Birds and Sprouts

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

On my bird page of my website I linked to two sites about how good

sprouts are for birds. There is a bird in my apartment complex that

I brought some sprouts to. He was under the weather and not eating

anything. After eating sprouts he suddenly became energetic and

started playing with his bird toys:)

http://homepage.mac.com/chirper/birds.html

Sprouts = happy birdies:)

--

If you keep a green bough in your heart

the singing bird will come.

http://homepage.mac.com/chirper

[Guest guest]

Eva,The big birds (Greys, Senegals, Lorys) eat no birdseed at all. They get

on's Pellets (alternating between high potency and regular), a wide range

of table foods (fruits, veggies, cooked pasta, grains), conventional Almonds,

Walnuts & Peanuts, Soaked pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts,

sprouted seeds of all kinds except onion and garlic. Also Sunflower greens, pea

greens, and they will be trying popcorn greens this week for the first time.The

little birds (budgies, cockatiels, finch, canaries) get a finch seed mix,

ons Pellets, and all of the above except no nuts. They all get vegan

cookies, fig newtons, and crackers for a treat. The Senegals like to dunk their

cookies in their water. I know other species do that too. Some of them like

dried papaya (Sennies dip that too) Unsalted, unbuttered popped corn is enough

to start a riot in the bird room--especially with the cockatiels.They all seem

to like sprouted grains, so I am

sprouting short grain brown rice for them today. Wheatgrass is liked by some

too.As you no doubt know, main thing with the birds is that if you want them to

try something new, they have to recognize it as food and safe to eat. So,

yesterday when I introduced pea sprouts I ate one in front of them, then handed

one to a bird who ate it. The other birds were watching. One of them still took

it and gave it a good fling, but eventually she will try it. I usually mix a

bunch of sprouts in with their fresh food bowls. I usually leave the hulls on

whatever I am giving them--they seem to like that, especially with sunflower

sprouts and greens. n

[Guest guest]

n:

If I am ever reincarnated as a feathered friend, I hope I get to live in your

house. Bird heaven.

Sprouts!!!

lol

melody

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> Eva,The big birds (Greys, Senegals, Lorys) eat no birdseed at all. They get

on's Pellets (alternating between high potency and regular), a wide range

of table foods (fruits, veggies, cooked pasta, grains), conventional Almonds,

Walnuts & Peanuts, Soaked pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts,

sprouted seeds of all kinds except onion and garlic. Also Sunflower greens, pea

greens, and they will be trying popcorn greens this week for the first time.The

little birds (budgies, cockatiels, finch, canaries) get a finch seed mix,

ons Pellets, and all of the above except no nuts. They all get vegan

cookies, fig newtons, and crackers for a treat. The Senegals like to dunk their

cookies in their water. I know other species do that too. Some of them like

dried papaya (Sennies dip that too) Unsalted, unbuttered popped corn is enough

to start a riot in the bird room--especially with the cockatiels.They all seem

to like sprouted grains, so I am

> sprouting short grain brown rice for them today. Wheatgrass is liked by some

too.As you no doubt know, main thing with the birds is that if you want them to

try something new, they have to recognize it as food and safe to eat. So,

yesterday when I introduced pea sprouts I ate one in front of them, then handed

one to a bird who ate it. The other birds were watching. One of them still took

it and gave it a good fling, but eventually she will try it. I usually mix a

bunch of sprouts in with their fresh food bowls. I usually leave the hulls on

whatever I am giving them--they seem to like that, especially with sunflower

sprouts and greens. n

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[Guest guest]

n,

Your birdroom must be something to behold!  The thought of it takes me back many

years to when I bred canaries and while they lived in the aviary all summer and

fall I brought them into the bird room in the winter to condition them for

breeding them in the spring.  What a wonderful experience to see the newly

hatched uglier than sin babies reaching up with open mouths to receive the

egg-mixture conconction I gave mama to feed them.  I wish  I had known about

sprouts in these days,  but don't know if they would have eaten them.

The singing of dozens of canaries was the most beautiful music and I used to be

out in the yard and hear them singing from the aviary or bird room, and think

isn't that ironic to be outside and hear birds sing from in the house?  I also

had cockatiels, exotic  finches, love birds, quail, but my favorite was the

canaries, especially the red factors who did not even look like real birds. 

Funny, how your mentioning your birds brought back happy memories that I almost

never think about anymore.  I hope they have canaries in heaven.

...

