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| jmcquown |
On web sites, in pet food aisles, even in avian vet offices which also stock
food and supplies, I see products labelled as "moulting food".
I've had parakeets as pets off and on (mostly on) since 1966. I bought into
the whole thing about them needing special food during times of moult.
Perhaps that's true, perhaps it isn't, which is why I'm posting this query.
When my last parakeet died in 2003 I waited a while then decided I was
really missing having a bird in my life. This time I did some research and
decided on a lovebird. almost 1-1/2 years old now. I'm still buying
cannisters of special "moulting food". However, she eats a good amount of
fresh greens (she loves kale and celery and celery leaves) and apples and a
good pellet food; also a cuttle bone for extra calcium.
Peaches has a sweet temperament; loves to play with her toys, especially
ones with bells on them and wood and leather to chew on. She also chirps a
lot more than I was led to believe she would (which is fine with me!).
She's a happy little bird.
Is it really necessary with a varied diet to continue to purchase special
food when she's moulting?
Jill
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| BLL-bird lover lady |
jmcquown wrote:
> On web sites, in pet food aisles, even in avian vet offices which
also stock
> food and supplies, I see products labelled as "moulting food".
>
> I've had parakeets as pets off and on (mostly on) since 1966. I
bought into
> the whole thing about them needing special food during times of
moult.
> Perhaps that's true, perhaps it isn't, which is why I'm posting this
query.
>
> When my last parakeet died in 2003 I waited a while then decided I
was
> really missing having a bird in my life. This time I did some
research and
> decided on a lovebird. almost 1-1/2 years old now. I'm still buying
> cannisters of special "moulting food". However, she eats a good
amount of
> fresh greens (she loves kale and celery and celery leaves) and apples
and a
> good pellet food; also a cuttle bone for extra calcium.
>
> Peaches has a sweet temperament; loves to play with her toys,
especially
> ones with bells on them and wood and leather to chew on. She also
chirps a
> lot more than I was led to believe she would (which is fine with
me!).
> She's a happy little bird.
>
> Is it really necessary with a varied diet to continue to purchase
special
> food when she's moulting?
>
> Jill
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| jmcquown |
BLL-bird lover lady wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> On web sites, in pet food aisles, even in avian vet offices which
>> also stock food and supplies, I see products labelled as "moulting
>> food".
>>
>> I've had parakeets as pets off and on (mostly on) since 1966. I
>> bought into the whole thing about them needing special food during
>> times of moult. Perhaps that's true, perhaps it isn't, which is why
>> I'm posting this query.
>>
>> When my last parakeet died in 2003 I waited a while then decided I
>> was really missing having a bird in my life. This time I did some
>> research and decided on a lovebird. almost 1-1/2 years old now.
>> I'm still buying cannisters of special "moulting food". However,
>> she eats a good amount of fresh greens (she loves kale and celery
>> and celery leaves) and apples and a good pellet food; also a cuttle
>> bone for extra calcium.
>>
>> Peaches has a sweet temperament; loves to play with her toys,
>> especially ones with bells on them and wood and leather to chew on.
>> She also chirps a lot more than I was led to believe she would
>> (which is fine with me!). She's a happy little bird.
>>
>> Is it really necessary with a varied diet to continue to purchase
>> special food when she's moulting?
>>
>> Jill
Did you intend to type a reply? I didn't see one :) I should mention
Peaches also snacks on carrot sticks and gets the occasional millet spray
and flax seed and sometimes Nutriberries as treats.
Jill
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| BLL-bird lover lady |
Jill,
Apparently it didn't get posted. I will try again.
In the book "The Complete Bird Owners Handbook", it suggests egg yolds,
any vegetable that is deep green or orange in color (great that Peaches
likes carrots) sweet potatoes/yams, spinach, broccoli,carrots, squash,
red peppers, endive and parsley. Fruits such as papaya, cantaloupe and
apricots are also good sources of Vitamin A.
These fresh foods can spoil, so I wouldn't leave them in the cage more
than maybe 45 minutes.
At first Peaches probably won't go for them. Keep trying the food for
several days and maybe she will get used to seeing them and try them.
Also, if she sees you eat them she might think they are okay and decide
to try them herself.
I hope this has helped you.
Good Luck!
BLL
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| jmcquown |
BLL-bird lover lady wrote:
> Jill,
> Apparently it didn't get posted. I will try again.
>
> In the book "The Complete Bird Owners Handbook", it suggests egg
> yolds, any vegetable that is deep green or orange in color (great
> that Peaches likes carrots) sweet potatoes/yams, spinach,
> broccoli,carrots, squash, red peppers, endive and parsley. Fruits
> such as papaya, cantaloupe and apricots are also good sources of
> Vitamin A.
>
> These fresh foods can spoil, so I wouldn't leave them in the cage more
> than maybe 45 minutes.
>
Yep, I know to remove the stuff quickly. She doesn't let anything she likes
sit there that long :)
> At first Peaches probably won't go for them. Keep trying the food for
> several days and maybe she will get used to seeing them and try them.
> Also, if she sees you eat them she might think they are okay and
> decide to try them herself.
>
> I hope this has helped you.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> BLL
Thank you! And you'd be surprised - Peaches will try just about *anything*
I put in her cage. She then lets me know if she doesn't like it. For
example, she adores carrots and kale but didn't care for spinach. I was
thinking just last night about trying broccoli, but all I have are frozen
florets. If I let a couple of them thaw and put them in her veggie clip,
think that would be okay?
She loves apple slices but only specific types of apples, which she also
makes clear :) I've never tried melons on her because I don't like them
myself. So if she didn't like them they'd go bad. I should probably
mention I'm unemployed; have been for 10 months. My priority it to try
things that won't go to waste if she doesn't like them.
I can't find papaya which is just as well; I didn't care for it when I lived
in Thailand. I tried mango and she didn't like it. I tried egg yolks, too,
and even those dried egg blocks and she didn't like those either.
Thank you for the advice. I just can't see continuing to spend money on
special 'moulting food' when these birds don't have it in the wild :)
Especially given my finances.
Thanks again!
Jill
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| Zach Qualley |
"BLL-bird lover lady" <lhoyman2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1105224777.068246.235470@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
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> jmcquown wrote:
>> On web sites, in pet food aisles, even in avian vet offices which
> also stock
>> food and supplies, I see products labelled as "moulting food".
>>
>> I've had parakeets as pets off and on (mostly on) since 1966. I
> bought into
>> the whole thing about them needing special food during times of
> moult.
>> Perhaps that's true, perhaps it isn't, which is why I'm posting this
> query.
>>
>> When my last parakeet died in 2003 I waited a while then decided I
> was
>> really missing having a bird in my life. This time I did some
> research and
>> decided on a lovebird. almost 1-1/2 years old now. I'm still buying
>> cannisters of special "moulting food". However, she eats a good
> amount of
>> fresh greens (she loves kale and celery and celery leaves) and apples
> and a
>> good pellet food; also a cuttle bone for extra calcium.
>>
>> Peaches has a sweet temperament; loves to play with her toys,
> especially
>> ones with bells on them and wood and leather to chew on. She also
> chirps a
>> lot more than I was led to believe she would (which is fine with
> me!).
>> She's a happy little bird.
>>
>> Is it really necessary with a varied diet to continue to purchase
> special
>> food when she's moulting?
>>
>> Jill
>
So why is it that when you do quote text, you don't actually have a reply
added to it?
ZQ
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| Zach Qualley |
"BLL-bird lover lady" <lhoyman2004@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1105284626.588848.62510@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Jill,
> Apparently it didn't get posted. I will try again.
>
> In the book "The Complete Bird Owners Handbook", it suggests egg yolds,
> any vegetable that is deep green or orange in color (great that Peaches
> likes carrots) sweet potatoes/yams, spinach, broccoli,carrots, squash,
> red peppers, endive and parsley. Fruits such as papaya, cantaloupe and
> apricots are also good sources of Vitamin A.
>
> These fresh foods can spoil, so I wouldn't leave them in the cage more
> than maybe 45 minutes.
>
> At first Peaches probably won't go for them. Keep trying the food for
> several days and maybe she will get used to seeing them and try them.
> Also, if she sees you eat them she might think they are okay and decide
> to try them herself.
>
> I hope this has helped you.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> BLL
>
so why did you quote text last time and but not this time?
ZQ
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| BLL-bird lover lady |
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? My comments were my reply-backed up by
information from a book. Also mentioning not to leave the food in too
long and to try it for several days.
What more do you want? I feel Jill appreciated my input to the
subject.
Do you have any suggestions or just the comments you like to make about
others. I don't see any suggestions by you on this subject.
Have a nice day.
BLL
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| jmcquown |
BLL-bird lover lady wrote:
> WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? My comments were my reply-backed up by
> information from a book. Also mentioning not to leave the food in too
> long and to try it for several days.
>
> What more do you want? I feel Jill appreciated my input to the
> subject.
>
I certainly did appreciate the input, BLL, and thanks again :) Do you think
it would be okay to thaw a couple of broccoli florets (storebought frozen)
to try out with Peaches? I don't have any fresh.
Jill
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| Rayzorblades |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> BLL-bird lover lady wrote:
>> WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? My comments were my reply-backed up by
>> information from a book. Also mentioning not to leave the food in too
>> long and to try it for several days.
>>
>> What more do you want? I feel Jill appreciated my input to the
>> subject.
>>
> I certainly did appreciate the input, BLL, and thanks again :) Do you
> think
> it would be okay to thaw a couple of broccoli florets (storebought frozen)
> to try out with Peaches? I don't have any fresh.
>
> Jill
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>
Frozen veg is fine but fresh is far better.
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| jmcquown |
Rayzorblades wrote:
> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:%IxEd.7550$vM4.3333@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>> BLL-bird lover lady wrote:
>>> What more do you want? I feel Jill appreciated my input to the
>>> subject.
>>>
>> I certainly did appreciate the input, BLL, and thanks again :) Do
>> you think
>> it would be okay to thaw a couple of broccoli florets (storebought
>> frozen) to try out with Peaches? I don't have any fresh.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
> Frozen veg is fine but fresh is far better.
Of course I like fresh better for myself, too :) I simply don't have any.
Thanks!
Jill
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| Wheeler |
Actually, fresh frozen is thought to be better than stuff that has been
picked, handled, shipped, handled again, shipped again and then set out in
the shops waiting for you to come along and buy it take it home and process
it in another day or two.
Bob Wheeler
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> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:%IxEd.7550$vM4.3333@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>> BLL-bird lover lady wrote:
>>> WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? My comments were my reply-backed up by
>>> information from a book. Also mentioning not to leave the food in too
>>> long and to try it for several days.
>>>
>>> What more do you want? I feel Jill appreciated my input to the
>>> subject.
>>>
>> I certainly did appreciate the input, BLL, and thanks again :) Do you
>> think
>> it would be okay to thaw a couple of broccoli florets (storebought
>> frozen)
>> to try out with Peaches? I don't have any fresh.
>>
>> Jill
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>>
> Frozen veg is fine but fresh is far better.
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| Laurie |
"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:%IxEd.7550 Do you
think
> it would be okay to thaw a couple of broccoli florets (storebought frozen)
> to try out with Peaches? I don't have any fresh.
>
> Jill
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I give all my birds frozen veggies...they love 'em and they're a heckuva lot
easier to serve
Laurie
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