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Hello All You Finch Lovers Out There

Decided to share a sample of the kid's salad with all of you today.

It contains:

Baby Spinach
Kale
Grated Carrot
Red Grapes
Red Apple
Cantaloupe
Naval Oranges
Banana slices
Orange Bell Pepper
Cucumber

With a live mealworm topper (not in the picture).

Enjoy

Lucky birds I could eat that, well minus the worms

lovezebs Wow that looks great!

lovezebs, very nice! How many birds will that feed?

Shannylee

I make trays for all the flights and smaller portions for the birdlings who are in smaller accomodations.

That particular tray, was for my Gouldian and Canary flight, and let me tell you, it sure doesn't take them long to demolish the contents.

By tomorrow morning, there will probably be a few wilted scraps which will go into the trash bag.

lovezebs, HAHA! All you had to say was "canary" and I know what will be left of that tray in a few hours. I learned that I can't use a styrofoam tray for treats in the canary aviary. They eat it too!

lovezebs hey there!! Hope all is well! Again, this looks spectacular!! Do you know if strawberries are poisonous to gouldians?? Blueberries??

Madcat

I have offered both, so I hope not .

Shannylee



Had the same experience some years ago.

I'd thought I was so smart with the styro plates. Cheap, no need to wash, right?
Yea, right!
Only I forgot to tell the birds, that these pretty white disks, were not part of the menu.

I was worried for days that they would drop dead, and poked through their poops to see any bits of the plates, but never found any remnants, and the silly birds were fine.

Never used them again.

lovezebs
Oh wow! That looks wonderful!

marymac

That's pretty much what the birdlings chirped when I came in the room, balancing all the trays.

lovezebs
I have to get as creative as you!

marymac

There is something to be said for presentation, right? LOL!

lovezebs I've never tried fruit so much with my finches, but I see that you have lots of fruit in this salad. Do they eat all of it? I tried cutting red grapes in half one time, and they were completely ignored.

Sally

Yes, I do offer fruit , and they eat what they wish.

The orange slices, are relished by all. The other fruits, are greatly loved by the Canaries, Javas, Parrot Finch, and Star, with the rest of the crew following their lead. They watch the others munching away, and it's a monkey see, monkey do reaction, just like kids.

I think they figure, if these other kids are eating it, we may as well give it a try, lol. That's why I like to offer variety, because everyone has their likes and dislikes.