Nuts!!

06-08-2007, 09:58 AM

How many nuts do you give a day and what kinds?

06-08-2007, 10:11 AM

I give Boca, Libby and Baby a few peanuts a week for a special treat.
Daily, they all get walnuts or almonds.

06-08-2007, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Grandma

Daily, they all get walnuts or almonds.

How many do you offer a day?

06-08-2007, 10:43 AM

The little guys, Quito and Tausi, usually get a half an almond as a treat in the afternoon. Chico gets one or two whole ones.

Four or five times a week with their dinner, I include some chopped Almond or some Pine Nuts. For the little guys, 3 to 5 pieces of Almond, or maybe 5 Pine Nuts. Chico gets a few pieces more.

06-08-2007, 11:11 AM

My two are eating about 1-2 Walnuts and 8 -12 Almonds a day. Kady also gets 3 -4 cashews and 2 or 3 peanuts a day. They both eat a nibble here and there of a pistachio. I'm not sure if this is too much. Kita has been gaining weight steadily and Kady is under weight.

06-08-2007, 11:20 AM

Well, I've been trying to hang tough with Chico since he arrived in an...ahem....portly state. I really have no idea what would be appropriate for Macaws, but my instincts tell me it might be a bit much?

06-08-2007, 12:56 PM

Ro gets

1 pine nut
1/2 walnut
2 almonds (which she rarely eats any of I keep trying to get her to eat them)
1 1/2 - 2 1/2 cashews

06-08-2007, 01:28 PM

Ollie usually gets around 5 whole almonds a day. I don't put them in her dish though, she gets them as rewards for tricks (or to shut her up when we're trying to watch a movie). So some days she may get 0-2, some days she may get 8. Almonds are the only nut she will eat.

06-08-2007, 01:52 PM

Roxie gets an assortment - I give her one each of brazil, walnut, hazelnut, pecan - and 4 almonds with her dry stuff in the morning, then in the afternoon I give her maybe 3 more. I hide 2 pistachios a day in her foraging bucket.

Dutch usually gets 2 or so a day of them - when she either accidentally drops them, or gives them to him.

06-10-2007, 08:10 PM

This is a fantastic thread, I am always wondering how many nuts to give every day. I give 1-2 walnuts a day, a few almonds, 3-4 peanuts. Sometimes a few more if Jack is sitting there staring at me like "pwitty pwitty pwease, just one more nut" hehehe
I think I might need to cut down a little bit...wouldn't want to start any health issues