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[hillbilee001]

hi
having just got out parrot from somebody else, we are having a few teething probs.
1  is the fact, they have been treating harvey to pringles , im unsure whether this is good or bad for him.......... buut he wont tolerate anything else as a treat.
ive tried , bananas fresh + dried , tomato , cucumber , almonds , apple ,dried pineapple, red skin peanuts
any ideas??

many thanks
lee

[claire+Bella]

Hi lee and harvey pringles are a definate nono too much salt. perhaps tell us a little more about yourself and harvey in the new members section, and then have a browse in the diet and all the other sections as there is so much great info- so sit comfy with a cuppa and have a good read, no question is a silly question, we all had teething probs at the begginig- so for now enjoy

[claire+Bella]

  :oops:sorry lee just seen that you have introduced yourself 

[Polo]

Hi sorry but you will have to persevere and wean it off pringles "gastly food" for a parrot no human food is very good for them, i would try slices of banana with the skin still attached,have you tried peanuts you do not they are good for treats but only as treats i would not feed on a daily diet as the contain a lot of fat content.

Deffo no more pringles.

[Pat]

Definitely no crisps.......really bad for him, salt and fat.  If he won't take anything else as a treat, then he doesn't get a treat, simple as that.  Just give him head scratches and praise him up really well, but by feeding him that sort of thing, you are killing him slowly.

[hillbilee001]

 
we even said that they would be no good when we picked him up,but they were certain crisps were ok!! so thanks for clearing that up

ill try the slices of banana see how we get on

thanks a lot, its appreciated

[Pat]

You're welcome, have a lot in the diet section, you might pick up some tips in there of what you can and can't feed them.

[lizduncan]

What is the main basis of his diet?

I use a tiny bit of walnut as a treat. She goes mad for them 

[hillbilee001]

never tried walnuts, ive went through all the diet stufff on here and we r going to get a few random bits tomorrow when we go shopping.

found he absolutley loves grapes,so we give him 2 a day at the most.

[emca]

charlie my african grey doesnt go for any treats at all.
i have tried every food there is BUT he LOOOOOOOVES to shred paper.
so when i started training him to fly to my arm on command i used to hold a piece of paper in my hand. he will do almost anything for a tiny bit of paper:)
eli xx

[mary]

 
I buy tissues every week and my Thabo just loves to shred the box, if I don't have a runny nose or sneeze I end up with tissue lying on the coffee table cause I don't have a box to keep them in

[hillbilee001]

we have completely ignored harvey when hes after crisps since this last week.
he was gettin excited when the kids were eating them, but after the squalking etc he doesnt seem to bother now
 

[lizduncan]

That's good to hear. He will get out of the habit of eating them

[Ann-Marie]

I've had the same problems with Leo and crisps - it didn't take long before he forgot about them x