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From: mcclaren@euripides.cs.uiuc.edu (Tim McClarren)
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Subject: Re: Cockatoo feeding problems
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Date: 17 Jul 89 17:35:21 GMT
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In article <33215@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>
>>	I have an 18 month old non-domestic male Umbrella Cockatoo that will
>>not eat fruits and/or vegetables, which apparently they are supposed to con-
>>sume regularly.
>>Hand feeding usually works, except for the fruits and vege's.  Anybody who
>>may suggest alternative methods or specific types of food (fruits & vege's)
>>please contact me.

  If the bird takes readily to eating from your hand, use some fruit, such
as oranges or lemons, that you can squeeze juice from.  Hold the fruit over
the birds head, and as he opens his mouth squeeze out some juice as well
as offering the fruit.  For some reason, I find birds, especially cockatiels
and cockatoos, are averse to the textures of some foods rather than the
actual taste.

>(avocado and chocolate, by the way, are definitely not healthy for the bird
>and not necessarily good for you, either).

  As well as parsley, but you probably already know this.

Tim McClarren
mcclaren@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu