Diets

04/18/2010

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It has been a little while since my last post!  I have been watching nests and hatching babies and it has been FUN! 

I had a very good question from a client a few days ago, and thought I would post about it.
One of Ic and Caly's babies is going to a family, in which a child has a nut allergy.  For their family, they could never have a Macaw, or too many of the other large species of parrots because in their diets they require nuts.  But this got me thinking, so I made sure that there is a food that could be used. 

The mix that we wean the babies too has no nuts in it, but is made in a mill that does work with nuts, so there may be trace elements. 

Always check labels!  I have noticed that lots of treats contain nuts!  Nurtuberries contain nuts!  And most other treats that I looked at and checked labels contained some form of nut.

When in doubt, use a pellet only diet with lots of supplemented veggies and fruits for your Green Cheek Conure.  I also then suggest twice weekly proteins of chicken, a small amount.  They LOVE it!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Conure Queen~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 
 
I love the morning, when I feed all the Conures!  I love watching them fly to down to the floor from the perch and pick at all the fruit and veggies.  They LOVE Apples, Kale, Turnip Greens, Yams, Corn, Oranges......They just LOVE it, and it is so fun to watch them start in on all of it!

~~~~~Conure Queen~~~~~