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Diets 04/18/2010
 
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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