brekky! My next batch will be much less rough.
Evita Westwood
2020-06-22 05:51:55 +0000 UTCAwesome, thank you! He only wants his crap seed mix (the same exact food Bean came to u with- huge parrot snacks including unshelled almonds! For my tiny GCC) and people food. To get him to eat, I seriously sit at the table for an hour with him on my shoulder pretending to eat, letting him eat the chop off the fork 😂 I gotta find a better way! Hoping the bread and applesauce will help!
Jennifer Percopo
2020-06-21 03:50:47 +0000 UTCI'm totally in favor of things being used as transitional tools. It's not ideal to give birdie bread every day but I had a flight student who used it as a tool to get their bird to eat the ideal diet and it took her six months! I feel that's worth it for the bigger, more important, end result that will be for the rest of the bird's life. So a bit more sugar or fat in the diet to get a long term better result of health is okay in my book.
BirdTricks
2020-06-21 03:47:36 +0000 UTCOo sorry about that! That sometimes happens when I voice-record but I haven't heard of it happening on these. I will definitely listen up if anyone else says the same!
BirdTricks
2020-06-21 03:45:15 +0000 UTCThank you for this!! My birds so far haven’t eaten anything I’ve made, so it’s nice to see I’m not the only one 😂 side note, if Rocko won’t eat it, I will! 😋 question about fruit. I know every day isn’t good. I’m making birdtricks bread right now and found out our new GCC loves applesauce! I mixed it in with the chop that he wouldn’t eat, and he is eating a bit. How bad is it to use applesauce to convert?
Jennifer Percopo
2020-06-20 16:42:39 +0000 UTCHi Jamie, just a heads up, the sound's a bit off for me in this video. The intro song is OK, but when you talk, it only comes out of my right speaker. The outro song only comes out of the left speaker. Since the intro song is OK, I don't think it's a problem on my part? Just guessing though!
Lynn De Pourcq
2020-06-18 00:43:20 +0000 UTCI’ll have a glass of that. Yummy.
Tempie Elder
2020-06-17 14:48:52 +0000 UTCThat makes sense! I don't do any fruit for my other birds. I think sometimes we forget that birds don't eat super ripe fruit in the wild so it doesn't have near the sugar. Thank you Jamie!!
Wendy Cottingham
2020-06-16 16:50:03 +0000 UTCThey may burn it off in the wild but in captivity I find them quite unable to do so to the extent a human would see fit lol. I personally would keep it to a berry or two 3x a week and no more. If they don't need it for nutritional reasons then it seems silly to include it in their everyday diet to me. But that's just my personal thoughts.
BirdTricks
2020-06-16 16:45:36 +0000 UTCSo cool! I can't wait to make this for Finn and watch him go to town. Today is a fruit day so maybe I'll make a smoothie for me and him this afternoon!
Fabfemme
2020-06-16 16:38:44 +0000 UTCSomething about the shape of their tongues looking similar to lorikeets which makes them think they have nectar in the wild. Plus they are so high energy they burn it off. My thought is what if I want him to chill😂😂😂 He wants to run around on the floor all day!!
Wendy Cottingham
2020-06-16 16:20:55 +0000 UTCOh that's a great idea for the switch! Good on ya! What was the reasoning your vet gave for encouraging fruit in the diet? I would offer it no more than 3x a week per my nutritional feeding guidelines. Caiques are naturally high energy.
BirdTricks
2020-06-16 16:16:56 +0000 UTCI am really curious I just got rehomed a caique who was fed mostly fruit. I have switched him to the seasonal feeding system incredibly fast. I just mixed with some unsweetened applesauce. I was so surprised how fast it happened! But I was told by an avian vet that caiques need some fruit in their diet. I'm thinking I will just use fruit for training although he loves almonds and walnuts. Any thoughts??
Wendy Cottingham
2020-06-16 15:53:46 +0000 UTCThat is a good thing!! Most birds have total sweet beaks and prefer fruit over veggies which is why I use it in my cookbook set as a conversion tool. You can look at the seasonal feeding recipes and incorporate that into fun ways of serving instead.
BirdTricks
2020-06-16 15:20:22 +0000 UTCI have tried some of these recipes to try to figure out what my birds really like and I can say none of my birds really like fruit! Which I’m sad about but I guess it’s good right ? But still trying different things to find out their favorites!
kaitlyn halitsky
2020-06-16 15:03:38 +0000 UTComg, he is so damn adorable
Carol Ward
2020-06-16 13:45:29 +0000 UTCI stay away from greens high in iron, as toucans can die from iron storage disease. Although recently studies have been finding captive toucans now dying from diabetes from the fruit we have in stores so I'm working hard on a diet revamp for Rocko to see what keeps his iron levels low while steering clear of high blood sugar as well. I would like to put him through about a year of testing before I share the info though, right now he's being tested every 3 months to check his levels while I do the diet modification. 🐧🖤
BirdTricks
2020-06-16 13:44:46 +0000 UTCWhenever you talk about Rocco's diet, it reminds me of my eclectus'. He doesn't like raspberry, either.
Amy P
2020-06-16 13:36:20 +0000 UTCWhy no mint for rocco?
Patricia Lynn
2020-06-16 13:11:36 +0000 UTC
