aerial.2000 Posted September 20, 2012 Author Posted September 20, 2012 no no wasnt you !!!!!!!!! and I cant wait to play with the pumpkin and see what she does with it might even video it! thanks for your responses
Timbersmom Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 I hope you video it! I am shopping for one myself. they are starting to show up in the markets here. Please don't feel that way about posting. Sometimes the threads do get off subject, and I'm as guilty of that as anyone. However, even when the threads get off course, I still learn things I didn't know and that's the main reason I'm here, so it's all good in my mind. I'll make a more conscious effort to "stay on task"
Sarasota Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Sometimes I wonder why I even post .... Sorry that once again something I thought I could bring something fun here, learn a thing or 2 and it has turned into "This". Ooops! Sometimes passionate people get carried away. No one means any harm by it. I hope you got a chance to check out the pumpkin idea! I posted it late in an edit, so I'll repost it here: http://www.parrotenrichment.com/imag...ragingToys.pdf
Timbersmom Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 ooops, getting an error msg on the url Sara.
Sarasota Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Let's see if this works: http://www.parrotenrichment.com/images/PumpkinForagingToys.pdf
Jayd Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Sometimes I wonder why I even post .... Sorry that once again something I thought I could bring something fun here, learn a thing or 2 and it has turned into "This". This thread was good, it was about pumpkins, learning opinions, concerns what more could a person ask for? There was no flaming only. I'm sorry you feel this way but I feel the same as you,"Why Post"? But don't stop Aerial, what your intent was has reached a lot of members, so give them some-more recipes....
danmcq Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Pumpkins, their, flesh, seeds etc. are normally very well liked by parrots. Cooked, raw. seeds roasted etc.. They love pumpkin pie as well. We also buy the small miniature pumpkins and wash or cook them, then let the birds have at them. It is also a great source of vitamin A.
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Aerial... we LOVE you!Stay with us. I am excited I can give the gang a little bit of pumpkin! We get into Halloween bigtime, carve pumpkins etc. I've already had three people ask me to borrow Kiki for Halloween. They want to be pirates! LOL! NO WAY! Nancy
aerial.2000 Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 thats funny nancy! well probably sunday i will lay newspapers everywhere and see just what shes gonna do with the punkin~! course i should probably line the walls with it too ... whoda thought they could shake their lil heads and shoot that food from their beaks so far? :rolleyes: I will video it! lol my luck she wont like it tho, Ive tried squash and sweet tater and she likes those so Im hopeful. thanks for all the nice comments! xo
Wingy Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 thats funny nancy! well probably sunday i will lay newspapers everywhere and see just what shes gonna do with the punkin~! course i should probably line the walls with it too ... whoda thought they could shake their lil heads and shoot that food from their beaks so far? :rolleyes: I will video it! lol my luck she wont like it tho, Ive tried squash and sweet tater and she likes those so Im hopeful. thanks for all the nice comments! xo I'm going to give Jake his this weekend too. I have an old sheet to line the floor with and can toss it in the wash on Sunday. I'm not expecting him to eat it since doesn't like squash, sweet potato or pumpkin seeds but hopefully it will give him something fun to tear apart.
Ray P Posted September 22, 2012 Posted September 22, 2012 Hay Aerial, Corky and Cricket want to plant their own pumpkin patch next spring. They want me to dig the hole and they will eat the seed and poop them into the ground just like in the wild. They said they will not share them with me. For them only. Great thread Thanks, Ray
aerial.2000 Posted September 22, 2012 Author Posted September 22, 2012 Take some photos Aerial oh I will it will be her first so gotta video that ... sheesh her bday is coming up pretty soon I cant believe this xmas (23rd) shes gonna b 1 :eek: my how time flies ... I'm going to give Jake his this weekend too. I have an old sheet to line the floor with and can toss it in the wash on Sunday. I'm not expecting him to eat it since doesn't like squash, sweet potato or pumpkin seeds but hopefully it will give him something fun to tear apart.nods about the tearing apart stuff ... Im not brave enough to let her do it inside lol i dont wanna be washing down the WALLS ... Im taking her outside its the upper 70's bright n sunny she can get the best of both worlds the punkin and the sunshine! its just gorgeous out Hay Aerial, Corky and Cricket want to plant their own pumpkin patch next spring.They want me to dig the hole and they will eat the seed and poop them into the ground just like in the wild. They said they will not share them with me. For them only. Great thread Thanks, Ray LOLOL ... that is a really cool idea... Marco doesnt seem to be impressed with punkin seeds (yet) but she does like the fruit portion of it so Im excited to see what shes gonna do with it if it goes well I'll buy a couple more before they disappear for the season!
aerial.2000 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Posted September 23, 2012 she is REALLLLLLY warming up to pumpkin i cut a piece off of it tonite and gave it to her for dinner and she just tore into it big time that makes me SOOOOOOOOO happy! and course she LOVED the seeds
Timbersmom Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Well this thread convinced me. I bought a very small pumpkin today. I plan to give it to Timber tomorrow. Fun, fun!
aerial.2000 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Posted September 23, 2012 YEAHHH!!!! Im so suprised actually how much she liked it once I cut it up into smaller pieces lol she got that everywhere!!!! I hope timber likes it!
Wingy Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 The pumpkin was a hit. I'm not sure how much he actually ate but he sure had fun destroying it. I am surprised he went for it since it is all the textures he doesn't like. We did clean his beak off so he was left with a good experience and not the memory of sticky yuck on his beak. He really didn't make that much of a mess. We placed the tray from his play top on the table and used that to catch the bits. There were only a few pieces that were flung outside of the tray.
aerial.2000 Posted September 23, 2012 Author Posted September 23, 2012 nice! I think marco's distance she can shoot food from off her beak has increased as shes gotten older lol ...so just give it time
Wingy Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 nice! I think marco's distance she can shoot food from off her beak has increased as shes gotten older lol ...so just give it time lol Oh he can fling it far when he wants to. I am 6 feet from his cage and he pelts me with bits all the time.
judygram Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 They say pumpkin is the new bacon so Josey will get her own pumpkin this week, I am convinced.
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted September 23, 2012 Posted September 23, 2012 Geez... I feel bad, since my ex father-in-law, who still loves me, grows pumpkins. I get around sixty every Halloween. If I had ever thought to share with the birds....Thanks Aerial! You've made many birds happy! Nancy
aerial.2000 Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 oh man 60 :eek: I carved a pumpkin once for a work contest i carved the symbol for our hospital in it and won 1st place and last year I made a pumpkin into a cat by glueing candy corn to it and painted eyes on it and won 1st place again i love pumpkin season!
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