cuttle bone calcium perches or a manu mineral perch?

Abigal7 · Apr 10, 2013

My green cheek conure will not have anything to do with a cuttlebone. I was wondering if anyone has used a cuttlebone calcium perch or a manu mineral perch?

Featheredsamurai · Apr 10, 2013

I've used the Polly cuddle bone/mineral perch with bee pollen. I like it, bee pollen has a lot of really good nutrients. Rosie really like hers, sometimes she even sleeps on it.

DallyTsuka · Apr 10, 2013

i use calcium perches, but mine also have cuttlebones. my flock does enjoy nibbling on them. there's no harm in trying them if your conure likes them

Grenage · Apr 11, 2013

If your bird is eating pellets, don't worry about it; mine has never touched his cuttlebone!

Kiwibird · Apr 11, 2013

With Kiwi, I notice that he seems to just rip up cuttlebones for fun (I'm sure he ingests some, but he mostly uses them as a toy) while he actually eats on the Manu block in his cage. However, I've actually researched the Manu, and the reason South American parrots eat it isn't it's nutritional content per se. They eat it in nature because it's a form of natural clay that counteracts the effects of toxic seeds they eat (especially in the dry season) as well as serving as a kind of "grit" to help them digest food. From what I've found, mineral content is basically an added bonus of the stuff. It may be worth a try, your bird may instinctually recognize the "taste" as something he would eat in nature.

JerseyWendy · Apr 11, 2013

Kiwibird is SPOT on!!

Both my Amazons love the Manu perches, but they also have the bee pollen perches in their cages, which they only use once the Manu perch has been depleted.

My mature hen Amazon goes through stages where she rips those Manu perches apart in less than a week (she gets the biggest ones available). This happens like clock work during breeding season, and she is NO breeder either.

Abigal7 · Apr 11, 2013

My vet did explain to me that south American birds get minerals differently in the wild. I know it is said that varouse birds flock to the manu river but I do not know if green cheek conuers in the wild do or not.

Featheredsamurai · Apr 11, 2013

They also get calcium from fresh foods. Almonds, dandion greens, mustard greens, and other fresh foods.

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