Whats YOUR Grey's Diet?

[RobertsKitty]

Hi everyone!
I am just kind of curious what you feed your Grey. I know everyone has their own general ideas as to when, what and how much they give their Greys.

Anyway, I was just hoping a few people could post a sampling of what their Grey's eat?

Thanks,

Kitty

[judygram]

Josey eats a little oatmeal cooked in the microwave, then I add a little baby food, like carrots, sweet potatoes or squash, to it with a little of red palm oil for breakfast. I fill her bowl in the cage with a few seeds, some dried fruits and nuts, dry pasta and maybe some cereal like small shredded wheat biscuits. I put different kinds of veggies in another bowl or hang a kabob with veggies on it in the cage for her to snack on during the day. She has another bowl with pellets in it and another bowl with fresh water. She eats whatever I am having off my plate at the evening meal, except for the forbidden foods. You will find a list of those in one of the threads.

That is pretty much it, if I snack on popcorn or something I be sure to give her some, she loves it. Others might give you some other ideas and suggestions.

[RobertsKitty]

Very Fun. Sounds like a nice well rounded diet!

[judygram]

She seems to enjoy it, and the Harrison's High Potency pellets are the best to feed a grey, by the way.

[Lidia]

Joshua's staple is seed-based, and he gets a good mix with seeds, nuts, pulses, some pellets and dried fruits in it. Around that, he gets some porridge in the morning, a piece of toast (with butter).
When he goes into his cage for the day, he has a large bowl of mixed salad leaves and herbs, some fresh peas, beans, carrots, berries, sometimes grapes, orange, apple and whatever else I have that's fresh. He also sometimes get pasta (usually with bolognese sauce), some fat-free meat and the occasional small piece of raw steak (from which he sucks all the blood and then discards the meat ... eeeew!).
As with Judy, I also give him snacks from time to time, keeping the salt and fat content low.
In the evening, he has some of whatever I am having for dinner, and that's about it. The fresh content varies from day to day and I think a seed-based diet is as healthy as a pellet-based one, so long as you get the overall balance right. Joshua has been healthy on the diet I give him for over eighteen years.
He gets a bowl of hot water in the morning with his breakfast, and then I top it up with cold water throughout the day.<br><br>Post edited by: Lidia, at: 2007/08/03 18:12

[judygram]

Lidia, may I ask why you give Joshua hot water in the morning?

[Lidia]

Judy, it's only so he feels he's having a cup of tea while I'm having my morning cup of tea. He associates the kettle boiling with a "cup of tea", and it seems to cheer him up if his cup gets filled the same way mine does.
In case you're worried about him burning himself on boiling water, don't! I make my cup of tea and his cup of tea and then we go and I have my shower, and he sits on the rail. By the time we come back both his and my tea are at a tepid drinkable temperature. No burnt beaks or lips here!<br><br>Post edited by: Lidia, at: 2007/08/03 20:03

[judygram]

And I assume he enjoys that warm water too, LOL, what we do for our greys. Don't worry, I never thought you would give him hot, hot water, just curious. Thanks for the reply.

[Lidia]

No, you were so right to point it out! What if some poor unsuspecting newbie saw it and thought it was okay to broil their parrot's beak? Yikes.
:blush:<br><br>Post edited by: Lidia, at: 2007/08/03 20:09

[judygram]

And you are probably right, that is why we have so many warnings on everything anymore, those people who won't take responsibility for their own actions.hmy: