Breeder’s of Eclectus Parrots, Timneh African Grey, Greater Jardine, Cape Parrot
Here are several ways to get rid of fruit flies
(these ideas are from a variety of sources including our own and the people who have purchased babies from us)
You can place a small glass of fruit juice, pop, or wine in the room and they will drown in it. You can also put a paper towel on top of the glass held in place with a rubber band and poke a few holes into it. The fruit flies will go in and won’t come back out. | |
You can place some very ripe fruit in a ziplock plastic bag. Keep the bag open with a toothpick and leave overnight. The fruit flies will go into the plastic bag. Come back in the early morning while it is still dark and close the bag. Once it is light the fruit flies will leave the bag. Dispose of the bag. | |
In the evening turn all the lights off in the fruit fly infested area and open a window or door or both. Then turn on the outside light beside the infested area. The fruit flies will go outside to the light. Do this for a few days in a row and they should be gone. | |
To keep from getting fruit flies wash your fresh produce in GSE. Run a sink full of water with about 20 – 30 drops of GSE and leave it all soak while storing the rest of your grocery items. |
Pesticides on Foods: Food News
We do not recommend feeding the large beans as they are hard to digest. Lentils, mung, adzuki, peas and garbanzos (chick peas) are the easiest to digest of the legumes. Mung and adzuki may be given sprouted. Never serve any other beans raw or sprouted as they could cause serious digestive problems and even death.
Veggie, Bean, Rice Mixture |
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Alternate Mash Diet by Alicia McWatters. I do alternate and change the bean mix so it isn’t always the same.
Plumped Corn |
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Baked Chickpeas |
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Create Your Own Custom Seed Mix |
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Mike’s Manna Mash |
Ensure that you have a container large enough to mix the mash in before you begin. The mash recipe makes approximately 18 quarts of food for a whole recipe. If you are making a half or quarter recipe the container can be appropriately smaller.
Begin by thoroughly rinsing & then soaking the following ingredients for at least 8 hrs. 1/2 cup dry black-eyed peas 3 pounds frozen corn 1/4 cup alfalfa powder Cut up and lightly steam 4 medium white potatoes and add to the mixture. Chop the following ingredients into bite size pieces and add to the mixture. 3 medium zucchini |
Birdie Bread |
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Bake in a 13″ x 8″ x 3″ glass pan for 45 – 50 minutes at 350°. You can ‘grease’ the dish with coconut oil or olive oil on a paper towel. This bread may be very useful to help a bird to gain weight. It is also a source of protein (eggs). It is extremely versatile and you can vary it from batch to batch. (You could also put sprouts into the bread). A cube of this birdie bread could be an excellent supper meal when you are in a hurry. It could also be an excellent replacement for pellets. Stefanja |
Baked Pine Cones |
When collecting pinecones look for pinecones that are dry and clean. Stay away from the damp mouldy ones. Try to pick them as soon as they fall off the tree.
To prepare the pinecones for your bird you need to heat up the oven to 225 degrees. Then place a tin foil cover over a cookie sheet. This will catch the sap that comes out as the pinecones bake. Give the pinecones a good cleaning with GSE and then bake for 1/2 hour at 225 degrees. This will kill the mould and whatever spiders, etc. may be inside them. Let them sit in the warm oven another 1/2 hour or so to dry out. Collect the pinecones and throw the tin foil out. They are ready to use. Do not cook hotter than 225 degrees because the pinecones can burn. Optional: Mix seed with beaten egg white. Spoon into crevices of a pine cone and bake in the oven on low until seeds are set. |
SALLY BLANCHARD’S ‘FAMOUS GLOP’ RECIPE |
The following recipe feeds my 4 parrots of various sizes and appetites for their morning meal. ‘Glop’ also makes a great handweaning food to finger feed your bappy.*1 small jar of baby food carrots, sweet potatoes, or winter squash (I use Earth’s Best because it is organic – they also have high vitamin A vegetable varieties with chicken and turkey. I occasionally use apricot, peach, or papaya baby food.) You can also use baked yams, winter squash or cooked, mashed carrots. *3 slices of coarse whole-grain crumbled toast. (I vary the bread but use the healthiest bread I can find without sugar. I particularly like a jalopeno-cornbread loaf I buy at Trader Joe’s.) *2-4 Tablespoons of nonfat plain yogurt. *Optional: 1/8 cup high quality handfeeding formula or a sprinkle of a spirulina or wheat grass type supplement. Put in a large bowl and mash together until toast is saturated with baby food and yogurt and everything is evenly mixed. Consistency can be changed according to your parrot’s preference. Mine like the toast chunky and the mixture thick – about the consistency of turkey dressing. ‘Glop’ is ready to feed – it does not have to be cooked. Anything that is nutritious can be added to the glop for a variety in texture, color, and shapes. I will feed it plain or mix one or more of the following: finely chopped collard (mustard or turnip) greens, kale or broccoli flowers, grated carrots, wheat germ, oat bran, no sugar breakfast cereal, low salt V-8 juice, grated tofu-cheese, nonfat cottage cheese, chopped nuts or raisons, chopped very hard boiled egg, pasta, brown rice, well, cooked chopped chicken, powdered pellets. Remember that any soft food will develop bacteria if left too long in the cage. I serve each batch fresh never use leftovers as ingredients. I never have to worry about this mushy mixture going bad because all of my birds eat it as soon as I put it in their food bowls. My grey, Bongo Marie, loves her ‘glop; and my double-yellows, Paco and Rascal, have relished this food barely coming up for air when I feed it. The nutritious mixture as a part of their diet has kept them healthy for over 18 years. Their feather condition is superb. If you only have one bird and want to make the whole batch, the ‘glop’ can be rolled into balls or placed in an ice cube tray and frozen. Thaw as needed but don’t overcook. Add any supplement after heating. If at first your bird doesn’t like this nutritious mixture – keep trying. |