Favorite foods?

[Helitorian]

I'm interested in what you all feed your parrot and what kind of foods they prefer. I'm looking to pick out a whole new selection of fruits and veggies next time I buy Con's fresh breakfast foods. Thanks!

 

[roxynoodle]

I'd say my Nanday is the least picky bird in the world. If she sees me eat it, it's good enough. But her favorite foods are spaghetti with tomato sauce, lima beans and popcorn. Of course I don't want to give her a lot of popcorn, but boy does she scream for it.

She actually starts screeching in the evening when it's time for her veggies. I make her a variety with carrots, broccoli, peas, corn, beans and sometimes other things as well.

As for fruit, my vet advises tropical fruits like mango and kiwi are the best for them. So I don't feed a lot of apples or grapes. She does really like oranges and bananas as well. And during the summer I have raspberries and mulberries here that she loves. And of course, strawberries.

The only things she doesn't really like are chicken and green beans.

But, my BC would not eat anything that was orange...ever! Of course orange veggies are very good for them for the vitamin A. She just had to get that from her pellets (and or course she wouldn't eat the orange pellets), or I had to trick her. I would make birdy bread and mix in baby food carrots or sweet potatos.

 

[Sylver]

Halo is very picky so far. He really enjoys his Tropico Mix, which is dried apricot, banana, peanuts and walnuts, chickpeas and a bunch of other goodies on top of his pellets.

He doesn't like strawberries for some reason, but demolishes apples and I've only this week managed to get him enjoying grapes. Next up is mango or chillies or something else that I enjoy eating as much

He seems to love the smell of the shoddy instant Mee Goreng stuff too and always comes over to get some, but that's unhealthy enough for me, let alone him so I give him some fruit to keep him busy.

 

[nofearengineer]

Bitty's favorite foods are bananas and "nuts," both of which she requests by name. Nuts consists of almonds, pecans, brazil nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, pepitos, a few sunflower seeds, etc. Everything but peanuts.

She also loves cornbread (with a little red palm oil), broccoli, peas, corn, carrots, grapes, scrambled eggs, and chicken.

She enjoyed some whole wheat french toast with me this morning (she didn't get any butter or syrup of course...I had plenty ).

 

[Spiritbird]

For both yourself and your bird I think the best thing is to buy what is in season. Like now the pomegranate and winter squashes, nuts, sweet potato and more. Just take a look around the fresh foods in the store. I try to buy organic.

 

[IcyWolf]

Anything they see us eating Lol, although they really seem to like whole serano peppers(it's like a treat and a toy all in one), apples, mashed potatoes, corn and tomato. I even gave them a little bit of my vegan stuffing from christmas and they tore it up And she doesn't get it often but ziggy goes nuts when she sees me eating a tofurky sandwich and will act like a complete nutcase until I give her a bite and she always goes straight for the tofurky slices. I always get a kick out of watching a bird eat mock bird meat lol.

 

[Tauredheil]

My GCCs new favorite is butternut squash. She loves hard boiled eggs, apples, pears, tangerines and pineapple. Not a fan of greens, but will eat them if nothing else is available that she prefers more.

 

[Helitorian]

I just brought home some farm fresh eggs and plan on boiling one for him tomorrow and pick up a squash. I'll browse the peppers as well and pick out a bell and a hot one. A bag of oranges will probably end up in my cart too. It'll be good for the both of us

I found out he doesn't like mango but he ate a small piece of dried Philippine mango the other day. It was pretty sticky and I had to help him clean his beak off lol

 

[Paulajoy]

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[lene1949]

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[lene1949]

I am continuously trying new foods with Max... The latest I've seen him really interested in was canned makrel in brine...

I just have him out on the kitchen bench, and let him choose for himself...

 

[Spiritbird]

That is correct Lene. If we copy and paste any information the copyright laws come into play. Writer please give us the source of your information. It does look like a copy and paste to me.

 

[Amber]

Alex loves ... Nearly everything! Apple, brocoli, peas, corn, beans, carrot, oranges (limited amounts, acidic) watermelon, pasta, cheerios, anything! I don't think he's ever rejected a food. Their are some he likes more then others, but he gives everything a fair go.

But this is good time to pop in and say why we are on the diet thing, to make sure your conure gets plenty of vitamin K. Broccoli, leafy greens like Kale and so on. Conures are prone to bleeding disorders (many internal and not detected) due to a lack of vit K. They don't absorb it as well as other parrots, so they need to ingest more in order to extract the same amount, if that makes sense? Of cause ALL vitamins an minerals are important, but always give them that extra bit of K so they absorb enough! The Conure Handbook By Anne C. Watkins (Not sure if this link will work, but you can get it for free on google books here The Conure Handbook - Anne C. Watkins - Google Books) has good info on it all.

 

[roxynoodle]

Any whole grain cereals without sugar can be a good addition to their diet. And yes, broccoli is one of the healthiest foods for them and us.

 

[nofearengineer]

And yes, broccoli is one of the healthiest foods for them and us.

I can personally vouch that in my quest to feed Bitty a better diet, I am eating tons more vegetables than I used to. Bitty likes to share.

 

[Helitorian]

The Conure Handbook By Anne C. Watkins (Not sure if this link will work, but you can get it for free on google books here The Conure Handbook - Anne C. Watkins - Google Books) has good info on it all.

We have this book at the PetsMart that I work at. I read it three times before I got Con. It is a great book and I wish I could recommend it to customers but we no longer carry it Actually, I wish we had more conure books in general

 

[roxynoodle]

And yes, broccoli is one of the healthiest foods for them and us.

I can personally vouch that in my quest to feed Bitty a better diet, I am eating tons more vegetables than I used to. Bitty likes to share.

Feeding my birds used to be easier because I'd give them some of whatever pile of veggies I made for myself. But, now I have chronic pancreatitis and can no longer tolerate vegetables. I actually get jealous a lot of evenings when I feed them. I also have to admit it isn't that hard to cook for 2 birds, but trying to cook for just a Nanday conure is pretty hard. When my BC passed away I kept making too many veggies. Now that Pete is here it's easier again and he eats the green beans that Rowdy doesn't care for, lol! He still isn't so sure about carrots and broccoli but he's trying them.

 

[Amber]

The Conure Handbook By Anne C. Watkins (Not sure if this link will work, but you can get it for free on google books here The Conure Handbook - Anne C. Watkins - Google Books) has good info on it all.

We have this book at the PetsMart that I work at. I read it three times before I got Con. It is a great book and I wish I could recommend it to customers but we no longer carry it Actually, I wish we had more conure books in general

I agree, it's a great one, covers all the bases, but not in a complex way! It was one of the ones I read after buying Alex (All the ones read before were ekkie books, because that's what I planned on getting . Oh well.) and it gave me the knowledge I needed to get going and prepare to bring him home. It's a great reference!


I wish they had the whole preview online, but it has the sections that I was thinking about, amongst a bunch of other good ones, so it's still worth a read for anyone interested. But if you manage to get a complete copy, it's a really good read.

 

[SunMommy]

Pyro has finally started trying new foods for me. He loves mashed sweet pototoes, scrambled eggs, whole grain breads, nuts and dried fruits. I haven't really been able to get him to eat any fresh fruits yet, but it's a work in progress.