Vumes Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Every morning as I change out the seed dish in Annie's cage, I notice that a lot of the seed is still intact as she doesn't eat it all since she eats some other foods. That seems like a lot of waste. Besides going through it by "hand" and removing the shells, is there a faster, easier way of doing this? Has anyone invented something to do this? Just figured I'd ask in case such a thing exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave007 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Welcome to the world of parrots. They don't eat all of some things, eat alot of other things, fling a lot of food out of a bowl, go after certain things first. The best thing to do if you feel that a waste is there is to buy a different brand. That even applies to treats. there's some very expensive ones out there and some birds won't touch them. Get a less expensive one and the bird devours it and it can work visa versa. Same thing goes for veggies etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 If you are talking about "empty" hulls, the "skin" of some seeds, I just take the bowls outside and blow them out. Works great for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vumes Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Thanks for the tips. She likes her food, she just doesn't always eat it all since she has the other food dish with fresh foods. I also asked because I saw this product, and although it seems like a super idea, I was thinking that if the food gets "recycled", then the empty hulls go in as well. Bird Feeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly Yokum Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I blow them out as well. Just make sure its outside and the wind isn't blowing I have had it all come back on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I know about that wind thing. We only feed enough seed for the day along with their other food, on day two we add some more and day three what is left we add to the wild bird food for the otside birds and start over. Also any pellots and other food at the bottom of the cage go to the outside birds also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I have been known to take the seed bowl outside and blow the chaf out and I have had it come back into my face, the one thing I don't do is spit into the wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimKim Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 When I was a kid my mom took me to a ladies house who breed small birds, they were in the front yard dumping buckets of used seeds into empty buckets and had a vacuum nozzle right by where the seeds were pouring to suck out the hulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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