What do you mean by wing flapping ? I have an 8 month pair. They both take turns at times flapping but only 1 or twice a day for like 30 seconds. They are fed as solamen aviari said. Rice , carrots , broccoli, green apples , corn , peas , sweet potatoes. All chopped except corn , peas and rice. Sprinkle red peppers on top. I also give them all kinds of sprouts , beans soaked. Kewi corn on the cob raw and carrots as treats. Two fresh meals and at night supreme pellets over night and there early am until I do veggies.
It's actually wing-flipping, not wing flapping. One letter makes a huge difference in this case. Lol! Flapping their wings is a fine and healthy practice. Wing-flipping, however, is a bit of a tic that can develop as a result of dietary issues. Much the same as toe-tapping.
As for the diet you're currently feeding them, it sounds pretty good. I don't know what kind of rice you're using, but brown is best. More healthy. Quinoa is also very good. I'd steer away from corn as a dietary staple, though it's fine as a treat. I say this because they don't get much nutritionally from corn, so it winds up being pretty much filler. Also, some eclectus have been known to have a toe-tapping reaction to an excess of corn. (Mine don't, but there have been quite a few recorded cases of those who do.)
I can't speak on the pellets. Since many brands of pellets cause health issues for ekkies, I avoid them in general. I just go with chop. But I know quite a few ekkie parronts use particular brands as part of their ekkie diets without issue. If you are going to use pellets, just make sure they don't have any dyes or vitamin supplements.
Here is the list I usually post listing the diet I provide my ekkies, in case you want to try any of the ingredients there:
In the interests of sharing information, here is what I currently feed Maya and Jolly: I tend to provide between 6 and 8 types of food per feeding (2 meals per day), weighted heavily toward the veggie side as only 1 of the food selections in a given meal is a fruit.
Various sprouts, carrots (very important due to the high content of beta carotene - precursor to Vitamin A), bell peppers (red, yellow, orange and green – also very high in Vitamin A), jalapeno peppers, Jamaican Scotch bonnet peppers, chili peppers, squash (butternut, green and yellow), pumpkin (again, high in Vitamin A), blueberries and pomegranates (both among the most nutritious of fruits), snap peas, broccoli (high in calcium), cactus pears, dragon fruit, persimmon, starfruit, bananas, grapes (only for flavor and hydration. Relatively low in nutrition), kale, turnips, radishes, brown rice, quinoa, cucumbers, endives, dandelion (nutritional powerhouse offered at every meal when seasonally available), sweet potato (cooked), red swiss chard, mustard greens, collard greens, kale, cilantro, parsley, watercress, arugula, granny smith apples, papaya (don’t go too heavy on this, as it is a diarrhetic), African horned melon, hominy, oatmeal (sans sugar or flavoring), kiwi, barley, calendula flowers, fennel, chocho beans and garbanzo beans, as well as Volkman's Fancy Soak and Simmer as a base for the majority of their legumes and grains.
For food accents I'll add one or two types of the following as well: star anise, milk thistle, elder berries, rose hips, hibiscus, bee pollen and chamomile flowers.
Twice a month, I'll give a little hard-boiled egg (
with the crushed shell for calcium). Slightly more frequently during a molt.
For their training treats they get an assortment of unsalted nuts (one to three or so per bird in a given day, broken into small pieces and fed as rewards during the training sessions). And for their "goodnight treat", up to a teaspoon or two of seeds.
Here are typical examples of chop (before the Soak and Simmer legumes & grains are added) to show the variety from one bowl of chop to the next. I do chop every 3 or 4 days so that they always have different foods in rotation.
