TrebleMama
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So we've now had our Amazon, Treble, for just over 2 weeks. When we bought him we bought some of the food mixture that they were feeding him in the store-we're now down to one canning jar's worth of food, so I need to get on this and figure out his new food regiment. He's going to the vet next week but I don't want to run out of food before we have a chance to talk to her! He likes his food well enough, but the store is 1.5 hours away so not practical to drive there for food. The clerk mentioned that they mixed it themselves and looking through it, it has tan squarish pellets, seeds, and then there's a small amount of dried fruit mixed in, so I'm thinking it has three components, (pellets, a nut and seed mixture, and then a dried fruit mixture).
The clerk also told us to give him fresh veg/fruit twice a week as well, but from what I'm reading this should be a daily thing/much bigger part of his meal time? Right now we're still in the figuring out what he likes stage and so far carrots and apples are good, raspberries and fresh bananas are no and he was terrified of blueberries?! Right now I'm giving him some shredded carrots with his morning meal. We're going to try mango today and see how that goes.
I want to go out today and get the stuff locally, I also need to be practical and while it sounds like TOPS is the best pellet, I just can't afford that (and I can't get it locally either). Trying to figure out what to get and it's so overwhelming :56: I've read through the pellet ingredient list but my price range puts me in the ZuPreem range. We have a Pet Supplies Plus that I was going to check out this morning, and from memory they sell bulk pet bird seed-so I'm thinking that route for the nut&seed mixture, to mix with the pellets, and then I have no clue about the dried fruit mixture.
Sorry this is mostly a vent, just losing my mind a bit here, lol.
ETA: Went ahead and placed an order for the Lefebers premium daily parrot food (green tub). This looked decent in the pellet comparison thread, and it's reasonably priced per pound. Pet Smart had low inventory so I ordered it to pick up later today. So, think I have the pellets figured out, now I need to look into a nuts&seed mixture and then some sort of dried fruit mixture (or is this one not necessary if I'm giving fresh fruit/veg?).
The clerk also told us to give him fresh veg/fruit twice a week as well, but from what I'm reading this should be a daily thing/much bigger part of his meal time? Right now we're still in the figuring out what he likes stage and so far carrots and apples are good, raspberries and fresh bananas are no and he was terrified of blueberries?! Right now I'm giving him some shredded carrots with his morning meal. We're going to try mango today and see how that goes.
I want to go out today and get the stuff locally, I also need to be practical and while it sounds like TOPS is the best pellet, I just can't afford that (and I can't get it locally either). Trying to figure out what to get and it's so overwhelming :56: I've read through the pellet ingredient list but my price range puts me in the ZuPreem range. We have a Pet Supplies Plus that I was going to check out this morning, and from memory they sell bulk pet bird seed-so I'm thinking that route for the nut&seed mixture, to mix with the pellets, and then I have no clue about the dried fruit mixture.
Sorry this is mostly a vent, just losing my mind a bit here, lol.
ETA: Went ahead and placed an order for the Lefebers premium daily parrot food (green tub). This looked decent in the pellet comparison thread, and it's reasonably priced per pound. Pet Smart had low inventory so I ordered it to pick up later today. So, think I have the pellets figured out, now I need to look into a nuts&seed mixture and then some sort of dried fruit mixture (or is this one not necessary if I'm giving fresh fruit/veg?).
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