What is not suitable to feed an african grey parrot?

Answer 1

Sarcasm. It's about the only thing people will give you without asking. Woof.

It is proven the all-seed, all-nut diets are not as wonderful as the package states. Parrots shell their seeds, and all of those vitamin-enriched hulls fall straight to the bottom of the cage and do nothing more then make a mess.

As a staple in their diet, I propose you use ZuPreem. I have found it is a less costly, more nutient enriched food. However, if you want the BEST, La Fabres is the one, but it is X-PENSIVE! These kibbled diets have much more to them then anything else on the pet market, espescially if they are picky eaters and will not touch healthy people-food.

A varied diet of fruits, veggies and such is great. My African Greys love hamburger patties (well-done, of course), fresh cooked turkey and chicken (not lunch meat), then there is rapberries, oranges, papya, strawberries, apple meats, canned (no salt/sugar added) corn, peas, carrots and green beans. Frozen fresh fruits and veggies are less expensive, but make sure there is not any added sugar or salt. This is also a great option because you can portion it out and thaw when you need to. Spinach, kale, romain lettuces are great, but stay away from iceburge lettuce and celery because it has a high water content and little nutition. Brown rice is good, just make sure it is completely cooked. Whole-grain wheat noodles and bread are wonderful, too, or just cut the crust off your sandwich and give it to them :)

There is also dandilion stems (while the flowers are still yellow), edible orchids, water chestnuts (they find these fun to eat :), bamboo and bean sprouts. These can be found at your local supermarket fresh or canned (a little salt is okay in moderation).

They also enjoy eggs, which are a great source of calcium with the shells left on with ground chili peppers in them. The occasional flamin' hot Cheeto is okay, just keep it to one or two, and not often. Parrots sometimes enjoy hot peppers, and those you can get fresh for them- just make sure you core them. Plain popcorn off the stove is great, and throw in the dried hot pepper- he'll have a ball! Unsalted, kettle-style corn chips are fine, too.

Also, keep away from mayonaise, Mirical Whip, ketchup, packaged mustard (home made mustard is okay, less salt)- basicly any condoment, sugar, salt, avaccodo (poisonous) and I have heard on the fly that endive and parsley are not that good for them, either. Starfuit and pomagranets should be avoided because of the amount of seeds, and make sure you pit, core and de-seed any fruit you give to them. Apple seeds, orange seeds, peach/necturine pits and cherry pits are poisonous, and many others- so just to be safe, just give them the meats of the fruit. Strawberries, respberries, blackberries- basicly fruit with the seeds outside are safe. Be sure to use a veggie wash on all fruits and veggies, and rinse well to remove pesticides. Do not give potatoes, rather yams. Less startch, more vitamins.

Whole-grain cereals ar great, but please keep in mind the added Zinc. Being a metal, it can cause heavy metal poisoning, which is fatal to a bird. All off your food nowadays are sectiond for human compsumption, not for animals. 3 flakes or two Oh's of a cereal are good for them, but keep it occasional- less then three times in a seven day period. Most other fresh foods have a natural, minute additive of zinc, anyway, so this is suggested to be kept to a treat. This was in a recent Bird Talk Magazine, April-may Issue, 2006. I have found my Greys will do anything for a Cheeri-o, so I use them as treats for training.

Nuts are also something to be kept to a minimum. The amount of protien is great, but there is a certain fat that can cause fatty liver, which, if not diagnosed early, can not be treated. They can also cause fatty limphoma, lumps that may be benign OR malignent, and need to be aggressively removed by surgury- and this is a costly measure for a treasured companion.

Answer 2

African Grey Parrot

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Set your computer alarm to ring hourly—stand upward for 1 to 5 minutes whenever it goes off.

Answer 6

On breakfast, go ahead and consume orange juice. But throughout the rest of the day, focus on water rather than juice or soda

Answer 7

another african grey parrot

Answer 8

First, make sure the daily food is nutrishious. Go to lafeeber.com I love that food for my african grey. By moderation I will feed him green grapes, non sugar shredded wheat, brocolli, carrot, banana, apple.
Stick within wholesome fruit and veggies. I never want to know what I cant, just stick with what you can. Good luck...they are wonderful birds

Answer 9

I'll tell you what's suitable, There's a seed mix that primarily contains sunflower seeds. My African grey, Sam, enjoys that. As a treat, we give him a grape, which he eats like a human eats an apple. Generally, fruit and veg are good, carrots, grapes, celery etc, he loves them all.

Answer 10

Go to the Northern Parrot website - they have a wide selection of very helpful books - service is also excellent.
Generally tho, no cafeine, avacado, chocolate or unwashed fruit and veg.
Good luck with your bird!

Answer 11

Better to say what can they eat:

Shelled sunflower seeds,shelled peanuts, hemp, oats, wheat, maize, pumpkin seeds, canary seed, millet, raw rice, apples, pears, bananas, oranges, grapes, cherries, plums, and carrots.

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