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Sounds good! The only thing I might worry about is leaving the mash in their cage for 4 hours. I've always heard it's best to only leave things like that in a cage for 2 hours - maybe 3 hours max. Hopefully someone who knows for sure will come along and tell us!
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as for how long to leave the mash in the cage will depend a lot on the climate. I leave the mash in most the day with no problems. With Cricket it only lasts a couple hours before its eaten or tossed to the floor. Benji picks threw it. I keep it separate from the rest of the food though. It sounds to me like you are doing a great job feeding them!!!
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think your feeding strategy is great - only thing you could try is to feed them some fresh veggies seperately at some point in the day... i found that with my guys, they pick out the peas and corn from the mix and leave a good part of the veggies untouched - if i give them almost exclusively fresh veggies when they are hungry, they are more likely to eat them
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Yeah, right now it is cold and dry here, so I think the mash is fine. When I take it out, sometimes I smell it, and it never smells bad. A couple of times I have even forgotten to take it out before going to school, and when I came back, it still didn't smell bad. But I do try to keep it in for a max of 4 hours.
Thanks for the responses. I am glad I am doing good. :)
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You are doing well. I think you could add fresh veggie or fruit stuck in the bars. It gives them something to do. Small birds don't use feet to pick up stuff. I make mash with only peas and corn and give fresh separately but that is just my choice, your mix is good.
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Sometimes I do give them some whole stuff stuck in a clothespin. Paulie likes organic strawberries, and the budgies like veggies. They do eat a lot of their mash though, especially when I limit their seeds.
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Your birds should live a long time on such a variety.
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