New baby tiels loves my homemade honey sticks :)

[Tropical]

Sorry to post so much about my new tiel Coconut, I just find is exciting

Coconut finally discovered my homemade honey stick he has in cage... it is keeping him busy

... this new baby tiel is soooo much more independent than my other tiel (Rascal). I remember when Rascal was a baby he was super needy (still is today) and stayed on my shoulder from the second I brought him home he didn't want to be anywhere else.... maybe that is why he is now a massive VELCRO bird LOL.... I guess it is better to have one velcro bird and one more independent?? I LOVE how clingy Rascal is though....

 

[TexasWade]

Don't be sorry! He's a cutie and you're excited, it's natural. I'm pretty sure I've posted my share of pics of Dusty and have no intentions of stopping

Hey, can you share the recipe for the honey sticks? It looks like a nice crunchy thing that Dusty might enjoy.

 

[Flboy]

Very sweet! Wanna share the recipe?

 

[Tropical]

Don't be sorry! He's a cutie and you're excited, it's natural. I'm pretty sure I've posted my share of pics of Dusty and have no intentions of stopping

Hey, can you share the recipe for the honey sticks? It looks like a nice crunchy thing that Dusty might enjoy.

It's super easy and super fast to make... I have the dry mixture all ready stored in a large bin so all I do is throw it in the oven for 30 min at 350 degrees (then must dry overnight).... I make my own honey sticks as the ones in the store have all sorts of junk ingredients.

Ingredients to make one big honeystick... I don't measure anything these are just approximate:

- About 2 cups bird seed mix of your choice
- About half or 1 cup of Harrisons bird bread mix (helps seeds stick together)
- rolled oats (however much you want)... this also helps seeds stick together
- coconut flakes (however much you want)
- date syrup (I use this instead of honey)... just a little bit
- dried fruits
- AGAR AGAR - about 2 tablespoons (I use this instead of Gelatin... very nasty stuff!!) Vegan here.

I just throw all ingredients into a large bowl asides from the the agar agar. I bring the agar agar to a boil in about half cup of water and then pour it into the dry mixture... mix and knead it together and put it into a tiny short bread pan... sounds like a lot of work but it literally takes me 5 min to prepare one.

The honeysticks smell amazing!

 

[AmyMyBlueFront]

Wow..sure looks tasty and Coconut seems to be grooving on it too lol.
Gonna have to try that for BB...and Amy. Thanks for sharing!


Jim

 

[Tropical]

I am having a problem with the honeysticks though which I have not fully figured out.... sometimes it comes out PERFECT and sometimes it turns into hard concrete so hard they cannot even eat it!!

I think when I put too much of the Harrisons bird bread mix this happens... it's not because I overbaked it... or maybe it is... I have no idea