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Post by dreamweaver on Jul 30, 2016 6:55:56 GMT -7
hi, my name is fay and i have a companion bird called Ruby who is a 4 year old Timneh grey. she was a rescue bird without feather form but now has beautiful set. i am interested to know more about natural foraging foods or equivalent and would like to know if they can eat rehydrated meal worms. any body got any ideas??
I am a voluntary worker in an animal charity where i live in Nottinghamshire and i am an animal healer,my hobbies with ruby's help is water colour and acrylic wildlife art.
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Post by Jane on Jul 31, 2016 1:39:59 GMT -7
Hello and welcome to the forum. I have never given them to mine but African Greys in the wild eat a huge variety of different seeds, berries, nuts, vegetation (leaves, flowers and roots), and the fruits of the oil palm. They also eat insects and grubs that they come across, and forage both in the trees and on the ground. They are omnivores and will eat whatever is available. I have heard that mealworms can be contaminated with salmonella and also they can be hard to digest. These they eat in the wild, they have a fibrous orange colour flesh that they enjoy around a nut (which they don't eat). www.northernparrots.com/palm-nuts-nutritious-natural-parrot-treat-prod544101a/Jane |
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Post by beakertrout on Aug 2, 2016 14:13:43 GMT -7
I think Beaker would flip out if he saw anything wiggling around in his food dish.
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Post by Haz on Aug 3, 2016 10:02:58 GMT -7
Chy would be like Beaker. Me too!
Haz
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Post by beakertrout on Aug 3, 2016 12:45:36 GMT -7
So what's worse then eating an apple and finding a worm in it?
Finding half a worm!
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