Nutrition information

[sbrenton]

Hello,

Tweety Bird has been very difficult to get on a good diet. The previous owners just gave him bread, water, grapes, peanuts and seeds. I have been trying to get him to try other fruits, vegetables and food with very little luck. I have him eating egg whites and bananas now but he has turned down everything else. I have tried squash, spinach, kale, carrots, cantaloupe, strawberries, broccoli, sweet peppers and some other stuff.

Does anyone have any idea how I can get him to try some other healthy foods?

thanks,
-Steve

 

[NiRD]

Have you tried eating them with him? Monkey see, monkey do. It's actually more than a cute phrase,it's a life saving adaptation. Animals in their natural habitat often will not eat specific foods unless they observe other animals coming back multiple times to the same food source without ill effect.

 

[sbrenton]

NiRD ... thanks for the idea and I will try this.

 

[NiRD]

As your bond grows and your bird learns to trust you more, it will trust that what you are giving it is safe.

 

[svheartsdesire]

I agree..Ivan and I have breakfast together..then he walks over to see what I have..took me six weeks to go from a half Zupreen,nuts and some colored whatever that came with him to harrissons and homemade chicken broth(no salt)...depending on the day there will be brown rice or a feww noodles mixed in...lunch is grapes (cut in half) apples,and a pecan or walnut,in shell...have tried all the veggies and fruits for months...potatoes go over well especially baked...the vet (expensive and well known)recommended a probotic in the morning and vitimans in the afternoon...six months later his over all color has greatly increased and feathers are thicker and have grown down his legs where there were none before..Bill