Peeker you honestly didn't say anything but what I needed to hear. You were wonderfully informative and its only my own insecurities about silly i must have looked.
I'm going to increase his food slightly because he really desperately goes for his food, an I feel awful. Is this a good idea? What do you normally feed in amounts? I did around 10 grapes and half a banana for breakfast, what the vet said and half a cup of warm veggies at night? I don't now think this is nearly enough.
Just went in an got myself all upset because he usually quietens when i go in, after a while, an he kept screaming. Then Jack was doing his food and now he's silent and dived for his food.
its normal isn't it, loud super calls for food?
I'm going to look at recipes now for beans, rice etc. Proper mushy nice meals xx
This doesn't sound right. 10 grapes and half a banana won't be enough, especially for breakfast. They are their hungriest in the morning. For dinner, they don't eat as much. But I also give my birds the opportunity to eat one more time in between, around 2pm.
Here is what I feed my birds in the morning:
1 passionfruit
piece of banana
half a baby carrot
quarter of celery
one leafy green
small handful of bean sprouts
small handful of mung sprouts
thin slice of kiwi
thin slice of papaya (with seeds)
little bit of apple (sometimes)
4-5 blueberries
small quarter slice of strawberry
I chop and mix this all together for them (except the passionfruit and banana). I let them play around with that separately.
For dinner:
1tbsp organic seed mix from Totally Organics
1 red chili pepper
1 slice papaya
small piece of banana
1 passionfruit
small slice of kiwi
Occasionally, I will feed them some quinoa or brown rice for dinner.
They like grapes, but grapes are not very nutritious for them. I would not consider it one of the major fruits for them.
If you feed fruits, please feed organic, or otherwise use a fruit and vegetable wash to clean pesticides. For grains, please wash thoroughly, organic is best.
I also feed bell peppers and cucumbers for veggies. And pomegranate when I have it.
I try to keep their food as raw as possible, and don't cook them anything, except the occasional quinoa and brown rice.
All you need to remember in terms of feeding an ekkie: FRESH FRUITS AND VEGGIES.
ALso, your bird might be desperate because you aren't feeding him enough. But my birds live to eat, they always look so excited and "desperate" when I give them food, as if they've been starving. They are just excited, and love to eat! So don't take it TOO seriously. But feed him more than enough. You will be surprised how much these little birds can eat.
I should also add that relative to your morning disturbance, I leave my birds covered until 9am usually. This is for a few reasons. If I don't cover them at night, they will not sleep as well, and will start making tremendous calls at the crack of dawn. Though I am up, many of my neighbors are not. I hope you can discover if you have not already, the joys of covering your bird! I don't hear a peep from them until I uncover them. But here's the trick. I never uncover them and then make breakfast. I walk in with breakfast prepared, uncover them, let them poop and whatnot, and then I feed them. They immediately start eating, and I continue with my peaceful morning. This is such an established routine now, I never hear my birds scream anymore, especially for food. As for ekkie noise, my female is essentially mute, except when she gets broody and starts calling and screaming. Otherwise, not a single peep. My male is an exceptional talker, but he doesn't talk all day, and even goes through long stretches of remaining quiet. Sometimes he will screech though, similar to your vid, but nothing blood curdling.
