What is your Greys daily food plan???

[AngelicalGrey]

Hi all,

 

There is a wealth of information here but I find my head spinning trying to put it together to tailor a good food plan for my baby so I had an idea and would appreciate it if everyone could participate )))

 

Could you please post your Greys daily food plan as in what you feed, how much, and why particular things like what are those things good for (calcium? vitamin a? etc?

 

This is my plan at the moment and I am a newbie with my 1st Grey:

 

Morning: Hand full of pellet (NutriBird P15), half hand full of high quality mixed seed, few monkey nuts.

 

Afternoon: If more pellet is needed I provide it, a piece of fruit and veg.

 

Evening: Check pellet, fresh veg, carrot, red bell pepper, hot green pepper but this changes everyday as I try my baby with new varieties of veg.

 

And fresh water always obviously.

 

Anyway suggestions advise much welcomed )))

[JillyBeanz]

I have pellets available at all times for Harvey and also a mixture of veggies all day (changed at regular intervals). It's not necessary to feed fruit each day as it is high in sugar content - should only be given a a couple of times a week.

 

I stopped giving Harvey monkey nuts very early on when I was warned by others about the potential for the shells to contain aspergillosis - so have never given him them again.

 

Really just keep trying veggies - good greens are a great source of vitamins and minerals (kale, spinach, broccoli etc). I also use peas, sweetcorn, cauliflower, sprouts, kale etc etc.

 

Just as long as you vary it you should be fine - you'll find a combination that works for you and your baby.

[Lambert58]

For the entire flock, and each "wet bowl" feeds 2 birds, here's the drill:

 

And all these ingredients are organic, purchased from whole foods and thoroughly washed prior to prep/serving.

 

Wet bowls:

 

2 tbspn of mash. Mash recipe: http://greyttimes.com/?p=68

 

2 tbspn of ground veggie mix. These are preppeded in batches that will last a month and frozen. Pieces are ground to about the size of a pencil eraser... roughly, and made up of:

 

cauliflower

broccoli

carrots

kale

chard

corn (fresh cut off the cob)

red and/or green cabbage

 

1 tspn of all natural organic human-edible seed mix, soaked until the seeds start germinating (for nutritional value). Not pet food seed mix! That pet store seed mix crap we only buy to use as training treats lol. NEVER as food. Pure seeds, just soaked for about 3 days: http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/totally-organic-bird-seed.html You can soak them in apple juice, if you're brave, but the batch we tried smelled horrific.

 

Side serving of extra snap peas or green beans, whatever they're craving that morning.

 

Dry Bowl: mix of harrison's pellets, fine and coarse http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/

(depends on their mood) and All Natural Parrot Food organic mix and 6 nutriberries/bowl each day.

 

Additionally, we mix 3 tbspns of baby parrot food, 1 tbspn oats, 1 tbspn harrison's fine, and 1/2 teaspoon of red palm oil with hot water into a cereal mix in the mornings and evenings (for the whole flock).

 

At lunch we offer grapes, apple slices, pitted cherries, oranges slices, and various other in-season fruits as a treat.

 

Also, throughout the day we offer as beaky treats: in-shell nuts, like almonds, hazelnuts, pecans and almonds. (keeps those beaks busy!!!).

 

And the occasional bite of daddy's oatmeal or PB&J

 

We provide the baby food cereal mix because it's good for them, they love it, and if you ever have to give your fid medicine, this will ensure you have a method of delivery.

 

I'd avoid seed mixes like the plague.

 

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