Good website?

I was thinking about what table foods I could try and cook for Oz and came across this:

Feathers and Forage » Feathers and Forage

I really liked this website since there seems to be quite a bit of information about all sorts of things and pretty awesome looking recipes and ideas for toys and such.

Guess a lot of you guys have probably seen this website too before, but I still felt like sharing =P

I think I'll try making the birdie mash and seed cakes after I've gone to the grocery store this week. Looks yummy (well, for him anyways...thought...Is it bad I find the birdie mash oddly appealing? Definitely something I'd eat, well minus the seeds of course):



(photos not mine, come from website above)

I've also noticed about Oz that, while he ignores my attempts to get him to try stuff (when I eat something and pretend to really enjoy it), he actually gets really interested when I'm really having a meal. Got lazy today and decided to have some instant noodles and it wasn't long before he perched on the side of the bowl. (it was just adorable when he would extend his bead and open wide when I tried to have a bite). I was tempted to let him have a nibble, but I don't know much yet about bird safe foods and those noodles aren't good for me (sure are yummy once in a while thought) so they can't be that good for him either so I didn't. He was very adamant about it thought, to the point he jumped on the fork Thank gosh those cool quickly thought =/ Next time I have dinner next to him, I'll make sure it's something we can both eat.

I've had that experience with my birdy, where she opens her beak super wide thinking the bite is going her direction, lol! If she doesn't get a bite, then she starts making vocal noises that mean "hey! I want some!"

I just heard recently that the noodles for ramen and cup of soups are coated with wax and it takes the body a few days to get rid of the wax... amazing huh... they suggest only eating those type of noodle soups a couple times a week because of the wax.... so good thing you didn't give Oz a bite.

The birdie mash and seed cakes DO look appetizing, even for us humans! Could get messy though... if you have a food flinger, lol.

Try keeping a flighted cockatiel off of a box of fresh, hot pizza! And no, not just the box itself, but the pizza inside! :xmas_lol2


It is a good website! Hope you are able to get some ideas off of there for getting Oz to try new foods!

@ Lorylover: definitely didn't know that bout the noodles =P Mine are the kind in a square package that you cook on the stove. I know a few people who eat those cups like, all the time thought (granted, most people I know are on student budget too xD)

Well, only times I see him throw food out of his bowl, it's so he can go and eat it off the table the cage is on...Silly Oz =P

@MonicaMC: Wow, I didn't realize bird loved (or could eat) pizzas. That's kinda adorable thought.

I tried to get him to eat some carrots by eating pieces out of a bowl but all I got out of it was a snack for myself. He was interested (perched on my shoulder the whole time I ate and stared but inched away when try to offer him some)

I think the reason he went so crazy about the noodles was the shape of them. So tomorrow, I'll cook some spaghetti and see if he goes crazy for those too. (no sauce for him, some butter and herbs for me)

Why not shred the carrots? Or dice them into tiny bite sized pieces?

Kiryon, Thanks for the link. I have booked marked the site. Lots of good ideas and more sized to my birds

I have been making "birdie mash" for my cockatiels for a year. They like it dry and crumbly so I don't put in anything wet. Ingredients are: oatmeal, nuts, whole wheat bread, garbanzos, carrots, broccoli, hard boiled eggs with shell. This is all put into a food processor. In the mixture, but not in the processor, goes a can of niblet corn and a package of sprouts. I divide this into vacuum seal bowls and after sealing they will last for two weeks in the fridge. In order to get my birds to eat fresh food, pellets and seed everyday, I feed the veggie mash from 8 til 12, pellets from 12 to 3 and then add the seed. A new bird may hesitate to try something new, but will usually start eating everything by the third day. Another way to introduce pellets is to put a little seed into a bowl of pellets and when the seed is gone he will soon start eating the pellets. This works much better than putting a little pellets into a bowl of seed.