Everything Avian Diet With Dr Jason Crean! How To Feed Your Parrot Right!

We are so happy to be able to share this with you! Dr Jason Crean, biologist and consultant, specializing in raw whole food nutrition and dietary enrichment gave us a couple of amazing hours of his time which we managed to edit to an hour of amazingness which should help your parrots have the best diet possible.
We understand this won’t appeal to everyone but for those who want to give their birds the best, there is so much great info in here.
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[@amyburke2989]

I am a veterinarian and I agree completely. The nutrition classes were taught by the major pet food manufacturers so of course they pushed their products

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Wow. Thanks so much for this comment.

[@Hyghyt]

@@MikeyTheMacaw Hi I just have a quick question. I am in high school and I live with my parents and my small brother who is in K1. I whant an amzon parrot for my first time. so I made some research on some some amzon parrot and I wanted to ask if a lilac amzon parrot would be a good choice for me based on my lifestyle.

[@joejoemorechrist6886]

Read Revelation in the Holy Bible all the prophecies are being fulfilled this is the end of the world apocalypse... Jesus is coming back very soon to Rapture his true born again Holy Spirit filled Christian people repent 🙏... Jesus is the only way to Heaven and to escape from going to Hell Jesus died and rose again to pay for our sins... but we must repent and become born again.... Jesus is the only one who can save your/our souls seek Jesus before it's to late... and share Jesus with all the lost.... Jesus is our only hope for salvation Amen 🙏 ps get baptized in Jesus name for the remission of sins...🙏 warn everyone out of Love ❤️

[@Hyghyt]

@@MikeyTheMacaw And to be more clearer I am not begging for an amazon parrot I just want a talkative Bird which would fit easily into my life

[@nevenkaprica6421]

26 godina sam imala aru, nažalost nastradala je od gelera za vrijeme rata u hrvatskoj, tko želi velikog lijepog šarenog papagaja mora znati ovo ara je iz amazone voće i povrće sjemenke to je njihova prirodna hrana ništa iz kesice, imamo veliki vrt i polovinu hrane za njega smo uzgajali sami,

[@ShelbyTheMacaw]

Knowing personally how hard you have worked on this video, and for how long, I can honestly say your passion for helping birds and their owners is appreciated so incredibly much and this video will continue to help parrots all over the world for a long time to come!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Thank you

[@bigbiemacaw]

I’m so glad someone is able to get it out there, your not wrong, we’ve still a long way to go getting the right information out there but this is the best I’ve seen ever, I’ll watch more than once with a pen in hand.. and I love the diet I have going, but I’m always open to more improvements, I’m still using your steaming tip..Tysm for that, you do a lot for our birds yourself Carly and your Husband. It’s great to see at last…

[@ShelbyTheMacaw]

@@bigbiemacaw bless you 💚

[@joejoemorechrist6886]

Read Revelation in the Holy Bible all the prophecies are being fulfilled this is the end of the world apocalypse... Jesus is coming back very soon to Rapture his true born again Holy Spirit filled Christian people repent 🙏... Jesus is the only way to Heaven and to escape from going to Hell Jesus died and rose again to pay for our sins... but we must repent and become born again.... Jesus is the only one who can save your/our souls seek Jesus before it's to late... and share Jesus with all the lost.... Jesus is our only hope for salvation Amen 🙏 ps get baptized in Jesus name for the remission of sins...🙏 warn everyone out of Love ❤️

[@checkers7299]

I dont have macaw I have a cockatiel but I still enjoy watching these videos

[@Chris_Gordon_1973]

2 x green cheeks and 1 african grey - all rescued and a lil crazy x

[@checkers7299]

Thas alot of birds I'm fine with one

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Cockatiels are amazing. We love them.

[@checkers7299]

Ok thanks

[@kimrobbins5395]

You two ROCK! PLEASE EVERYONE SHARE WITH YOUR VET! I have a fresh out of school vet ..... I am sharing this video with her to open her mind to "real nutrition & proper nutrition " I am following your diet recommendations myself. Fresh chop along with mikey & mia freeze dried in my own organic dry mix. My macaw and ringneck love it and are thriving. Bless you both for your love of birds and teachings!!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Awww amazing. Thanks so much.

[@TheParrotTeacher]

Some useful info here from someone who clearly knows lots about avian nutrition! It's a shame so much bad product is pushed on people!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Yea Jason knows his stuff! Yea it’s crazy the amount of people who just thought processed pellets were the norm. We did.

