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The Buzz on Enrichment

Come and learn how to spice up your pets life! Follow The Buzz on Enrichment for great DIY enrichment for the animals in your world. 

 

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Flower Power

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The Association of Avian Veterinarians says that a parrots diet should consist of 75% pellets and 25% fresh foods.

Fruits, Vegetables, seeds, nuts, and greens are rotated in my flocks diet…and now FLOWERS.

Parrot safe flowers/Rabbit Safe Flowers

Im guessing that I am late to this game but edible flowers are so fun. These flowers are hollyhocks and I passed them out to the parrots, bunnies, and tortoise.

Parrot safe flowers/Rabbit Safe Flowers

Ellie, my little naked one, was the first to dive in and take a taste.

Parrot safe flowers

Have you tried flowers with your parrots? The fresh hollyhocks were a hit with the big parrots while the cockatiels wanted nothing to do with them, yet.

Let's Shelve This

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Foraging takes up a massive portion of a wild birds day. How much you say? All. Day. Realistically it’s between 40%-75% of daylight. Studies found that “birds generally started to feed before sunrise and continued to forage at a steady to increasing rate throughout the day.” Sun up to sun down, parrots are foraging.

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