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[Xenotoes]

So today I was just out in my living room with my conure's cage behind me, and I'm eating tuna salad, and he just flies down and sits right on the bowl on my chest lol, he's never jumped on me before that, I sat still for a few seconds to show it was ok, but had to move my hand because he definitely cant have tuna salad, but he flew off without an alarm complaint, so I'm pretty sure this is a win. My boi doesn't hate me XD

 

[clark_conure]

What's wrong with your parrot eating Tuna salad? So long as their are no onions in it. Green cheeks can basically eat anything healthy you eat. Bits of chicken, bits of pizza, hamburgers with bacon all types of leafy greens and fruit Hard cheese, (not soft cheese). There's a list of safe and bad foods for parrots pinned somewhere (general parrot info channel I think?)and a list of good and bad plants the same. EVERYTHING IN MODERATION THOUGH!

Also Congrats....and use more food to bond.

 

[Xenotoes]

What's wrong with your parrot eating Tuna salad? So long as their are no onions in it. Green cheeks can basically eat anything healthy you eat. Bits of chicken, bits of pizza, hamburgers with bacon all types of leafy greens and fruit Hard cheese, (not soft cheese). There's a list of safe and bad foods for parrots pinned somewhere (general parrot info channel I think?)and a list of good and bad plants the same. EVERYTHING IN MODERATION THOUGH!

Also Congrats....and use more food to bond.

Well there was mayo with it, wasnt sure if mayo was bad for them, and I thought salt wasnt good for them, and canned tuna has alot of sodium

Update: I saved a little bit for him, and put the bowl on top of his cage to show he was allowed to have some, he actually went in and tasted it, he wouldnt have done that a week earlier because my hands are the ones setting it down, and he never accepted things from the evil hands, but now he's showing interest and not as scared.

 

[clark_conure]

Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce made from an emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and an acid like lemon juice or vinegar. (AI) These are all mostly safe in small quantities. It is ok IN MODERATION! Don't fill a bowl with it. Next time maybe fruit salad for dinner and offer the parrot some strawberries or grapes they freaking love those. Take a bite first.... maybe say no at first.... then relent and let him taste those natural fruit sugars. That's how you teach a bird to eat a new food. In a month it's going to be trying to steal pizza slice bites while sitting on your shoulder.

It's almost strangely you say no first then they want it more. Then you can find a great training treat for other training exercises.

 

[Xenotoes]

Mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce made from an emulsion of oil, egg yolk, and an acid like lemon juice or vinegar. (AI) These are all mostly safe in small quantities. It is ok IN MODERATION! Don't fill a bowl with it. Next time maybe fruit salad for dinner and offer the parrot some strawberries or grapes they freaking love those. Take a bite first.... maybe say no at first.... then relent and let him taste those natural fruit sugars. That's how you teach a bird to eat a new food. In a month it's going to be trying to steal pizza slice bites while sitting on your shoulder.

It's almost strangely you say no first then they want it more. Then you can find a great training treat for other training exercises.

Yeah I'm not gonna fill a bowl with it lol, but he just tried a little that was left, but I'll try to get more fruits, I haven been into fruit lately, but I guess it'll be good to start since I have a conure now, give me an excuse to eat better, Ive been drinking less too caus of him, so that's good.

 

[clark_conure]

Protip they sell grapes by the bag WEIGHT. Pull out most the grapes leaving like a dozen. that lasts like a week (so they don't wilt in meantime) and is close to like a dollar. Put the others in another bag for someone else to buy. They don't regulate you have to buy so many grapes at a time. I bring the bag to the counter and they weigh it and it's like a dollar or two even in off season.

You really only want this tiny amount of grapes? "YUP"

 

[Vampiric_Conure49]

LOL... Conures are brassy little dudes! After seeing Tailgate take food from me, Quasar is now grabbing almost anything I offer.

 

[TiredOldMan2]

I put the majority of grapes in the freezer. Pull out enough for a day two at the most. Lasts a long time.
Besides I like frozen grapes for myself.
I'm a bad Dad.

 

[Xenotoes]

I found a solid winner, he was eyeballin my cranberry and orange juice mix, so I poured a little in a bowl and he immediately tried it and took a solid 3 drinks

 

[clark_conure]

OH they love fruit juices.......I should have mentioned that

 

[Xenotoes]

OH they love fruit juices.......I should have mentioned that

He's making massive steps forward, he wants juice whenever I have it now (he's cut off for a few days though because sugar content) and he literally shoved his face in my potatoes today, and my hand was holding the plate, which would have been a no go before

 

[clark_conure]

So long as it's natural fruit juice it's fine. Not white sugar added fruit juice.

 

[clark_conure]

I bet you an internet. If you ordered a pizza and put it in front of your bird. He will land and try to eat the pizza. I don't know what it is about pizza they just recognize it somehow as THE FOOD SOURCE.

I don't know what it is, it's big, it's colorful, its the smell maybe, but they just go nuts for it.

 

[Xenotoes]

I bet you an internet. If you ordered a pizza and put it in front of your bird. He will land and try to eat the pizza. I don't know what it is about pizza they just recognize it somehow as THE FOOD SOURCE.

I don't know what it is, it's big, it's colorful, its the smell maybe, but they just go nuts for it.

It's probably the smell, because when i made steak and mashed potatoes this morning he instantly was paying attention to it caus it smelled good, he wanted my steak, but that had seasoning with onion in it so I had to hold it away, but he went for the potatoes after and seemed to like them

 

[clark_conure]

Just keep him off the stove an share meals and you have a partner for life.