Share your successes in getting your birds - Page 2

12-27-2007, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Marie

Additionally (but this might work mainly for the macaws) I am very liberal with the homemade hot sauce I spoon over their food. Like the broccoli - they eat it with hot sauce.

Sounds good, can you share your hot sauce recipe?

12-30-2007, 06:30 AM

The hot sauce recipe - there's not much to it, I only make it because there is probably too much salt in commercial hot sauce. I take pepper flakes, chop up a few cayenne and/or jalapeno peppers, a few crushed garlic cloves, and apple cider vinegar. I shake it in a bottle a couple of times a day until it tastes good, usually for a few days. That's all. The birds will eat food I sprinkle it on, they won't eat otherwise. It has the ac vinegar, which is a cleanser and adjusts the ph balance, and the peppers, which are very high in vitamin c.

12-30-2007, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Marie

The hot sauce recipe - there's not much to it, I only make it because there is probably too much salt in commercial hot sauce. I take pepper flakes, chop up a few cayenne and/or jalapeno peppers, a few crushed garlic cloves, and apple cider vinegar. I shake it in a bottle a couple of times a day until it tastes good, usually for a few days. That's all. The birds will eat food I sprinkle it on, they won't eat otherwise. It has the ac vinegar, which is a cleanser and adjusts the ph balance, and the peppers, which are very high in vitamin c.

Thanks, Randi, sounds healthy too. I am going to try it with their veggies.

12-30-2007, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Marie

The hot sauce recipe - there's not much to it, I only make it because there is probably too much salt in commercial hot sauce. I take pepper flakes, chop up a few cayenne and/or jalapeno peppers, a few crushed garlic cloves, and apple cider I tvinegar. I shake it in a bottle a couple of times a day until it tastes good, usually for a few days. That's all. The birds will eat food I sprinkle it on, they won't eat otherwise. It has the ac vinegar, which is a cleanser and adjusts the ph balance, and the peppers, which are very high in vitamin c.

Think I will try it out too. Seymour loves hot sauce, he always says "Mmm" when I use it on my food. Thats his way of begging.

12-30-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweet Marie

But what do you put in the wrap, and what is the wrap made of exactly? What kind of calcium do you use? And, how much coconut oil do you use. Do you ever sprinkle it on veggies? Is there such a thing as too much?

Need to know the answers before I start experiementing around, thanks!

Its just your basic whole wheat wrap. I drip the calcium on it and put in anything, sweet potates with sprouts mixed in are a favorite. There was a post about the calcium a week or so ago in the Parrot Chatter forums.

For the coconut oil, I try not to use too much. Its between 1/2 tsp or 1 tsp, depending on the bird. Its easier to measuer in liquid form rather than solid. I do put it over their warm veggies, and it tastes really good (I put it over mine too, lol)! I feed it to Luy straight sometimes and she flips out. I don't htink there's such a thing as too much, but I wouldn't give more than say, a tablespoon, everyday.