From: n Rollings, PhD <drmarionrollings@...>

Subject: Re: Birds and Sprouts

Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 9:31 AM

Eva,The big birds (Greys, Senegals, Lorys) eat no birdseed at all. They get

on's Pellets (alternating between high potency and regular), a wide range

of table foods (fruits, veggies, cooked pasta, grains), conventional Almonds,

Walnuts & Peanuts, Soaked pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts,

sprouted seeds of all kinds except onion and garlic. Also Sunflower greens, pea

greens, and they will be trying popcorn greens this week for the first time.The

little birds (budgies, cockatiels, finch, canaries) get a finch seed mix,

ons Pellets, and all of the above except no nuts. They all get vegan

cookies, fig newtons, and crackers for a treat. The Senegals like to dunk their

cookies in their water. I know other species do that too. Some of them like

dried papaya (Sennies dip that too) Unsalted, unbuttered popped corn is enough

to start a riot in the bird room--especially with the cockatiels.They all seem

to like sprouted grains, so I am

sprouting short grain brown rice for them today. Wheatgrass is liked by some

too.As you no doubt know, main thing with the birds is that if you want them to

try something new, they have to recognize it as food and safe to eat. So,

yesterday when I introduced pea sprouts I ate one in front of them, then handed

one to a bird who ate it. The other birds were watching. One of them still took

it and gave it a good fling, but eventually she will try it. I usually mix a

bunch of sprouts in with their fresh food bowls. I usually leave the hulls on

whatever I am giving them--they seem to like that, especially with sunflower

sprouts and greens. n

 

     

[Guest guest]

,Canaries are my husband's favorites. They do eat sprouts--it is a funny

thing to see a canary or a finch flying around with a bunch of sprouts in their

beaks.Funny thing, occasionally the birds (big and little) will soak their foods

in water. I think they know more than I do about food sometimes.THanks for

sharing that story. I can imagine the sounds of the birds singing.

marion

[Guest guest]

I wouldn't mind being the dog or cat either. while I am slaveing away at the

office they are napping on the bed, laying in the sun, nibbling on organic

wheatgrass, going for rides in the car, and enjoying a relaxed life. The birds

too have a good life--until one of the parrots chewed up the cable wire, they

watched the Animal Channel everyday, have a DVD collection of kid movies and

nature movies they would watch, and of course, sprouts!All of them, with the

exception of 2 parakeets that were born here last month (unplanned! I am not a

breeder!), are rescues. The dog was on " death row " in Kentucky with 5 days to

live. She is an absolute delight. And she likes her grass greens.

n

[Guest guest]

Hi.

Last week I went to visit my 78 year old friend who had fallen down the stairs

on Halloween and broke MANY bones in her body. She was sent to this rehab

facility, and I then went to visit her. Her daughter took me on a tour of the

place and we walked into this room and there were BIRD CAGES on one side with

the most BEAUTIFUL parakeets, and canaries and I don't know what else. Never

saw this in any kind of nursing home setting in my life, and I've been to

various nursing homes and rehab facilities.

I was very impressed. And they also have an animal day where animals come to

visit. That I knew about because 15 years ago when my parents were living in a

rehab home in Florida and I went to visit for a week, well my father said " This

week we are having dog day " I said " you are having WHAT day?? " And he

explained that this man comes in once a week and brings all the dogs and the

residents are SO happy to have these lovely creatures come to visit.

So as I was cooing to these birds (and the cages were immaculate), I was brought

back to that day 15 years ago when I was in Florida.

And as I was cooing with the birds and they were cooing back, I looked at the

walls of this particular room and all the photos were of the residents with

different animals and everyone was smiling.

Kind of took the edge of what would ordinarily not be not quite so joyful place

to visit if you get my drift.

I then sat with the older residents in the dining room, took out my Flip, and

videotaped all the OLDER people who had never in their life witnessed themselves

on a video.

Well!!! When I showed them their video, you should have seen their faces.

Pure joy!!

Nice birds, dogs, AND THEY HAD FISH in big tanks too.

Never saw such a thing.

Too bad they didn't have sprouts.

Mel

[Guest guest]

Melody,That's a great story. Thanks for sharing it. Studies have shown that in

facilities that have birds or fish, patients with dementia demonstrate better

memory retention than those they do not have them. There is the overall positive

effect of animals on healing which has been demonstrated in many studies. In a

psych ward I used to work in, we always had therapy dog day. They tended to be

Retrievers, beagles, shepards.  My own little Nutmeg (a Jack-Chi) used to sit

in on sessions with me. Until the neighbor got a big dog she doesn't like--she

was always at the office with me seeing patients.My cats would also participate

in sessions when I had a home office.. They give us so much--it is why it is

important to me to provide a good life for them. Today my parrots absolutely

loved the sprouts they got in their fresh food bowls. Even the finch and

canaries are wild about their mixed green sprouts.I just enjoyed a nice sprout

sandwich.  n

n Rollings, PhDNJ Licensed Psychologist #4686www.DrnRollings.com

Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is--whether its

victim is human or animal--we cannot expect things to be much better in this

world... We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any

living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic

delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity.