[@karmenbudai]

Thank you for mentioning Polly's Natural Boutique store😉. We've been lucky to collaborate with Dr Crean over the past few years and learnt a lot during that time.😉 It was eye-opening and definitely changed the way we feed our flock and improved their health dramatically. Sadly not all parrot owners are interested in following the recommendations for various reasons and the convenience of feeding processed food remains. But we continue spread the message and help as many birds transition onto fresh food.

[@carried9130]

I so agree about the convenience thing. It extends to other animals as well and this has taught me a lot. I am rethinking all the processed food I feed my pets.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

We wish we listened to you many years ago haha

[@karmenbudai]

@@MikeyTheMacaw well some take a bit longer to take it all in lol 😉😜, it was very new to all at that time. I'm learning all the time. You've changed your bird's diet a lot since we shoot that video😉👍

[@Psittaculaworld]

I'm glad there's more people talking about healthy nutrition for parrots.

[@Loveofpets]

Thank you for sharing this amazing video on bird nutrition. I have learned alot and will share your video on my channel.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Thank you so much.

[@Cathie46]

We run a permanent sanctuary for abused and neglected parrots of all sizes. I haven't been a fan of pellets for a very long time. We are very much working on figuring out the costs to go pellet free. Pellets are only 25 % of our birds diets, but one need only see what happens to them when you throw the waste out for the wild birds to know that pellets aren't great. Thank you so much for this.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Thank you for doing what you do

[@kimrobbins5395]

We recently adopted a b&g mccaw in very poor health condition. Staph infection and no bath for over a year. Diet of tuna chicken and Ritz crackers and peanut butter ritz and tuti fruity zupreeme. Super hormonal so I wanted to get her off of soy. I went to the natural grocers and picked up all ingredients on the back of the harrison's food. Minus soy corn and peanut. I ground whole almonds. Added coconut shreds and hemp seeds ( costco cheapest) sesame seeds whole flax Ordered mikey and mia's shelby calming mix to mix in. My bird won't touch harrisons now and is leaving very little waste. And it is WAY less expensive! Her appetite and behavior is SO much improved! Much less aggressive and more loving every day. Fresh veg chop daily too. Also adding Baja Gold Sea minerals into her water because our plants don't give us all these minerals these days. Please try it!

[@curlycurlbirdygirl]

OMG MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED!!! 37:31 🤯🤯🤯🥳🥳🥳 I'll definitely start sprouting. As living in the EU I'm still on the hunt for good suppliers of freeze dried vegetables and fruits and flowers so I guess I'll have to suffer customs fees for the food coming from the UK and US for the time being. THANK YOU SO MUCH daddy human and mommy and M&M 🙌👏👍👌

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

I haven’t had a proper look but check this place out www.europeanfreezedry.com/food-ingredients/freeze-dried-vegetables-pulses/

[@islandaquaticsfinsfurandwi5009]

Honestly, I got so much from this. Thank you for putting this up.

[@vikkster5723]

My birds love eggs. Bone marrow and chicken. I offer this once in a while. He never touched on this. This was the best information I have ever ever gotten about food. Thank you so much for this.

[@di-jt6jp]

As always, I love how you help those of us in the bird community by sharing information for the health, happiness and wellbeing of our precious parrots. You’re wonderful! Veterinarians are angels! Much love from your friends in NYC!

[@BirdNerdSophie]

Awesome video! I am going to be chatting with Jason soon too - hopefully our videos will continue to inspire the bird community to make great diet choices for their birds 😊

[@curlycurlbirdygirl]

🙌👏👍

[@BirdNerdSophie]

@@curlycurlbirdygirl 😊👋

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Awww amazing. Can’t wait to watch it. Link us for sure when it’s out.

[@fatemaalmasaudi1389]

Wow. There’s so much effort in this one video. They truly do care about their birds.

[@lovelily8310]

Didn’t expect to see Mr. Crean here! Though I wasn’t paying enough attention to notice his teaching style (my care for school didn’t kick in until next semester, whoops) over a decade ago, Mr. Crean was popular and well-respected. His jokes and anecdotes were funny, and he somehow kept all the troublemakers quiet. Even they had nothing but good to say of him. I grew up with many exotic birds and though I didn’t pay any mind to the material, I appreciated DJ Ice Crean! I think I still have some CreanCash packed away somewhere.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Haha aww amazing.

