meat eating mccaw

[have24paws]

okay, please nobody yell at me....lol. but does anybody else have a mccaw that loves meat? my husband is a hunter, and when she sees him pull out the cutting board, she knows that there is venison to be had! raw, cooked whatever....she is in there! my husband is very careful, so i dont worry about bacteria and her avian vet has proclaimed this okay, especially since she is so so healthy! that is the only raw meat she gets, but this sweet loving bird will kill you for a piece of sausage...lol. and there is just something not right about a bird breaking a turkey bone (cooked of course) in half and eating the marrow! anybody else have a cannibal bird like me?

 

[ScottRoberts]

My CAGs may be even worse they both love chicken always cooked though it may be the garlic I'm not sure but I can not have chicken unless I share.

Scott

 

[have24paws]

we cant have any meat unless we share! that is the only time that bird gets loud!
flo

 

[MikeyTN]

You guys spoiled your birds and that's the problem! They get their share but only get it once in awhile. Eating meat is fine in moderation as we feeds ours chicken breast meat.

 

[Mamanda]

At Thanksgiving when I was grabbing some Turkey for my fids everyone thought I was INSANE ... forcing cannibalism or something.

 

[lene1949]

I love chicken, and Max always get a leg bone, when I have chicken for dinner... Yes, he gets to the marrow straight away... lol

 

[oled]

Ville just love meat and get smal peases once in awhile

 

[Spiritbird]

I would not give a bird raw meat, too risky. Here is a photo that says it all:

 

[kksdad]

Our Grey likes chicken & steak.

 

[andrea.faerie]

Lucy and Bleu both LOVE chicken, turkey, deer, squirrel... anything lol

 

[henpecked]

My amazons love all of the above mentioned meats and bone and antlers,but several love cooked blue crabs legs,crunch,crunch and have become very adept at opening them up, sort of like eating seeds or nuts.I have noticed that it does give them stinky poo though.

 

[MikeyTN]

LoL@stinky poo

 

[have24paws]

wow, crabmeat......im not sure i love maggie enough to share my crab legs.....lol!

 

[JJones1719]

Mine too. I guess we all just spoil our birds. Cooked Turkey is their favorite then cooked Chicken. I would not feed them raw meat. Just would not take the chance. Best of luck to those who spoil their birds.lol

 

[triordan]

i have only fed chicken, Remington wont touch thebone though, and to be honest it kind of scares me to fed them to him

 

[lene1949]

Max, Alexandrine, was 'helping' me with some food preparations (for Christmas) yesterday... He just flew down to the kitchen bench, and started by opening the bag of carrots, the bag of bread... While cutting up the chicken to be cooked, he had a taste of the raw meat... Everything I did, he had a taste of....

What really surprised me was that he ate a lot of the tinned makrel - absolutely loved it...

We both had a great couple of hours in the kitchen..

 

[Remy]

Puck loves meat! One time I was eating a cobb salad (before I went veggie), and what did he pick out? A piece of bacon! I usually give him little pieces of chicken when it's around.

To the OP: I don't see a problem with raw meat, but I would be hesitant to use it without sanitizing the piece first. Maybe sear the outside or something. Then again, I don't really know anything about hunting or any of that stuff.

I can totally see Puck going nuts over something like that.

 

[have24paws]

ordinarily i would agree about the raw meat....but considering my hubby does the whole thing, from the woods right to the freezer. i know its good stuff!

 

[Remy]

I would think it's safer than getting it from a store. E coli contamination happens when the meat comes in contact with fecal matter. I don't know what else that animal could carry, but if it's something you would eat raw yourself (taste aside), then it's probably okay for the bird.