What drew me was the fact they arent overly clingy, Dewey loves to hang out and sit on my shoulder but he can go do his own thing to. He doesnt constantly have to be on someone. I also adore the fact that he is dust free and the males little elmo voice is just so echanting. Plus they arent overly loud all the time.
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hehe, here they come:
Here is a great article and website on diet, they have lots of great stuff:
HolisticBird and HolisticBirds
THe main part of Dewey's diet is fruits and veggies, I try to do mostly fresh but I always have frozen on hand just in case. He gets that whatever number bean soup mix cooked with the 7 grain kashi pilaf once a day normally at dinner time.
Then the dry food is a mix of:
avian naturals sammys/allergy blend
Your*Parrot*Place*-*Food,...
the unpellet
Phoenix Foraging Rolls
Roudybush pellets (keeps my vet happy and Dewey LOVES them)
Go raw live granola:
Goraw Simple Granola
He gets about a tablespoon of tops seed mix a week, along with several nuts in his foraging toys.
I think Im going to start adding this stuff too:
Your*Parrot*Place*-*Food,...
Since a lot of the foods are kind of pricey I take whats left at the bottom of the bag that settled during shipping and freeze it to use to make birdie bread.
I dont really think their diet is hard, I think all parrots should get fresh fruits and veggies. Then as far as all the dry stuff, I really dont think it would of mattered what kind of parrot I got, I always thought the 90% pelleted diet that the pellet companies push was a bit extreme.
Hope that helps!