Chop should vary from week to week. It
should contain a few stable ingredients such as green leafy veg, a favourite
fruit or veg and the nutritional requirements listed above. Chop can easily be
preprepared and frozen for later use. It is more economical to purchase in
season fruit and veg chop them and store then mix in when not in season. Chop
can be made more interesting with addition of whole foods and flowers. If your
parrot stops eating the chop or throws it down, a larger chop or more whole
foods can increase their interest in their fresh diet.
A
rehomed parrot may not take to fruit and vegetables if not used to that diet.
Some helpful tips to get your parrot to eat its fruit and vegetables include-
-
Mixing chop with previous diet such as seeds or pellets
- Using
seed filled fruit such as passionfruit and pomegranate
-
Covering the fruit in crushed pellets
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Serving high sugar content fruits to encourage eating of fruit and vegetables
- Start
with large size chop, when consuming a good amount slowly reduce the size
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Skewers can encourage eating as well, with whole fruits and veg
A lot of new parrot owners want to convert
their parrots from a seed diet to a pelleted diet. It can be a little daunting
but there are few easy things you can do-
- Cover
the birds favourite food in pellet dust
- Give
pellets like a treat
- Give
pellets in the morning, and seed in the afternoon
*Do not
starve a bird to eat pellets* Some birds may not accept a pelleted diet. These
tips should help most birds convert.
**Always
watch a bird that has just been converted to pellets especially Eclectus need
to carefully watched for toe tapping and wing flapping.
A good first ever chop for birds not really exposed to fruit and vegetables
One week fruit and
veg chop prep for a starter parrot
Hibiscus flowers
added --> create interest to get a parrot interested in chop
Final product when used to chop.
