OT Parrots and Potatoes, Audrey

[Guest guest]

Do you feed the sweet potatoes to your parrots raw or cooked?  I have an

African Gray and I'm always looking for great things to feed him.  Thanks

 

Dena

[Guest guest]

Always cooked. There is something in raw potatoes (or at least raw

white ones) that isn't good for them - or so I have heard, and I don't

take chances.

My birds, a red lored amazon, a Meyer's parrot, and a Senegal parrot,

get a little of everything I eat (in addition to a good organic

pelleted diet), except onions, mushrooms, avocado, chocolate, and of

course no caffeine or alcohol. They also shouldn't have much sugar or

salt, and we have to keep portions in mind because they are so much

smaller than us. They can't digest dairy, but mine occasionally get a

tiny shred of cheese, which they love. Goldie, the Amazon, drank some

almond milk out of my glass last night (bad habit of hers), and

enjoyed it very much!

My birds particularly enjoy cooked sweet potato, raw or cooked

broccoli (neither of which I care for!) and carrots, raw or cooked. Of

course, they prefer fruit, but I feed more veggies than fruit. They

like cooked beans, too. I don't feed a whole lot of nuts, because

amazons are prone to obesity.

 

 

 

On 4/10/10, Dena Deen <tigriss007 wrote:

> Do you feed the sweet potatoes to your parrots raw or cooked?  I have an

> African Gray and I'm always looking for great things to feed him.  Thanks

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> Dena

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[Guest guest]

mine LOVE cooked!

 

Patti

 

 

 

 

 

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Dena Deen <tigriss007

 

Sat, April 10, 2010 3:54:56 PM

[veg_grp] OT Parrots and Potatoes, Audrey

 

 

Do you feed the sweet potatoes to your parrots raw or cooked? I have an African

Gray and I'm always looking for great things to feed him. Thanks

 

Dena