On Sat, 24 May 2008 00:20:18 -0700, Sparrow 13
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><(((*>Sat 05/24/008 00.22
><(((*>sfcausa
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><(((*>My question is pretty much as the topic has it. I have been
offering
><(((*>my budgies a little bit of raw carrot recently -- I cut and quarter
a
><(((*>2" [more or less] section of carrot, then cut the edges with a
knife
><(((*>so it will be kind of "barbed" or bristly, then hang the prepared
><(((*>pieces in their cages with a treat clip. So far, the only reaction
><(((*>they have had to this is to eye it most suspiciously and keep their
><(((*>distance. I have gone so far as to munch voraciously on pieces of
><(((*>carrot for their benefit, holding forth with great enthusiasm about
><(((*>how tasty it is -- which is a true labor of love on my part,
because I
><(((*>hate raw carrots! My own tastes aside though, I know carrots are
very
><(((*>good for them and that they would be better off eating a little now
><(((*>and then. For what it's worth, they are all great fans of greenfood
--
><(((*>most often romaine or redleaf, sometimes spinach [the universal
least
><(((*>favorite!], dandelion, or parsley. Other than resisting the
carrots,
><(((*>they eat fine: I give them a 50/50 pellet-seed mix, millet and
plain
><(((*>ricecakes for treats, and greens every day.
><(((*>
><(((*>How can I convince them this new, orange-colored stuff is food?
In my experience, budgies can be highly suspicious of "new" things, and
food in
particular. The only thing that seemed to work for my budgies was time and
patience.
Perhaps you could try sprinking a few bits of grated carrot on top of
their
food, that way they might at least try tasting it.
Apart from that, just keep offering it to them till they forget that it
hasn't
always been there.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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