Dipping food in the water??

[bandits_mom08]

About a month ago I noticed Bandit's water had food in it. Like she was taking it and dropping it in her drinking water. I started watching her more closely when she ate and she takes her Zupreem and dips it in her water and then eats it.

 

I had to laugh at her. Some times she will drop it in there, push it around and then eat it. It is the funniest thing ever.

 

Does anyone elses bird do this? Is there possibly something missing from her diet causing her to do this?

 

If this is not un normal it is the funniest thing ever and makes me laugh when she does this.

[Luvparrots]

Both my fids do this. My grey and my ekkie. I'm sure others' birds do the same. Ana Grey also loves to just crush all her pellets into dust. Go figure why???

[rbpittman]

My conures have their water changed 3 times a day because they make pellet and veggie soup. It's pretty disgusting at times. Dixie occasionally will dunk a pellet, but it just stays there uneaten and dissolving in the water bowl. Beau just eats his food. They all do it, even with their water bowls on the opposite sides of their cages. It's really funny watching Blue and Bean carry pellets and veggies across their cage (no direct access) via ropes and perches and the cage itself to get to the perch by the water bowl so they can dunk.

[Jayd]

Ohhhhh, so cute, Tango our 'TOO, dips crackers and bread, then eats them...[yck] Buddy our Conure makes soup like yours. Jayd

[Dave007]

Many birds put their pellets in their bowls because it makes the water sweet tasting which they enjoy. Others put seed into bowls to soften up the outer skin.

[sunshinegrey]

Charlie does this too

[JungleDreamz]

All my birds do this, My Tiel, Love bird, Quaker and My Grey....The famous pellet soup!

[jessdecutie18]

Lol... Yoshi does this occasionally with pellets and hard foods. I try and clean the water right after I catch her doing this so whe doesn't end up bathing in nasty water or something

[esknomoe]

Actually, Brutus, our Grey, is the only one of our fids that doesn't do it. Phoebe, the Conure, and Echo the Ringneck, get their water changed two or three times a day because it always has food in it. That water gets nasty!

[Eckobird]

My moms caique does this too! She dips everything, its so funny.

[judygram]

Josey only does this occasionally but my sun conure does it almost daily, makes for more frequent changing of the water in the bowl but thats life with birds.

[lovethatgrey]

Thank goodness this is not done by my parrots at the moment. Who knows? Perhaps, it tastes better that way? Or it goes down easier?

[Xtreme575]

Paco does this as well, I have to change his water as soon as I get home from work, and again at night. Even when the water looks fairly clean, I can't stand the smell, and I notice that he avoids drinking from the bowl when the water isn't fresh.

[reggieroo]

My Amazon used to do this with bread all the time, I used to watch him do it

 

Ahh I miss the little monkey

[JungleDreamz]

I wonder if it has something to do with the kind of pellets or food they are eating. Like maybe some dont have much moisture in them or something and just too dry.

 

To the ones that said they DONT dip there food, What kind of food are you feeding???

 

I feed Zupreem to all my birds...And of course with a seed mix and there veggies and fruits and stuff. But it seems to just be the pellets they all dip. It will be interesting to find out if the ones that said thier birds dont do this feed the same food...If so I am switching to whatever kind of food it is, cuz they make thier water DISCUSTING, SO I change it ALL the time. haha

[Luvparrots]

I use Pretty Bird Species Specific for greys and eclectus', respectively.

[Ozzysmom]

Ozzy my grey does this only with his zupreem the water sure is pretty when he is done lol

[judygram]

Josey did do it for a while when she had a toy made with colored wood pieces, she would chew off some of it and dunk it in the water and it turned the water whatever color the wood was, I think she liked the color it made the water, she especially liked the purple.

[JungleDreamz]

So so far Zupreem and Species select by pretty bird result in dipping....