Comments on: Salt in Bird Diet http://thetameparrot.com/blog/parrot-diet/salt-in-bird-diet/ For Bird Owners Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Joe http://thetameparrot.com/blog/parrot-diet/salt-in-bird-diet//comment-page-1#comment-10800 Joe Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:33:53 +0000 http://thetameparrot.com/blog/2007/12/09/salt-in-bird-diet/#comment-10800 Well that takes a load off my mind. I went camping and was eating salted sunflower seeds when a bunch of chickadees came over and started eating out of my hand. I left after 1 day and wondered if I'd hurt the little birds but I guess not. Well that takes a load off my mind. I went camping and was eating salted sunflower seeds when a bunch of chickadees came over and started eating out of my hand. I left after 1 day and wondered if I’d hurt the little birds but I guess not.

]]> By: christine http://thetameparrot.com/blog/parrot-diet/salt-in-bird-diet//comment-page-1#comment-8799 christine Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:01:04 +0000 http://thetameparrot.com/blog/2007/12/09/salt-in-bird-diet/#comment-8799 I don't have any pet parrot at home but my friends have. This is a nice article. Thank you for sharing this relevant information! I don’t have any pet parrot at home but my friends have. This is a nice article. Thank you for sharing this relevant information!

]]> By: Sapphyre Cross http://thetameparrot.com/blog/parrot-diet/salt-in-bird-diet//comment-page-1#comment-223 Sapphyre Cross Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:51:54 +0000 http://thetameparrot.com/blog/2007/12/09/salt-in-bird-diet/#comment-223 Did a Vet put him on Antibiotics? or is that something you got at the store? I can not stress enough about why it could be dangerous to your bird to buy over the counter medications. As you know a diet of just Sunflower Seeds is a bad for the bird. They are more of a narcotic then a healthy diet. You can't just take away the food that it has been used to eating most its life, you will have a really angry bird. What you need to do is give him back what he was eating, but first mix it 50/50 with the Zupreem for about a week. Week 2, have 2 separate dishes, one full with the Zupreem, and the other dish with its seed, just put in enough to cover the bottom of the dish. We wrote a section in ":The Easy Parrot System" about how to convert your bird to a healthy diet You can buy the book here http://www.thetameparrot.com/cb/ Since birds can see and smell it is important to us that the food be fun and draws the bird's interest. As for snack foods go sparely with them because you first need to get him on a correct balanced diet. All of our Conures love fresh Corn on the cob and especially Apples. Once you get him to accept his new diet you will find he will be in a better mood. But you can not just take away what he has been used to eating and expect him to welcome something new. He may rather starve to death first. So just take it slow and let him get used to the new changes. Sapphyre Certified Avian Specialist Did a Vet put him on Antibiotics? or is that something you got at the store? I can not stress enough about why it could be dangerous to your bird to buy over the counter medications.
As you know a diet of just Sunflower Seeds is a bad for the bird. They are more of a narcotic then a healthy diet.

You can’t just take away the food that it has been used to eating most its life, you will have a really angry bird. What you need to do is give him back what he was eating, but first mix it 50/50 with the Zupreem for about a week. Week 2, have 2 separate dishes, one full with the Zupreem, and the other dish with its seed, just put in enough to cover the bottom of the dish.

We wrote a section in “:The Easy Parrot System” about how to convert your bird to a healthy diet You can buy the book here http://www.thetameparrot.com/cb/

Since birds can see and smell it is important to us that the food be fun and draws the bird’s interest.

As for snack foods go sparely with them because you first need to get him on a correct balanced diet.

All of our Conures love fresh Corn on the cob and especially Apples.
Once you get him to accept his new diet you will find he will be in a better mood. But you can not just take away what he has been used to eating and expect him to welcome something new. He may rather starve to death first.

So just take it slow and let him get used to the new changes.

Sapphyre
Certified Avian Specialist

]]> By: penni http://thetameparrot.com/blog/parrot-diet/salt-in-bird-diet//comment-page-1#comment-214 penni Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:13:00 +0000 http://thetameparrot.com/blog/2007/12/09/salt-in-bird-diet/#comment-214 Hi, I adopted a Sun Conure a couple of weeks ago that has been on nothing but a sun flower seed diet. I am giving him some antibiotics in his water and have taken the seeds away completley. I now am giving him the Zupreem. The Avian Maintenance diet. Fruit blend flavor. Its now been a couple of days and I cant seem to get him to eat it. He is very kranky! The first few days I was beginning to touch him just a little and now he seems like he is mad at the world!!! I have been fixing him some scrambled eggs everyday to keep him eating something. The white spots in his mouth are gone but he is still having diarreha. Any suggestions on how to get him to eat his new food would be greatley appreciated. I raised a son, I thought taking care of this bird would be a breeze and I am finding it to be a big challenge. Thank you very much, Penni Hi, I adopted a Sun Conure a couple of weeks ago that has been on nothing but a sun flower seed diet. I am giving him some antibiotics in his water and have taken the seeds away completley. I now am giving him the Zupreem. The Avian Maintenance diet. Fruit blend flavor. Its now been a couple of days and I cant seem to get him to eat it. He is very kranky! The first few days I was beginning to touch him just a little and now he seems like he is mad at the world!!! I have been fixing him some scrambled eggs everyday to keep him eating something. The white spots in his mouth are gone but he is still having diarreha. Any suggestions on how to get him to eat his new food would be greatley appreciated. I raised a son, I thought taking care of this bird would be a breeze and I am finding it to be a big challenge. Thank you very much,
Penni

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