[@GB_Gummy]

I can't believe this information is free! thank you so much, you're really bettering the life of so many birds out there. Definitely will listen to this a bunch of times until I learn all ^^ ' @1:00:04 thank you so much T . T honestly

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

We are so happy we had the chance to put this out there

[@GB_Gummy]

@@MikeyTheMacaw you and Dr. Crean are AWESOME

[@WonderfulWorldofAwesomeness]

Thank you for having this honest vet on your channel, and giving out thus information. I knew when every bird group started pushing pellets and screaming at people to stop feeding anything else that we were all seeing the same thing as the Hills Science Diet dog and cat food fiasco of the 80s and 90s where they got vets to recommend their food to everyone, telling everyone that it was a complete diet and that you were basically an animal abuser if you didn’t. In some ways it was good as it got people to rethink just eating junk from the grocery store. But it also wasn’t much better. I’m just glad we are all finally being woken up to the pellet myth. I still feed pellets (Tops also) but not as the sole food. I didn’t go seedless like people SCREAMED on social media to do. I make my own chop weekly.

[@Alex_P]

I'm grateful for their mentioning how a bird isn't going to starve itself. As long as it recognizes what you're giving it is food, the transition is possible! (And it's comforting to hear how small birds can be especially difficult - took a year to get my budgie to finally recognize and accept chop as food. Now working on adding TOPs pellets for variety.) Thank you for sharing this knowledge and putting this video together!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Amazing to hear.

[@MrTyler0]

You can tell that they put effort into their youtube videos

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

We do our best to keep you guys educated and entertained.

[@MrTyler0]

@@MikeyTheMacaw thanks!

[@chillidog1239]

Great video so far! Thank you guys :) Love from my birds to you Mikey, Mia and family

[@claireharris6297]

Absolutely loved watching this I’ve learnt so much thank you both for this video, I’ve been really struggling with my rescue Amazon she’s so fussy but I’ve started to see an improvement in the last week or so and finally managed to target her onto the gram scale so at least I can now keep an eye on her weight, she’s not ready to step up yet but looks to be heading that way 🙏

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Awww amazing to hear, we actually touch on picky birds around the 56min mark. So glad you are making progress.

[@michellen1125]

Thank you! This was amazing and thanks for bringing it to us!

[@jmariexo1561]

Dr Crean was my high school biology teacher! hahaha

[@randyw4972]

Lucky you!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Haha amazing.

[@carried9130]

I cannot thank you guys enough for this video! It has me thinking of food and nutrition in totally new ways, including for humans and other animals alongwith birds. I really appreciate all this info, with easy to underatand guidance (like the tablespoon method). Massive thanks for the education, the brain wheels are turning lol.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

We felt the same when we started geeking out. It’s so fascinating to learn a whole new way of thinking.

[@disneytheblueeclectus871]

100% agree! This video got me thinking I also need to concentrate on my dogs food not just my birds diet!

[@carried9130]

@@disneytheblueeclectus871 same here. I am researching the specialist named in this video and fresh diets for dogs. One of mt dogs has great digestion, but the other has chronic pancreatitis and has been having more frequent flare ups lately. I want to manage that much better for her and based on what was said here, kibble could be a culprit. We've removed all the other triggers from her diet. Good luck with yours too. Had to say I love your Eclectus!! 😍

[@roy.s380]

I absoultely love watching Dr.Crean talk about nutrition as it's a real eye opener to how many elements a parrot diet really is, and not just some simple cheap seeds. The evolution of parrot diet through the decades has been amazing. When Dr.Crean mentioned mushrooms being safe, I am a bit curious as how that can be? A lot sources say that mushrooms can cause like digestive issues and considering it's a fungi. Some parts causing liver issues. Does anyone have sources for the mushroom claim?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

I guess it’s not like avocado where if a bird has a tiny bit it could be fatal. You wouldn’t feed a bird a kg of mushrooms but tiny bits here and there won’t do any harm

[@rhondavroman5191]

The BEST video on KZbin about nutrition!!! A MILLION THANK YOU'S !

[@jonanatan3455]

You guys. Are the. Best. KZbinr

[@ioanasilviag]

As a new bird parent, i have no idea what to do, this is super useful

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@joebean3615]

I highly recommend BirdTricks yt (check them out it’s all free amazing content) they know basically everything to parrot care they taught me mostly all I know about parrots

[@yamunadevi68]

I loved every part of this and the questions were really relevant. Thank you so much for putting this together, Dr Jason Crean is amazing

[@caitlinwenke9286]

Haha on the Apple seed part - Yogi our macaw literally shreds apples just to find the seeds & couldn't care less about the apple 😂

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Haha wow.