Carson

From: Melody <eliz7212@...>

Subject: Re: Birds and Sprouts

Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 11:30 AM

 

Hi.

Last week I went to visit my 78 year old friend who had fallen down the stairs

on Halloween and broke MANY bones in her body. She was sent to this rehab

facility, and I then went to visit her. Her daughter took me on a tour of the

place and we walked into this room and there were BIRD CAGES on one side with

the most BEAUTIFUL parakeets, and canaries and I don't know what else. Never

saw this in any kind of nursing home setting in my life, and I've been to

various nursing homes and rehab facilities.

I was very impressed. And they also have an animal day where animals come to

visit. That I knew about because 15 years ago when my parents were living in a

rehab home in Florida and I went to visit for a week, well my father said " This

week we are having dog day " I said " you are having WHAT day?? " And he

explained that this man comes in once a week and brings all the dogs and the

residents are SO happy to have these lovely creatures come to visit.

So as I was cooing to these birds (and the cages were immaculate), I was brought

back to that day 15 years ago when I was in Florida.

And as I was cooing with the birds and they were cooing back, I looked at the

walls of this particular room and all the photos were of the residents with

different animals and everyone was smiling.

Kind of took the edge of what would ordinarily not be not quite so joyful place

to visit if you get my drift.

I then sat with the older residents in the dining room, took out my Flip, and

videotaped all the OLDER people who had never in their life witnessed themselves

on a video.

Well!!! When I showed them their video, you should have seen their faces.

Pure joy!!

Nice birds, dogs, AND THEY HAD FISH in big tanks too.

Never saw such a thing.

Too bad they didn't have sprouts.

Mel

[Guest guest]

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From: Black <nanack909@...>

Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 9:49:44 AM

Subject: Re: [egroup] Birds and Sprouts

n,

Your birdroom must be something to behold! The thought of it takes me back many

years to when I bred canaries and while they lived in the aviary all summer and

fall I brought them into the bird room in the winter to condition them for

breeding them in the spring. What a wonderful experience to see the newly

hatched uglier than sin babies reaching up with open mouths to receive the

egg-mixture conconction I gave mama to feed them. I wish I had known about

sprouts in these days, but don't know if they would have eaten them.

The singing of dozens of canaries was the most beautiful music and I used to be

out in the yard and hear them singing from the aviary or bird room, and think

isn't that ironic to be outside and hear birds sing from in the house? I also

had cockatiels, exotic finches, love birds, quail, but my favorite was the

canaries, especially the red factors who did not even look like real birds.

Funny, how your mentioning your birds brought back happy memories that I almost

never think about anymore. I hope they have canaries in heaven.

...

From: n Rollings, PhD <drmarionrollings@...>

Subject: Re: [egroup] Birds and Sprouts

Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 9:31 AM

Eva,The big birds (Greys, Senegals, Lorys) eat no birdseed at all. They get

on's Pellets (alternating between high potency and regular), a wide range

of table foods (fruits, veggies, cooked pasta, grains), conventional Almonds,

Walnuts & Peanuts, Soaked pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, peanuts,

sprouted seeds of all kinds except onion and garlic. Also Sunflower greens, pea

greens, and they will be trying popcorn greens this week for the first time.The

little birds (budgies, cockatiels, finch, canaries) get a finch seed mix,

ons Pellets, and all of the above except no nuts. They all get vegan

cookies, fig newtons, and crackers for a treat. The Senegals like to dunk their

cookies in their water. I know other species do that too. Some of them like

dried papaya (Sennies dip that too) Unsalted, unbuttered popped corn is enough

to start a riot in the bird room--especially with the cockatiels.They all seem

to like sprouted grains, so I am

sprouting short grain brown rice for them today. Wheatgrass is liked by some

too.As you no doubt know, main thing with the birds is that if you want them to

try something new, they have to recognize it as food and safe to eat. So,

yesterday when I introduced pea sprouts I ate one in front of them, then handed

one to a bird who ate it. The other birds were watching. One of them still took

it and gave it a good fling, but eventually she will try it. I usually mix a

bunch of sprouts in with their fresh food bowls. I usually leave the hulls on

whatever I am giving them--they seem to like that, especially with sunflower

sprouts and greens. n