Amanda
06-18-2003, 07:50 PM
I found this recipe on the net and thought I remembered that some members here want to breed their birds ... so I'm posting this recipe because it is said to be very easy for the mother birds to regurgitate for the babies.
Yams are an excellent source of vitamin A. The corn is a good addition because most birds will eat corn, and the yam mixture sticks to it, so they get to learn how to like yams if they're wary of new foods. The yogurt gives them not only calcium, but acidophilus and bifidus, both excellent fighters of yeast infections. This is a great recipe for birds that are feeding their young. It is easy to digest and regurgitate for babies.
2 medium/large yams
1/4 cup raisin (unsulphured)
1 tsp butter (optional - but does have things a bird needs)
1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
1/2 cup corn
1/4 cup nonfat yogurt
Cut yams into squares then boil until soft. Drop in raisins for the last 5 minutes of boiling. Cool. Peel off skins from yams. Put peeled yams back in pot and mash, adding butter and pumpkin spice. Add back raisins and corn and mix into the yams. Drop a dollop of nonfat yogurt on top of each serving.
NOTE: Do not leave this food in the cage for more than 2-3 hours, especially on a hot day.
(From: Vera in L.A., California. She is a breeder of lovebirds, amazons, budgies, senegals and parrotlets).
Yams are an excellent source of vitamin A. The corn is a good addition because most birds will eat corn, and the yam mixture sticks to it, so they get to learn how to like yams if they're wary of new foods. The yogurt gives them not only calcium, but acidophilus and bifidus, both excellent fighters of yeast infections. This is a great recipe for birds that are feeding their young. It is easy to digest and regurgitate for babies.
2 medium/large yams
1/4 cup raisin (unsulphured)
1 tsp butter (optional - but does have things a bird needs)
1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
1/2 cup corn
1/4 cup nonfat yogurt
Cut yams into squares then boil until soft. Drop in raisins for the last 5 minutes of boiling. Cool. Peel off skins from yams. Put peeled yams back in pot and mash, adding butter and pumpkin spice. Add back raisins and corn and mix into the yams. Drop a dollop of nonfat yogurt on top of each serving.
NOTE: Do not leave this food in the cage for more than 2-3 hours, especially on a hot day.
(From: Vera in L.A., California. She is a breeder of lovebirds, amazons, budgies, senegals and parrotlets).