Oils needed for parrot diet

[LNCAG]

I sometimes deliberately give peanuts, nut butters and some seed to my parrot purely for the 'fats' in them.  My gut says they need this to maintain a healthy weight.  I have a whole-foods attitude.  I admit, my parrots diet is largely fresh fruit, veg, and some rice (or whole-wheat pasta).  All on low-fat end of the fats spectrum.  Should I add olive oil or something to this fresh veg/rice mix???  I don't want to cause fatty liver disease by adding too much oil, but my parrot could happily live on this fresh mix alone.  I do realize there is limited amount of fat in most fresh veg (think of where corn oil comes from - veggies do have limited oils in them!!!)  But such oils are in dilute amounts in a fresh fruit/veg diet.  Cows can live on grass -- but don't parrots require more fat than that???

I also always have a dish with just pellets (mine enjoys them as a crunchy snack) and I figure they're loaded with the needed balance of nutrients/micro-nutrients (like vitamins and minerals -- almost like a vitamin supplement) but it's NOT my parrot's main diet -- more like a snack.  Mine lives mostly on fresh fruit and veg -- with some rice (sometimes pasta -- not his fave) mixed in.

What do you feed your parrot???

[Timbersmom]

I put red palm oil on Timber's rice mix. Dave mentioned his support for red palm oil years ago and I added it to Timber's diet then.

[LNCAG]

I will try the red palm oil.  (I will search Amazon for it).

I know I am deliberately offering the nut butters, peanuts and twice-weekly seed mixes (esp mixes with sunflower seeds) just to make sure my guy gets enough fat in his diet.  While we all hate an all-seed diet, at least we know those parrots get enough fats.  I always view fats as 'brain food.'  (Re: seed mixes: this month my grey doesn't consider safflower seeds edible. It changes from only sunflower seeds are acceptable to only safflower seeds are accepted).

I am proud my guy loves fresh fruit/veg/rice/pasta -- many here know, esp with re-homed parrots, that it can take a long time to convert a parrot to a healthier diet.  But I can't imagine that in the wild they don't have some sort of fat source.  What fatty foods are available to wild greys in Africa? (I've NO idea).  But I do know that the fats that occur naturally in fruits/veg, imo, is very low.  

[Greytness]

Nutiva RPO daily. It's organic and grown on a family farm, so no habitat is damaged through farming.

[Timbersmom]

LNCAG that's where the red palm oil idea comes from. Dave said that the red palm fruit is a staple in their native diet. You can't get the fruit here (or I haven't found a source).