What do your Greys eat?

[sammiesmom]

Sammie loves eggs. I give her some about once every two weeks. Her pupils dilate like crazy.:nuts:

She loves grapes, carrots, lima beans, string beans and pizza! Sometimes blueberries but her taste changes with them.

Her absolute favorite is pomagranites (sp). Messy and seasonal but does she ever chow down! :emot-danc

[amazing greys]

Both my Greys looooove eggs, expecially Sinbad, that boy will raid whatever Akeela leaves behind, hehehe


Both Greys seem to also favor veggies over fruit, but Sinbad loves banannas and doesn't really care for apples, and vise versa for Akeela. I think grapes are always a hit, but since that chillian grape scare, I've kinda stayed away from them.

When Sinbad was at the rescue, she told me he didn't care for sweetpotatoes, he came here and eats my mash and loves it :thumbup: Both are nutz over that. He will also eat the bean mash too, but Akeela would rather have the swt. potato. Corn is another fav. And birdie bread......well, that's a given, lol!

I think for the most part, Sinbad will eat almost anything, hehehe, and Akeela is so good about eating well too, don't really have too much finicky problems here.

[sammiesmom]

Sammie likes apples too but she does the strangest things to them. She "kills" the apple pieces. Puffs up like a bowling ball and jumps on it. She also drowns it in her water dish. After she's killed it, she eats it. She doesn't do this with any other food. I asked her Vet what this was about and he said he didn't have a clue. Like people, they have different things they do.:shrug:

[Shirley]

Holly enjoys all of the above... avoid Chilean grapes... after the pesticide scare... I won't touch them. The pesticide was inside the grapes and killed several parrots at a rescue... very tragic.

Pomegranates are a big messy seasonal favorite here, too! :thumbup:

Eggs - scrambled with a touch of cheese, on occasion, are another favorite... but not too much... I watch their droppings as an indicator on quantity...

sprouts and veggies are daily breakfast fare... we no longer feed pellets.

Goldenfeast Hookbill legume daily

lo-fat cooked Meats and other natural foods, no salt, no preservatives or colors...

[amazing greys]

roflol, that's funny :D


They all have different personalities, and is so cute to see them being themselves ;)

Greys, hands down, are my fav, next to the Too and Macaw, hehehe

I just love hearing that "mmmmmm, is that good" talk from Akeela, she knows when dinner is comin :nuts: and Sinbad paces his cage until it's ready.

[Shirley]

Holly's cage is behind where I sit at the dinner table... she makes quiet puppy noises and lays on her back across her large dinner bowl, grabbing the cage bar with one foot, looking totally bizarre...! all stretched out on her back with her head dangling downward looking at me upside down, and every now and then saying hello b/c she knows I'll say hello back to her and eventually turn around and hand her something new to eat! :) :rotflmao:

[amazing greys]

oh Shirley, she's got you hook, line and sinker, hehehee


well, she prob knows who can resist the cute puppy sounding silly girl, I know I'd be mush in a second flat, roflol

You got to get that on video, I want to see that :p :roflmao2:

[Shirley]

That I could do -- Tripod and remote... but everytime I try to get a photo.. she rights herself in a second! Then I could grap a still from the video... or just show the video here... Yep, gotta do that sometime! :emot-danc

[sammiesmom]

Since I've been owned by Sammie :rotflmao: I've said, "Yummy for your tummy" when I feed her. She has never repeated it , not once. She just says, "oooowww." She's her own bird I guess.

[Shirley]

And I always say "Yummies!" all excited... and they just get excited. Holly in a dignified way, and Skyler (RB2) in a downright pacing back and forth overt way!

[Majj]

" YUMMIES " seems to be the word all our fids know ....
My boys get excited if I go to the cupboard and say wan`t a yummie....
Not spoilt just extra loved...lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Maj/Gifs%20and%20siggys/LoveMyBird-LMG.gif

[SadennaAndFlock]

Our grey gets a variety of fresh veggies carrots, corn, peas, green beans,brussel sprouts, brocholii,zucini, zucini squash, yams, sweet potatoe,acorn squash, butternut squash,spahgettis squash, mustard greens, collard greens,endive, escarole,swiss chard,bokchoy,dandelion leaves,sugar snap peas,cucumbers,bell peppers,jalapeno peppers, for fruit she gets mango,papaya,banana,apple,blueberries,raspberries, cantaloup, honeydew melon just to name a things I feed for fresh foods. I also feed cooked brown rice,pasta, or rice and beans mash with frozen thawed veggies and I steam sweet potatos and yams for them which I also sometimes mix in some cooked brown rice I also feed bird bread, scrambled or hard boiled eggs with the shell crushed up and mixed in, air popped popcorn no butter or salt,I am also lazy somedays I have stocked up on Beak Appetite' and Crazy Corn easy cook and serve warm meals, she also gets almonds and pine nuts..the above is also what my other birds get as well ..

[Shirley]

I'm coming to your house... Yum!

Yes, ours all love brown rice, couscous, and such, too. They haven't had the wide variety of fresh fruit, and usually turn it down... :shrug:

[Jean]

They haven't had the wide variety of fresh fruit, and usually turn it down... :shrug:

That is better for them to like veges more then fruit. I try to limit Elvie's fruit to a small amount because of the natural sugars in them.
Can't say it's because it could rot his teeth. :roflmao2: :roflmao2:

[SadennaAndFlock]

Mine don't get fruit all the time either I try to offer two different fruits with their veggies twice a week..blueberries are always a fave and so is mango and papaya which these two actually have vitamins in them that are good for birds..and blueberries are very good for them.

[sammiesmom]

Do your Greys sling food that they don't like? Sammie lets me know in no uncertain terms when she doesn't like something. She has an attitude.:cool: Wonder where she got that? All my pets have my personality.:shrug2:

[amazing greys]

If Akeela don't like it, she leaves it alone, lol


Sinbad I dont' think has too many issues 'not' liking something, hehehe, but he does fling to get off his beak......does that count? lol

[sammiesmom]

The people who check me out at the grocery store always remark how healthy I eat. It's for the bird, not me!


I think your birds eat better than me! Quite a menu you've got there.

[Jean]

All species will sling food if they are extremely particular about their dislikes. That is more a personal issue with each bird. My little slob will sling some foods he doesn't like. He wants them far away from hi dish. LOL

[Shirley]

Ours used to sling food... rarely anymore do they sling food. It's not replaced... somehow, they've realized I guess that if they sling it, that's it 'til next feeding. Now if they drop it on the floor of their cage, I don't care.

[sammiesmom]

Sammie knows the dog will eat anything she slings out of the cage.


My dog always has sticky gunk on the back of her neck from Sammie dropping grapes on her.:rotflmao: And the dog is on a diet (I have to have to only overweight Italian Greyhound in the world!) so this extra food Sammie is feeding her isn't helping the diet plan one bit!:doh: