Dipping pellets in water

chocobyted · Mar 5, 2020

Hi All,
Wondering if your cockatoo also dips pellets in water before eating them? It is a very funny behaviour and even if I put water and food cup in opposite ends of the cage Snow will travel the distance each time (with 2 pellets in his beak) to put it in water first (Good exercise all right

clark_conure · Mar 5, 2020

I think all birds do this... mine do.

SailBoat · Mar 5, 2020

Aaah, the joy of freshly made pellet soup!

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Just nothing better!

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rangerktc1 · Mar 5, 2020

My too does it as well. I think she knows I'll change the water more frequently when she does it.

Scott · Mar 5, 2020

Some of mine do, others don't. They all waste pellets by taking a bite or two, dropping, rinse and repeat! I tried a smaller pellet size and they were underwhelmed!

chocobyted · Mar 5, 2020

Haha it is just so funny, thanks all for sharing your pellet soup experiences

My cockatiel never does this it she eats pellets (after a seed diet breeder was giving her). She thinks water should only be used for drinking and taking an amazing bath

catastrophe · Mar 13, 2020

Our Goffins doesn’t dip, and neither does our mustached parakeet, or lineolated parakeet, but our sun conure is all about dipping pellets, dehydrated veggies, etc. into his water! I change his water at least three times a day. I have simply associated it with the same behavior my husband exhibits: my husband uses tons of sauce for dipping fries, chicken, steak, etc. [emoji81]

Loki - Sun Conure [emoji169]
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catastrophe · Mar 13, 2020

Scott said:
Some of mine do, others don't. They all waste pellets by taking a bite or two, dropping, rinse and repeat! I tried a smaller pellet size and they were underwhelmed!

Our Goffins would waste larger pellets, too! He’d grab them, nibble, throw, repeat. Once we switched to the same size his bestie from his previous home uses, he stopped wasting as many. Too funny!

Loki - Sun Conure [emoji169]
Clover - Lineolated Parakeet [emoji172]

Mjhandy · Mar 15, 2020

Our G2 and Quacker do this. Help soften them up.

The best is when we get home and birds are all out, the Quacker will then bath in the dirty water in the G2's cage. Unless we can get to it first.

Yeah!

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