Please enjoy this great budgie feeding hack from the folks at Windy City Parrot
We wanted to serve our budgies vegetables but we were frustrated.
We had success with a couple of lettuce products like serving an entire core of iceberg lettuce.
Cindi L asks
“How did you get your parakeets to eat chopped veggies?
Mine will nibble on veggies I put on a tiny skewer but show no interest in chopped veggies in a bowl.
I tried for about a week and gave up. . .
Also, do you cook the frozen mixed veggies you use or chop them frozen, then thaw and serve?
Dear Cindi
Please enjoy this great budgie feeding hack from the folks at Windy City Parrot.
We wanted to serve our budgies vegetables but we were frustrated.
We had success with a couple of lettuce products like serving up an entire core of iceberg lettuce.
Parrots we classify as Medium Large Species
Amazons
Blue-fronted Amazon – Cuban Amazon – Double Yellow-headed – Amazon – Green-cheeked Amazon – Lilac-crowned Amazon – Mealy Amazon – Orange-winged Amazon – Red-lored Amazon – Spectacled Amazon – Tres Marias Amazon – Tucuman Amazon = Yellow-billed Amazon – Yellow-naped Amazon – Yellow-shouldered Amazon – Vinaceous Amazon
Small species pet birds
Birds we classify as “Smaller” species
Green cheek conures weigh 64 grams (cockatiels are about 100 grams – Patagonian conures weight about 280 grams, about the size of a Timneh African grey.
Don’t think for a minute conures can be classified into one size category
Large Canaries
Gibber Canary
Finches
Zebra Finches – Gray Chestnut Finches – Flanked White Finches – Fawns Lightback Finches – Black Cheek Finches – Black Breasted Finches – Florida Fancy Finches – Orange Breasted Finches – Penguin Finches – Pied Finches – Eumo Finches – Agate Finches – Recessive Silver Finches – Black Face Finches – Fawn/Gray Cheek Finches – Dominant Silver Finches – Crested Finches – White Finches – Yellow Beak Finches – Timor Finches – Society Finches – Society Finch (Bengalese) – White Rumped Mannikin Finches – Gray Crown Mannikin Finches – Java Finches –
Lori P writes:
I have a 1.5 year old Green Cheek Conure.
We had bonded rather well until recently.
I have health issues and had gone several weeks without giving her much attention.
I didn’t think it would be a problem.
She didn’t act any differently.
We are trying something different today.
This is a video interview with Dr. Jenkins, a board certified avian veterinarian.
The video is sponsored by Chloe Sanctuary, a well known and highly regarded bird rescue.
The two major issues I have with Dr. Jenkins are
Lori P writes:
I have a 1.5 year old Green Cheek Conure.
We had bonded rather well until recently.
I have health issues and had gone several weeks without giving her much attention.
I didn’t think it would be a problem.
She didn’t act any differently.
