CuteMandaPanda

Hi All, Baby Boy is a fairly hardy eater. He loves his pellets of all varieties. He isn't always reliable when it comes to eating people food. He usually tries things, but he hasn't found anything he's super crazy about. I'm posting today to get some suggestions for easy to concoct/prepare mashie type meals. I don't want to go broke. I have plenty of time to devote to this, but I don't want to spend large amounts of time preparing food. I don't have a blender or food processor. I prefer to not buy bulky fruits/veggies because most of it goes to waste. What suggestions can you offer? Thank you in advance. Amanda and Baby Boy

Can someone give me a healthy CAG weight? I weighed Baby on my electronic food scale. It said he was 4.5oz which is about 128g. However, I'm not sure if my scale is weighing accurately because it's a little off balance and doesn't sit flat on the counter.

Hey friends. I have been making great progress with Baby! He's stepping up from cage, perches, playtops, etc to my hand. Sometimes it takes some coaxing. He likes to see for sure that I'm leaving the room and simply want him to come with me. So, sometimes I have to turn the light off in that room for him to get the point that I'm leaving to another room. Then his little leg flails. Sometimes, he will bite as we ask him to step down but that seems to be less and less. Rob is even able to get him to step up to his hand too, but not all of the time. He seems less interested it receiving a scratchie, his vulnerable time for that is bedtime recently. But when he does want a scratchie he allows me to stroke his back and I've been trying to get him used to me touching his wings. We haven't played the towel game recently, he's not very receptive to it. He loves to play with his toys and eat dry pasta no matter how it is presented to him. I attempted to introduce him to the kitchen sink and show him to bathe in the sink, but he wasn't having that. He didn't scream or screech but he shivered and felt like if he could say it, "Mommy, get me out!" He loves to take a bath in his water dish though! He's talking a bit more. He's saying "How are you?" and "Really?" (as in "Oh really?") Nothing is being said in context though. He's also part monkey as we taught him to say, "OOoo ooo ooo ooo ahh ahh ahh" when we ask him to show us the monkey. He's gotten really good at it! It sounds like he's practicing more and more because I can't understand a lot of what he's saying. Thanks for following us on our journey. Amanda, Rob, and Baby<br><br>Post edited by: CuteMandaPanda, at: 2009/12/22 04:17

That is such a cute story! Thanks for sharing. Is Bismark flighted?

Rob and I were inspired by the craft projects we used to do in school with dry noodles. Remember when you used to glue dry noodles to paper plates? Or make garlands or necklaces out of dry noodles? That's where the idea came from. Haha.

I was thinking of getting wagon wheels. One of the toys I made for Baby is pasta strung on jute rope, and then I stuffed it in a toilet paper roll. Then I "stitched" each end of the toilet paper roll with more jute rope. I didn't close the openings, just used the rope to secure the opening to the point that the pasta can't fall out, but Baby can see inside. It made a nice foraging toy because he sees the pasta and if he gets ahold of a piece and breaks it, they don't all fall out because they are stuffed inside on the rope. It's hard to explain, but it kind of made a rattle. He hasn't showed interest in it. But he definitely found every piece of pasta I strung around his cage bars!

Ok, cool! Yeah he tries to break pieces off that are big enough to carry back down to his perch so he can munch on it. Sometimes on his journey back to his perch he cracks and breaks the noodle between his beak and the bars, and he has to go back to the top and start over again. He really seems to enjoy both retreiving and snacking on it! I'm glad the dry pasta is a good idea because it's pretty cheap. Gosh, it sure is messy though!

I decided to get creative and took dry pasta noodles and strung them on jute rope and places them around the bars of Baby's cage. I figured they'd be fun for him to chew and crack because they are brittle and make loud noises when the bang off the sides or bottom bars. Turns out he enjoys eating the dry pasta. Should I be concerned? I will not make a habit out of it since I don't too much of anything is a good thing. But I want to be able to give it to him once in a while because it's stimulating and encourages him to play and move around his cage, etc. What are your thoughts on the dry noodles?

Hi Jessi and Jake! If I'm understanding your description correctly, that I'd have to say, Yes, my Congo African Grey does the air blowing noise/snorting noise. I am interested what the other responses will say, but I don't think it is anything to be concerned about. I think it has to do with how they form sounds and noises as they don't actually have a voice box but more of an air control type of thing.

All of the pics are great! I can't decide if I like the first or the last one best! Thanks for sharing!

Glad you enjoyed it! Hmmm wonder when he'll be brave enough to get in the shower with me. Is it necessary for their back and under back feathers to get wet? He doesn't really let me get back there with the spray and he definitely can't get back there by taking a dish bowl bath?

Hey all! I decided to give Baby an Aloe misting today. It inspired him to take a bath in his cage. I captured some of it on video. He was really going at it prior to me getting the camera out but then he got shy. It's still cute though!

Active and regular members, who else is from PA? I'm in eastern PA. Grew up in this area.

Hey Chelsea! Biscotti's orbit looks awesome! How did you make it?

Hi Gran, we're glad to have you here. I'm so happy you like it here!