Boring evening for Mittu and Charlie

funny time pass video of my lovely birds with me.

That's how we spend time together.

Parrot talk - fruit and veggies

List of foods you can feed to your Parrots:

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*Vegetables*



Artichoke

Beans (fresh, not dried)

Beetroot and Leaves, more nutritional

Black Cabbage (type of kale)

Bok Choy (any asian green)

Borecole (type of kale)

Capsicums and Seed, all colours  (red is the highest in vitamin A, particularly seeds)

Carrots and Carrot Tops (Slightly steam carrots to release beta-carotene. Over steaming or cooking can cause them to lose the beta-carotene. Carrot Tops raw)

Cauliflower and Stem and Leave

Cayenne Chilli

Chard

Chilli and Seed, any (red is the highest in vitamin A)

Choko

Cos Lettuce

Curly Lettuce (any other dark green or red lettuce)

Cucumber (including skin and seed)

Jalepeños

Jerusalem Artichoke (sunchoke)

Kale

Lettuce (all, types except Iceberg)

Okra

Pak Choy

Parsnips

Pumpkin and Seeds (Japanese and butternut are the sweeter ones and most favoured)

Radish and Tops (can be grated to release anti oxidants)

Red Giant Mustard Greens

Red Mignonette Lettuce

Red Mizuna

Rocket (and flowers)

Silver Beet (not to be mistaken for Spinach)

Snow Peas

Sugar Snap Peas

Spaghetti Vegetable (spaghetti squash)

Sweet Potato

Squash (all types)

Swede

Taro

Turnips and Turnip Tops  (can be grated to release anti oxidants)

Tuscan Cabbage (type of kale)

Vine Spinach (known as spinach because of the leaf shapes)

Yam (a true yam is not sweet potato)

Zucchini

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*Fruits*



Asian Raisin (japanese raisin, hovenia)

Achacha  (seeds removed)

Allspice Fruit

Bananas

Bellfruit (java apple, rose apple)

Berries (any in season)

Brazil Cherry (Grumichama)

Brazil Grape (jaboticaba)

Bush Lemon (Bush Food)

Carambola (star fruit)

Cherries (pitted)

Coconut

Cottoneaster Berries

Crabapple Berries

Custard Apple (sugar apple) (seeds toxic, in Brazil the seeds are made into an insecticide)

Dragon Fruit (pitaya)

Dua gan (Korean Melon) and seeds

Durian

Dates

Desert Lime (Bush Food)

Feijoa Fruit

Figs  (Although they're eaten by wild Eclectus, our captive Eclectus are not as active and fit as a wild Eclectus)

Finger Lime (Bush Food)

Guava and Seed

Goji Berry

Grumichama (Brazil Cherry)

Hawthorn Berries

Honeydew Melon

Hovenia (japanese raisin, asian raisin)

Jaboticaba (brazillian grape)

Japanese Raisin (asian raisin, hovenia)

Jackfruit

Java Apple (bellfruit, rose apple)

Kiwi Fruit

Kiwi Berry

Korean Melon (Dua Gan) and seeds

Kumquat

Lychee

Loquat

Mango

Mangosteen

Momblin Fruit

Marrow

Mulberry

Nectarines

Nashi Pear and Seed

Nondu Plum

Passion Fruit

Paw Paw (Asimina)

Papaya and Seeds

Pears and Seeds  (all colours and varieties)

Persimmons

Piel De Sapo Melon

Pineapple

Pitaya (yellow dragon fruit)

Plums, Apricot, Peaches (when in season and pips removed)

Pomegranates

Quandong (Bush Food)

Quince

Rambuton

Raspberry

Rockmelon and Seeds

Rose Apple (java apple, bellfruit)

Salak (snake fruit)

Santol

Sapote Fruit

Soursop

Snake Fruit (salak)

Star Fruit (carambola)

Strawberries

Sugar Apple (custard apple)

Tamarind

Tamarillo

Watermelon and Seeds

Wild Peach (Bush Food)

Youngberry

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*Beneficial but only in small amounts*



Apple  (sparingly, seeds removed)

Citrus Fruits and Seeds (all citrus. Seeds high in antioxidants )

Corn (has been said to aid in heavy moults)

Finger Lime (citrus caviar)

Grapes, skins and Seeds

Pomelo (citrus)

Spinach  (not to be mistaken for Silverbeet)

Tomato (leaves and branches are toxic)



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**Some foods to AVOID**

(Note : Do not feed any of this from below list)



Alcohol (Dangerous)

High amount of apple seeds

artificial sweeteners

Avocado

Blue cheese

Carbonated drinks

creame cheese

chives

chocolates

dairy

fat or oils

junk foods

leeks

mouldy cheese or mouldy grains

mushrooms

salt

sugar

peanuts in high quantity

potato

onion

rhubarb leaves(stems are safe)

tin food

tomato leaves and stems(fruit is safe)

How to clip your bird's nails

This video is about clipping or cutting excessive sharp nails of your Parrot / bird which can harm you or your bird. It is not so impossible to clip your parrot's nails by yourself. with few precautions and training,you can be master to clip your lovely bird's nails by yourself and can give him good hygiene and safety.

Watch video for more details.

Mittu vs Bath vs Vacuum cleaner's noise Experiment in real time

It's a real time experiment I have done with my birds in the situation when Vacuum cleaner is on and creating noise. Noise triggers some kinds of sense in my Parrot's brains and telling them to go and have a good bath.Both Mittu and Charlie spreads their wings and walks around freely while it's happening. Watch video to see more.

Let me know if your parrots also have this kinds of weird sense and activities as I would love to hear about it.

New toys for Charlie and Mittu