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My bird is a picky eater 28 Mar 2013 | 03:21 am
“my bird is a picky eater” or “I took in a bird, who is a picky eater” are sentences I hear at least several times a week. Lets have a look at that. Our parrots are not domesticated creatures. T...
Spelt, the happy, healthy grain for Parrots and Humans 23 Jan 2013 | 04:48 am
A while ago my favorite Italian restaurant (Gallo Nero) here in Portland offered spelt soup on the menu. I never had spelt soup before. The co- owner and chef, Davide, had me try a little, and I was ...
Soaking Grains and Seeds 27 Jun 2012 | 01:57 am
In nature many parrot species eat seeds. Often these seeds are germinated. Seeds are little miracles. Slumbering within them are all the nutrients necessary to develop and grow a plant. When germinate...
Gilmore and his carrot 24 Aug 2010 | 08:09 am
The parrots food I prepare daily contains always carrots. Some days they are eaten, other days the birds pick out something different. My parrots get 12 hours of rest every night. Except Gilmore my ...
Plantain for winter 22 Jul 2010 | 07:18 am
If you read my book “What Happened to my Peanuts” or followed this blog, you may have seen that I am a fan of plantain (Plantago Major). I am using it as parrot food and for myself during the summer...
Thank you Christy Kaufman 20 Jul 2010 | 07:32 am
Several years ago, I was invited to Pittsburgh, PA to speak to the members of the Parrot Education & Adoption Center there. Their executive director Christy Kaufman, who had made all arrangement fo...
Crystal’s delicious cantaloupe relish for Parrots 16 Jul 2010 | 09:18 am
About ten years ago a parrot owner ask me for a suggestion about what kind of parrot food or herbs she can feed for a certain condition of one of her birds. She thought what I was telling her was ...
Why a variety of foods in necessary for parrots 1 Jul 2010 | 11:07 am
In many ways parrot food is not that much different from human food, when it comes to a healthy diet. Some people think, if something is good, more of it is better. But a healthy diet consists of a ...
Mashed sweet potatoes for humans and parrots 17 Jun 2010 | 12:52 pm
I like foods I can share with my birds. Sometimes I prepare a dish and during or after finishing it, it occurs to me that it is a perfect parrot food. A while ago I ate this delicious mashed sweet pot...
Converting a cockatiel to pellets 10 Jun 2010 | 06:07 am
We all probably know many ways of offering new parrot food to our birds. I certainly thought I know a bunch of them. And then Lisa, a customer of Totally Organics sends me the following email: ”In Se...
