help with diet

[friendcaique]

I have already posted this question in another thread but it was a post not the thread and no one ever answered it.
okay here goes. for a bhc diet i will give him some chop in the morning with some pellets then when i get back from school i will take the old food out and throw it away,(do i throw the pellets away too?) and give him some more chop and pellets then wait till bedtime and take the old food out and throw t away ad put some pellets in the cage for overnight.

of course he will have water changes and oh yeah can i leave water in the cage overnight?

any thought and/or advice about this?(I feel like i would be throwing lots of stuff away.

sorry if this was long or someone asked it before.

thanks in advance!!

 

[JerseyWendy]

Are either of your parents home while you are in school to possibly help you with the fresh food?

How do they feel about you wanting a Caique anyway? Will the bird be just yours, of will this be a family affair?

Pellets / dry food and water should be available at all times, but the fresh stuff should be removed after several hours.

 

[Birdman666]

The way I do it.

I have one bowl of water. I have one bowl of fresh. I have one bowl of dry foods.

When I get home from work, I toss the fresh foods, and change the water. Each cage has at least one water bowl, including overnight. The macaws each have two water bowls. (They make the bigger mess.)

When I make dinner, they get some of what ever they can eat of what I make, which is usually just a nibble or two... (i.e. rice, beans, pasta, chicken, fish, veggies, etc.) and they get theirs before we get ours, so they are busy eating first, and we can then eat in peace...

Does that make sense to you?

Throwing out pellets is wasteful. And you only do that if their contaminated. (If you mix the dry and the wet foods, they become contaminated, that's why separate bowls) I sift through the dry stuff twice a day (at mealtimes) and get rid of the crumbs, and half eaten stuff. The stuff that appears to be fine, stays, and then I add to that with what ever the daily amount is supposed to be.

I also served measured portions for each bird. I have scoopers in my food drawers, and know where to fill it for each one, for each thing I serve.

With a Caique, you're not talking about HUGE amounts of food here anyway. Pellets, with a little seed mixed in, and a variety of mixed nuts, and maybe a couple of nutriberries and granola, or a little whole grain cereal for the dry stuff.

Then a separate bowl for chop. But you're really only talking about one or two spoons full... He's not likely to eat more than that.

Plain shell pasta, with some veggies mixed in, is always good. Six or eight pasta shells and some cut up broccoli... with possibly some sweet potato over the top. Sweet potato cubes. Make one potato, cut it up into bite sized cubes, freeze it, then reheat a couple of cubes in the microwave in the morning. (check to make sure it's not too hot.) Toss it in with your pasta and veggies.

 

[friendcaique]

Are either of your parents home while you are in school to possibly help you with the fresh food?

How do they feel about you wanting a Caique anyway? Will the bird be just yours, of will this be a family affair?

Pellets / dry food and water should be available at all times, but the fresh stuff should be removed after several hours.

It would be mine since my sisters dont really care but my mom and dad are mabye getting it and its stuff (that counts as 3 christmas lol).

yes my parents are would be home.

should i feed the bird fresh foodt in the morning and afternoon or morning, noon,and afternoon?also throwing out?