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| 622.1 | | ROYALT::PULSIFER | I GOT SMART/QUIT AT 12 YEARS OLD | Tue Nov 05 1991 08:08 | 12 |
| Hi Donna,
To help stop the night frights, you should use a night light. I read in
Bird Talk today that it is less painful for the bird if you use cornstarch
or flour rather than Quick stop to pack the wound after removing blood
feathers.
I never got my budgies to eat much veggies, but found that they love
corn(frozen or on the cob) and cooked rice. Other things they like a
little are, lima beans, breads, apples.
Doug
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| 622.2 | try a clip it | CHET::MACDONALD | falling star catcher | Tue Nov 05 1991 12:19 | 6 |
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Attach the veggies/fruit to the side of the cage near a favorite perch.
I used a "clip-it" I think. My budgies went crazy over carrot, green
bean, Granny Smith apple, corn on the cob. Just keep trying.
MaryAnne
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| 622.3 | an after thought | CHET::MACDONALD | falling star catcher | Tue Nov 05 1991 12:20 | 3 |
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You may want to use a small piece of millet at first to get them used
to the fact that there is "good stuff" in that specific place.
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| 622.4 | Not a fussy eater | ELWOOD::CHRISTIE | | Tue Nov 05 1991 16:50 | 6 |
| My budgie used to eat everything that I ate, potatoes, steak, oatmeal,
toast, veggies, cereal (Rice Krispies were the funniest to watch her
eat). Just keep trying.
Linda
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| 622.5 | night lights do work! | CSOA1::DIRRMAN | | Wed Nov 06 1991 15:44 | 12 |
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We have 5 teils and we use a night light. It has stopped their
night flights. and it doesn't seem to bother the conure or Congo
grey. They will always do some wing flapping as it is their exercise.
The teils are pretty fussy - but we started feeding them the rice
mixture - recipe is in these notes - and they went crazy over it.
Even the older ones.
Good Luck!
Dora
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| 622.6 | VEGGIE CRAZED TIELS | ABACUS::BOURGAULT | | Thu Nov 14 1991 13:16 | 25 |
| The night light definitely works well. As for getting budgies and
cockatiels on veggies, try canned corn (Delmonte' puts out a nice
yellow corn with NO Salt - look for the red "NO SALT" banner on the
label.) I had the fussiest tiels and budgies, but after a couple
of months dropping in a few kernals right on top of their seed each
night (removing uneaten pcs daily), along with a couple of sprigs of
fresh broccoli florets (some love it others don't). I started noticing
that there was less and less that I had to toss out each day. Now
they wait for their veggies each night. Some of the budgies like
fresh spinache leaves as well. I found that they don't care much
for the frozen ones. I have tried the frozen mixed veggies too and
with little luck, I think it is what they get used to. They also
all love fresh corn on the cob but they only get that in the summer.
Oh yeah, another thing that I found out they like recently is shavings
of fresh, raw carrots. I take a potato peeler and gently shave a
carrot and place a few shavings on each of their seed dishes. I have
rarely found any leftovers the next day.
Please note that this takes time to get them used of veggies. It is
not an overnight process. But if you put in right on top of their
seeds each day, they finally start to nibble on it and acquire a taste
for it. Just like kids.
Good luck
Denise
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