Baking with Milk Thistle and RPO/Coconut Oil?

[charmedbyekkie]

I managed to get red palm oil, coconut oil, and milk thistle (powder) shipped to me for Cairo. He doesn't care too much for milk thistle and red palm oil on his chop (coconut oil is fine though). So apart from mixing milk thistle powder into a syringe to feed it to him (we do this for probiotics since he likes the taste to practice if he ever needs to be syringe fed medicine), I'm trying to think of ways to integrate milk thistle into his diet easily and putting RPO into his diet as well.

My first thought was birdie bread. I use organic millet flour with pureed dragonfruit as the base, then just mix in other ingredients (chop, oats, etc.)

I tried reading, but couldn't find definitive data. Is it ok to bake milk thistle powder? Does it lose its benefits if heated at a high temperature? Or should I just mix it in with his syringe of probiotics?

And red palm oil versus coconut oil: Can I use either of them interchangeably to coat the tray like I would normally use butter if humans were eating the bread? Or is it better just mixed into the bread itself? Or should I just not heat those oils too high?

I kinda wing the birdie bread recipe, largely because it's hard to find the same ingredients that common in Western counties and he's an ekkie, so I have to eliminate corn-based stuff and other things that trigger his toe-tapping. So I'm completely flexible to adjusting things around to integrate healthier ingredients.

 

[charmedbyekkie]

Smol bump.

 

[RobynnLynne]

I am new to parrot diets; one of the many reasons I am here. However, I am not new to milk thistle and its benefits. It completely reversed fatty liver disease in me! I make my service dog's food and it is a staple in her diet, too.

My newly adopted parrot (3 weeks) was on a seed and nut diet only. I am happy that he accepted the addition of plain pellets whilst I introduce him to veggies, grains and fruits; to which he shows absolutely no interest.

Anyway, I was curious if I could give him milk thistle as well. My thought was to sprinkle the freshly ground powder in with Mr. Sunshine's food knowing he would inadvertently get some as he ate.

It could be sprinkled on chop, too.