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Here's what I hope is a quick and hopefully simple question.
So I started giving Kermit frozen peas in her food this week. What I feed is what I have available, but this week's was a bit of strawberry and blueberries, broccoli, and a frozen mix of peas and carrots (no salt). I think she likes round-shaped food because she went nuts for the peas and blueberries, maayyybe nibbles on the broccoli, and ignores the carrots.
Today I noticed her poop does not have much liquid content. It was initially a greyish color, I freaked out, then realized that was the blueberries talking. Her poop returned to a dark-green color as of this evening, but still with little liquid. Have I been over-feeding the peas ? I intend to remove them from her diet for a bit to see if it improves, but I admit I wasn't expecting this result.
Am I correct in thinking peas are a legume ? I know overfeeding beans to birds can be bad for them, so perhaps this is a similar result...
I've also recently converted her (ish) to pellets. She still has a small amount of seed available, but I've seen her eat the pellets as well
Thanks for your advice
So I started giving Kermit frozen peas in her food this week. What I feed is what I have available, but this week's was a bit of strawberry and blueberries, broccoli, and a frozen mix of peas and carrots (no salt). I think she likes round-shaped food because she went nuts for the peas and blueberries, maayyybe nibbles on the broccoli, and ignores the carrots.
Today I noticed her poop does not have much liquid content. It was initially a greyish color, I freaked out, then realized that was the blueberries talking. Her poop returned to a dark-green color as of this evening, but still with little liquid. Have I been over-feeding the peas ? I intend to remove them from her diet for a bit to see if it improves, but I admit I wasn't expecting this result.
Am I correct in thinking peas are a legume ? I know overfeeding beans to birds can be bad for them, so perhaps this is a similar result...
I've also recently converted her (ish) to pellets. She still has a small amount of seed available, but I've seen her eat the pellets as well
Thanks for your advice