[@ko.wildlifephotography]

Thank you for this video. I am already feeding few of the items discussed here, sprouted seeds are definitely a good way to make sure my budgies eat something else than the dry seeds. I do try to feed them chop but that has not been too successful, I make them human grade seed and grain mix and offer Top’s pellets. We do have Polly’s avian tea also (and can’t wait for the new hormone one coming out soon) Budgies are very slow to take up new food ideas. Sprouted seed was the biggest success so far. One of my budgies is quite unwell (she is a rescue and now she is suffering with lipoma and heart/kidney disease as result of previous neglect) I am very keen to get her eating properly, however, she is the most reluctant one to try new foods. Thank you for the links to Dr Crean’s facebook - I am joining now

[@disneytheblueeclectus871]

Loved this message! Dr. Crean has an incredible knowledge on avian vet diet and was so engaging in this video! Watched every minute. Learned lots. Thoroughly enjoyed! From Disney and the rest of the flock, thank you so much!!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Aww amazing. Thanks.

[@14Raine14]

I'm sure I'll get flack again 🙈 but I'm saying this just for anyone watching this video and are thinking Wow, I can't do all this?! Absolutely hands down the best diet is a minimally processed food diet ❤️ Parrots should be getting mostly fresh foods, like 80+%. I don't sweat giving my Parrots pellet meals if I can't make chop. I do my best, but if anyone is seeing this and wants to do better, please do what you can ❤️ adding fresh foods every day, sprouts, greens, flowers, variety is so important! Im so thankful that fresh diets are being more and more encouraged, and that shelf stable foods are available for when I can't get certain foods (because yes, many places around the world, even first world countries, experience food insecurity) sprouts have been a godsend for my flock, I can buy in bulk and sprout every week, I make chop in bulk, and I try to honour where my Parrots come from (I have a cockatiel and a Meyer's)

[@Riccothegreenpiedirn]

I believe a variety is very important for parrots. Loved this informational video. Thank you for sharing.

[@newheightslearningonline6539]

I don't even have a pet and I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Haha amazing.

[@curiositi1117]

AMAZING VIDEO, TQ SO MUCH !!!

[@toniosorio9514]

This was great info. Thank you

[@timefortinybirdandfriends6565]

Great vid! Food for thought, tho. As a parront who is older with health issues, I want Tinybird to have food and water available in case I croak in my sleep!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Good point, but that food wouldn’t last more than a day or so, maybe have someone checking on you daily just in case that happens.

[@timefortinybirdandfriends6565]

@@MikeyTheMacaw Hi! It would be dry food, not fresh. Unfortunately, there isn’t anyone to check on Tinybird. This is my biggest concern.

[@heatherstevenson7967]

Great video!!

[@thecatsmeow9972]

Great info thank you guys

[@helens9178]

Truly amazing informative video, I’m very grateful. Thank you for all that you do to help make the lives of our birds happy and healthy x

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Great information and so easily presented. It was a pleasure to watch. Thank you❤️

[@carterpalace9435]

This is amazing, so much information. It makes you think about what you actually feed your birds, which isn't that different to human food - too much of anything isn't good. I have spent a small fortune on different type of pellets because I read pellets are good, but when it all arrived and I looked at the labels, there was a tone of fillers and things that are not considered good. I even found one type that smells like sweets. Since I've seen your insta story on freeze dried food, I have ordered some stuff from the same company and I intend for my birds to eat better. Right at the end, you've mentioned transitioning Mikey and Mia to new food - it's very helpful to know, because like many humans owned by birds, I was worried my birds will starve to death if I don't give them what they know. Realistically I should know that no animal will do that but there is something that makes you panic about that. Thank you for this video, I will definitely be referring back to it to pick up on the things I might have missed the first time

[@patriciaharris7908]

Thanks!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

What is this???

[@avecroues]

I have pages of notes from this video. So many great tips. I've been wanting to transition my birds to raw diet and now I feel I have the knowledge to get started. Thank you!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Haha aww amazing.

[@KB-df3dq]

Fantastic video!! Great information, THANKYOU so much to you both. Off to hunt down freeze dried that you can get in/to Australia, fingers crossed. 🦜🇦🇺

[@RocketandBlueberry]

I thought your last video was awesome, this one was even better, reinforces not trying to always get a perfect mix but a decent mix with variety, can't always get everything where I am and neither can they in the wild. Always forget my two beautiful macaws come from the wild and are not a domesticated dog that has evolved to live in humanities company. Still yet to make your dry mix but my second addition has been quite the effort since I got him less than a week ago, can't wait to see how they react to that dry mix in their diet.

[@dianemorrell9541]

Absolutely love this video. I have really been concerned about variety and what is best for my Macaws. They have a great, healthy diet. I worry is it enough ? Are they getting everything they need ? Am I feeding too much ? Too little ? I try to switch things up a bit. Thank you, so much !! ❤️ Millie and Cadbury thank you too ( Macaws )

[@idie4dyes]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Like the doctor said "a lot of the things we think are toxic are not" so now i need a recipe for safe mushrooms to share with my grey😅

[@billwible4269]

Great info.Definitely had my focus.

[@joannajazzyrimmer]

Really good and interesting. Honest man.

[@Bobbiewhale]

Watchimg this video now, but have watched your other videos and gone through links etc you guys recommend, and since then have changed not just my macaw's diet, but my dogs and soon my ferrets. Home cooking etc all the way! I use supplements for my dogs too, but I have so much more knowledge and control on what and how I feed my animals in general now. Lady still has some pellets bc she's fussy and we are still transitioning, but love that everyday I (we as animal parents) can learn how to make their lives better :) Great video guys! 👏 👏 👏

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Awww amazing to hear.

[@laweaver5050]

Thank you so much for this podcast!! I watched your video prior to this about how you cut out pellets and started Mikey & Mia on other healthy dry ingredients. I was curious when I saw all those bags of nutritious foods and I wanted to know all about them and where they came from. So since then I have switched my caique over to some of the China prairie & Beak bars from Jason crean. I also bought tea from both places. My caique love this diet. And I try to give variety. I'm getting another caique baby in a few days and I have to wean her off of zupreem fruit bites as soon as I get her. But I always tried to feed my bird the healthiest pellets (tops)in the evening and chop in the morning although he never cared for it. The stuff I bought was mixed with oat groats & some seeds and he would just pick through it & not eat any pellets. So I was so happy when you introduced Jason to everyone. I learned so much more today too that surprised me, like cooking the food. I just did that the other day with rice & put raisins and other veggies in it for a variety away from his normal chop. I also find him very interesting because I'm always learning about nutrition myself. I try to eat organic clean foods. So it all seems to go hand in hand. Thanks again. I think I'm going to send this to my avian vet. The one I was going to is licensed but I don't feel like she is fully educated & now we just got a new vet in, a young women, she is passionate about all animals. She doesn't have her avian .license but she seems to have more education. She worked with exotic birds at a zoo. So I switched vets at this animal hospital I would rather take my birds to someone who is educated. 😀👍 Thank you again!!! I can't thank you enough! 🥰

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Aww thanks so much. It’s so fascinating to learn all of this to improve our birds lives right.

[@Carriesue1982]

I just moved to 22 acres, I will be growing a big group of crops just for my parrots and will have fresh chicken eggs as well. There’s some things I’ll still have to buy ofc like nuts, grains etc but I’m really excited to offer them fresh foods I grew myself!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Aww amazing.

[@KAMIIINCHEN1]

I have a great example for birds that are closely related but eat quite a different diet ! I own 2 dove species, not far away genetically. Their wing feathers are even almost identical, one is just slightly larger. They live in habitats next to each other in africa. But one needs a high amount of explicitly oily seeds to stay on a healthy weight, but if they just get a drop too much protein go completely insane, other than that they will eat or try almost every kinda food. The other eats almost just seeds, but is very picky when it comes to quality or what exact types of seed ( they don't even like all kinds of millet...) like they would rather starve than eat the seeds they don't like, they get offered the same ingredients as the other doves but eat just...what they eat. Such a different food behaviour. But both species are in a very good state right now, perfect plumage, not a feather sitting wrong.

[@lemonosu8703]

Thank you so much for the video! I have 2 5 year old budgies because their previous owner died and want to make sure they get a perfect life! The animal shop just gave me a bag of millets and said it would be enout to just feed that 1 seed... But since i didnt had any time to research because these two came to me without food it was that bag. