Tasty Tuesday Topic Ideas?!
Added 2021-05-12 14:00:01 +0000 UTCHey guys!
Patty and I are looking for topic ideas you want to hear about for our Tasty Tuesday episodes. Ask your questions, or post a comment with your topic suggestions in the comments and we will pull from these for filming future episodes.
Here are some topics we have already planned based on your previous suggestions, so don't worry about these, we've got them covered:
1. Teas for parrots
2. Sprouting + Seed mixes
3. How long to leave food out for
4. False accusations about aloe
But we welcome other topics and/or ideas you would like to see in our Tasty Tuesday episodes!
Remember, these episodes are for our Cressi tier and above at the $5/month level.
Comments
This one has been out for a while now, you can find it here: https://birdtricksstore.com/blogs/birdtricks-blog/blueberrys-tiny-bird-seed-mix?_pos=1&_sid=c54806db4&_ss=r
BirdTricks
2021-08-27 15:08:34 +0000 UTCCan we get the seed mix recipes soon? I have a parrotlet and he could definitely use some
Nina Mayer
2021-08-26 19:40:12 +0000 UTCCan you speak on different kinds of fish we are able to give?
Angela Carraway
2021-06-01 01:26:34 +0000 UTC1 and 2. I've seen hormonal tea advertised, have you used tea with your birds during hormone season with any success? On the sprouts front, which freeze better than others, if any. Thanks for creating patreon, great place for ideas and advice 😊
Elizabeth Rowe
2021-05-30 20:58:42 +0000 UTCYes you can give our birdie bread that often, it's low in fat so it won't overdo it in that respect. You can tie the Blueberry seed mix recipe into it too or feed that another way. Also you can use golden beets instead of red to avoid the staining.
BirdTricks
2021-05-24 16:17:09 +0000 UTCYeah, as Jessica was leading onto, the weaning process is different than a diet transition process from seeds to pellets or whatnot. In the weaning process they eventually eat what you offer and you never offer anything bad and then it takes the amount of time it takes with some modifications to how you serve it (temperature, texture, etc.) we will have a whole chapter on this in our baby bird course coming out in July!
BirdTricks
2021-05-24 16:12:58 +0000 UTCAny ideas how to supplement pellets if quality pellets are not available
Guy Goldstein K
2021-05-20 11:23:05 +0000 UTCMy biggest trouble personally is calculating the seasonal recipes down to our amount (one cockatiel 😂) and especially when it happens that I can't find certain ingredients and have to substitute. Then suddenly I feel my whole recipe is falling apart and I am doing it almost free style. Maybe adapting the seasonal to personal needs could be a topic, but maybe it's only me who struggles with the math 😂😅
Lucia Hellerhoff
2021-05-16 18:05:25 +0000 UTCThought of another question, how much wiggle room is there in the recipes? Examples: I never find pea shoots. For the summer chop I have used yellow beets instead of red. What is a red chili (so many kinds of peppers) and if I use green am I missing important nutrients? Are greens fairly interchangeable or should I definitely use collard green over chard or kale? I try not to stray from your carefully thought out recipes, but wonder what is best when I can't find exactly what is listed or the quality isn't good enough (the collard greens at the store looked rough! So I substituted chard that was much fresher looking)
Carol Ewing
2021-05-15 16:54:20 +0000 UTCI'd like to know how Patty feels about giving freeze dried vegetables as an in cage snack food. My pionus is young, just over 11 months old. He is a big eater and not picky. Dave once theorized in a Q&A that he might be insecure about going hungry due to being weaned too early by the breeder. There is probably a lot of truth to that. At this point he seems to be able to eat as much as he wants and still maintain a steady weight. I anticipate that will change as he gets older. So even now I give him dried vegetables in his cage between meals. NOT as a substitute for SFS or pellets. I solely feed it as a snack food. He enjoys the crunch. I also give him chunks of fresh vegetables too, which he also enjoys a lot. He usually gets both. I've experimented with no between meal snacks. The presence or absence of dried/fresh veggie snacks seems to make no difference in the amount of SFS he eats at mealtime. He gets SFS at noon and evening meals and I leave pellets in his bed cage for him to eat first thing in the morning. He is too hangry when he comes out if he doesn't get a bite to eat first. Pellets don't spoil overnight so they are most convenient as a wakeup meal. I see the between meals dried and fresh veggies as bonus nutrition because the calories are marginal. I'm interested to hear your take on it. My interest is in giving dried vegetables as low calorie between meal snack, because my bird loves to eat. However, I see a lot of people on the internet say that their birds will only accept dried vegetables. They are typically seed eating birds. If the topic is addressed, it would probably be a good idea to speak to meal replacement value too and whether or not it's better than no veg at all if it's the best some people can do. If only they all would eat healthy foods as readily as my little guy. My only food issue with him is not wanting the same food too many meals in a row. He makes a greedy grunting sound when his food is good, which is almost always. "Grunt, it's good, grunt" I need to record him doing it
Holden Kendrick
2021-05-14 18:11:27 +0000 UTCI do ice under the sfs breakfast also since my guy seems to eat it slowly over about 3 hours.
Carmen Griggs
2021-05-14 17:46:39 +0000 UTCI know it's been talked about before, but something hitting on picky eaters would be really helpful. My two little ones will eat just about anything, but my cockatoo has never finished a bowl of his seasonal mix no matter how little I give him. For instance, I only gave him 20g last night before bed and woke up with almost half of it still there. I am offsetting his diet with extra pellets so he's not hungry, but I'd like to see him eat more of his fresh food.
Corey
2021-05-14 17:09:34 +0000 UTCNot that this answers your question at all, but the BT pellet has millet as its second ingredient!
Mindy Saylors
2021-05-13 19:20:25 +0000 UTC1. After watching the kitchen sink video, I started wondering about the different nutritional requirements of all the different species of parrots. Does the SFS need any modifying to account for these differences? 2. My cockatiel has been tough to fully convert. She's a year old. She eats the SFS breakfast well (the beets are really staying her lutino light colored feathers!) and only recently started eating the Bird tricks pellets for dinner. She enjoys the BT birdie bread. If I don't give her birdie bread and/or millet, she will drop a scary amount of weight (10-15 grams in less than a week). She has been vet checked, so medical reasons for weight loss are unlikely. Is it appropriate to continue the birdie bread or millet daily? Do cockatiels and budgies have a need for seed in their diet (I've heard they do, but don't know if that's true.)
Carol Ewing
2021-05-13 18:29:34 +0000 UTCI also really want to hear #3 (How long to leave food out for). My budgie eats quite a bit at the start of the day, but then has another burst of hunger an hour later (usually do training then). I give her two SFS dishes a day, and for her 2nd bowl, I have been putting crushed ice in a dish below it so it'll keep for the her next burst of hunger, otherwise she starts yelling at me for a next meal. I, of course, am trying to get her out of the habit, but I work from home and can't get interrupted every day to give her the 2nd bowl at a time she's actually getting hungry. Maybe I'm in a faulty routine? ~Current Routine~ 9-10am: Wake-up and give food 20 mins after woken up 10-11am: Training session (usually 5 mins) 1-2pm: 2nd SFS bowl with ice below 4pm: Training session (usually less than 5 mins) 5pm: Pellet dish 9pm: Take pellet dish away and put her to bed Is this a bad routine?
Mindy Saylors
2021-05-13 18:12:41 +0000 UTCI have only one budgie in my house and because she eats so little, I wonder if I'm giving her too many treats during our training sessions. If she's not really active throughout the day, is there a estimated quantity of millet you could suggest?
Mindy Saylors
2021-05-13 17:52:39 +0000 UTCFeeding flowers, dried and not!
Rochelle Flynn
2021-05-13 17:33:24 +0000 UTCI would like to know if cuddle bones are good for all parrots/parakeets.. my ringnecks like to get into my conures cage and love to chew on them but I dont know if they're safe for them. So to make it short.. Vitamins and Supplements.. good or bad?
Karol j.
2021-05-13 16:18:19 +0000 UTCI’m curious to know how you go about adjusting the amount you feed daily based on your birds weight. I’ve noticed that Tucker will fluctuate as much as 10g in a week and I’m not sure how to find his ideal weight and get it to plateau there.
Carmen Griggs
2021-05-13 12:49:50 +0000 UTCCould you offer on a self selection process? I do this with my dogs and horses, it's an enrichment activity but also with food, different to finding out the fave treat, but I know you mentioned avian teas....could you make a few samples and put with water and then observe what the bird selects, how much etc...? Could you do the same with herbs: milk thistle, dandelion, cleavers, turmeric etc as a monthly enrichment but also an insight into health activity? And some more birdy bread recipes would be great, it's the only way mine eat the pellets :)
Rebeccah Baylis
2021-05-13 11:24:53 +0000 UTCProtein. How ensure is in diet in absorbable form, also possible hormone triggering if increase amount fed (mimicking increase in nature in spring). Getting some conflicting info when trying to research.
Carrie Stewart
2021-05-13 05:50:00 +0000 UTCI would love to see all the different ways you get picky birds to eat the seasonal feeding system. How you've dealt with project birds helping them transition and/or ways your birds differ in how they like to eat their food.
Kristen
2021-05-13 04:44:42 +0000 UTCDifferent types of toppers for sfs and their benefits? Like how patty puts ground flax seed for her bird that doesn’t eat nuts or eggs for calcium for molts/females
Li
2021-05-12 23:22:47 +0000 UTCShould a birds diet change with lifestage? Or are their certain things to be aware of in the diet as a bird ages? Do fat, protein and mineral requirements change as a bird ages or in response to diseases such as osteoarthritis?
Nyree Williams
2021-05-12 21:00:51 +0000 UTCI'm going to be training my budgie to take medication from a syringe soon. Hes not sick or anything, I just would like to train this behavior incase I need it in the future. That being said, I would love to know some tasty liquids I could use for training. I plan on using water of course but I figured if I could feed him something tasty, training may go smoother 😊
Clendaria
2021-05-12 20:26:51 +0000 UTCthank you, I will look for it and I am still printing/downloading content but spent all night cooking and preparing I really appreciate it! ♥
Jenifer Dodson
2021-05-12 18:18:34 +0000 UTCAs far as I know, you don’t have to transition slowly like you do for dogs and cats. But BT can go into the details.
Jessica Almquist
2021-05-12 17:59:56 +0000 UTCThere is a good video on their YouTube channel that goes through portions of their pellets and SFS. I think you start with 40g of SFS and 25g of pellets. Then you decrease based on how much your bird eats.
Jessica Almquist
2021-05-12 17:58:39 +0000 UTCPellets ? When your bird just wont eat pellets, How can you get your bird to eat them, some easy tips and tricks
Bill Armstrong
2021-05-12 17:25:53 +0000 UTCI don’t know how to respond to Wendy in here, so: Thanks, Wendy! When I first downloaded the BT app a couple years ago it offered none of that, and was fairly basic. It didn’t help me enough to to use it much back then. Payne they’ve revamped it since, so I’ll definitely have an updated look! Maybe a good topic one day (not in this tasty section, but in general) would be all that updated stuff and showing really how to use it well. Tech-challenged folks like me won’t look bother to look again unless we feel super confident and worthwhile… and all that jazz.
ShelB
2021-05-12 16:51:23 +0000 UTCShelB just in case you're not aware I thought I'd mention that the Birdtricks App has room in the notes section for all of that information regarding weight/date/motivation/tricks/whatever-you-want-to-add... it's a great tool that I use every day to journal my little guy's weight/motivation/training etc.
Wendy Drummond (Banks)
2021-05-12 16:33:43 +0000 UTCHow about how much protein birds should have in their diet?
#AnimalDiva
2021-05-12 16:12:11 +0000 UTCWould it be possible to discuss how to transition a baby bird or an adult from a seed based diet over to the SFS & BT pellet combo? I have transition many other animals (dogs, horses, cats ect.) and understand the basic concept of adding the new food slowly to the old over time, until the new food is the only available left. . However my baby Camelot will be arriving on a different diet while still requiring a hand feeding. I am curious as to how to transition him from the solid food he will be used to, over to SFS & BT pellets. Thank you for everything you do!
Maggie Mitten
2021-05-12 14:59:26 +0000 UTCI am super new and still going through the cookbook so forgive me if I have not come across it yet and it's actually in there. If however, it's not, Daily Portion Amounts for the bonding/breakfast chop for parrots by type/species if applicable. (I have a food saver with vacuum bags and a massive garden so I plan on freezing)
Jenifer Dodson
2021-05-12 14:34:21 +0000 UTCI feed SFS breakfast and lunch, and then offer 4-6 BT pellets for nooner and bedtime snacks. This is what our journaling led us to over a year or so. We love the cookbooks, and we do like to cook occasionally, but it’s not twice a week. Instead, we make Birby Gourmet every morning, and we sometimes share pics in the group. It’s a way to decorate the plate with love without going off the plan, as it always sprinkles surprises and shapes on a solid foundation of SFS. We don’t do the big entree swaps two or three times a week, but the sprinkles and spices on our modified plates almost add up what one of those splurge days might have offered (as far as alternative nutrient content). Can you talk a little bit about the difference between decorating a meal plan with love vs going off-plan? Folks have commented that the cookbooks prove you can offer just about anything bird-safe and be healthy, but I think they really missed the point that those are quality time cheat days, not everyday events. Good can be fun, but nutrient content really matters. That’s why we love SFS so very much. Our bird is proof it works. A second topic of interest would be the many ways folks portion, freeze, and serve SFS. Baggies in freezer bags like us? Ice cubes? For some, it’s SFS morning and pellets at night. For us, 1/8cup SFS at B&D, with the pellet nibbles between. When we don’t train, more treats and foragers appear in her toys to up the caloric and nutrient load for that day. A third topic of interest might be how the journal should really show more than weight, because just like for people, the scale only tells part of our story. The journal should have room for date, weight, mood & motivation score, and a spot for short notes (about tricks, incident, or food change). Even when it seems super stable, we should weigh daily and comment at least weekly. Missing data is really missed most after the fact when we can’t tell tiny changes added up… and we mistakenly think we’re seeing a sudden change. In reality, almost nothing is sudden and without a trail or trace. Thanks for everything you do. Our Capt. Morgan is living a much better life these days, and we’re so very happy.
ShelB
2021-05-12 14:27:01 +0000 UTCI’m still new to your Patreon site and I haven’t watched all of your Tasty Tuesday videos so bear with me if you covered it lol. What about a shopping trip video? Show us what you always look for when getting ingredients for your flock’s chop. I know it’s always best to go organic but for some, especially small city dwellers, organic is not available or too pricey.
Heather Fromme
2021-05-12 14:11:17 +0000 UTC
