AZZ.K
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- looking for two GCC, don’t own any birbs at the moment - previous owner of Kiwi and Sparky, my baby budgies. love them forever <33
Hi,
I'm new here, so uh hi everyone.
I'm going to be getting two GCCs in about a week - I'm so excited. I've owned birds in the past before, but currently don't own any (Kiwi, I miss you baby girl). I've done tons of research, but had a few nitty gritty questions that I haven't found answers to yet..
1. Food scheduling.
I plan to keep my two GCCs on a 70% pellet, 30% chop diet. This excludes any millet/nuts they might eat during training or foraging. Is that okay? Also, I've heard that a tablespoon each of chop in the mornings should be brekkie, and then when should I give pellets? At nighttime, or like lunchtime? Most research I've done has lead me to birds having two meals a day (ofc it varies birb by bird). And what is the recommended serving size for pellets? The pellets they have been weaned onto are the colourful ZuPreem pellets, and I do plan to change it to the non-colourful pellets from ZuPreem eventually (tips appreciated)... Is Zupreem okay?
2. Cuttlebone... heard mixed things here... good or bad??
3. Natural perches. Obviously no dowel perches... I'm based in Ohio - does anyone know safe natural perches I can get from the trees here?
4. Location. I plan to keep the birds and their cage in the basement (It's finished, don't worry... It's not a creepy unsafe basement lol... And there are plenty of windows and sunlight down there as well), but it can be a little chilly down there. What's the recommended temperature to keep my birds happy in?
Thanks so much in advance for any help and advice!!
I'm new here, so uh hi everyone.
I'm going to be getting two GCCs in about a week - I'm so excited. I've owned birds in the past before, but currently don't own any (Kiwi, I miss you baby girl). I've done tons of research, but had a few nitty gritty questions that I haven't found answers to yet..
1. Food scheduling.
I plan to keep my two GCCs on a 70% pellet, 30% chop diet. This excludes any millet/nuts they might eat during training or foraging. Is that okay? Also, I've heard that a tablespoon each of chop in the mornings should be brekkie, and then when should I give pellets? At nighttime, or like lunchtime? Most research I've done has lead me to birds having two meals a day (ofc it varies birb by bird). And what is the recommended serving size for pellets? The pellets they have been weaned onto are the colourful ZuPreem pellets, and I do plan to change it to the non-colourful pellets from ZuPreem eventually (tips appreciated)... Is Zupreem okay?
2. Cuttlebone... heard mixed things here... good or bad??
3. Natural perches. Obviously no dowel perches... I'm based in Ohio - does anyone know safe natural perches I can get from the trees here?
4. Location. I plan to keep the birds and their cage in the basement (It's finished, don't worry... It's not a creepy unsafe basement lol... And there are plenty of windows and sunlight down there as well), but it can be a little chilly down there. What's the recommended temperature to keep my birds happy in?
Thanks so much in advance for any help and advice!!
