Healthy birdy popsicles

Atwee921

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Sprite the cinnamon green cheek conure.
Last night for Sprite's birthday I got him three jars of baby food; sweet carrot, apple & blueberry (his absolute favorite!) and mixed vegetable. He hardly gets through a few teaspoons of the jar before it goes bad so I decided to freeze it! I covered 2 cookie sheets in saran wrap and plopped the baby food on them with a spoon. The dots of baby food were varying in size but no larger than a quarter and no smaller than a penny (probably change sizes depending on your bird's size). I put the cookie sheets in the freezer uncovered for about an hour and a half, and when they were frozen pretty solid I took them off and stored them in a tupperware in the freezer. When I had this idea I was planning on taking them out and melting them as I wanted to give them to Sprite, but it turns out Sprite enjoys eating them frozen like a popsicle!
The first picture is Sprite stealing the food off the tray while I was filling the trays :p Second picture is the finished product!
 

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MonicaMc

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Mitred Conure - Charlie 1994;
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That's cute!!! And what a great idea!

I've heard some people will make ice pops/cubes with fruit and veggies in the water, and have heard of others making a fruit slushie and freezing that!
 

aliray

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yellow sided green cheek conure,Chiquita Quaker parrot Sweetie Pie, African red bellied parrot Tiki, spanish timbrado canary Lucas
Great idea thanks for sharing:)
 

ConureCrazy

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Wow! I am TOTALLY stealing this! You're definitely going to make many birds happy! :D

I've heard some people will make ice pops/cubes with fruit and veggies in the water
I've done this too! Apple-Pomegranate-Blueberry Pop! Turned out great!
 

MonicaMc

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Mitred Conure - Charlie 1994;
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Species, not breed! ;)


And yes, other species may enjoy it as well!
 

Mayden

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Wish I'd seen this earlier! Great idea. I've got a stack of baby food in the fridge that needs using but alas... getting chilly here now!

Maybe if I whack the heating on full it won't be a waste... :p
 

jugoya

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I make a fruit mash, usually nectarines and plums... with ground pellets mixed in.

Porter is a brat and won't eat his pellets usually... so I have to be extra sneaky xP
 

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