StChelle
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- Apr 4, 2017
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- Parrots
- Male Galah named Valentine; male red-sided Eclectus named Harlequin "Harley"; female red-sided Eclectus named Petra
Valenitine seems to enjoy dumping his treats and food as much or more than he does eating it lol. I have locking bowls now and he will sit in them take a piece of food in his claw and drop it over the side. He will do this several times before deciding to actually eat one.
This doesn't bother me but I am wondering if the feathered fool is actually eating enough. He will actually empty both food bowls and his foraging carousel. He isn't so bad about this in the outside aviary but with the tropical storm they have been inside the past few days. I'm working from home so I have been putting a few more pellets in to make sure he has access to something between mealtimes. I'm more worried about when I'm not working from home.
Is there some form of bird safe mat that is heavy enough that he couldn't move if I placed it in his cage under his food bowl? Once he drops food it goes through the bars where he can't get it. I don't think I can stop this behavior so am wondering what I could do to at least make sure he always has access to some form of food.
Or am I just an over worried new mom??
This doesn't bother me but I am wondering if the feathered fool is actually eating enough. He will actually empty both food bowls and his foraging carousel. He isn't so bad about this in the outside aviary but with the tropical storm they have been inside the past few days. I'm working from home so I have been putting a few more pellets in to make sure he has access to something between mealtimes. I'm more worried about when I'm not working from home.
Is there some form of bird safe mat that is heavy enough that he couldn't move if I placed it in his cage under his food bowl? Once he drops food it goes through the bars where he can't get it. I don't think I can stop this behavior so am wondering what I could do to at least make sure he always has access to some form of food.
Or am I just an over worried new mom??
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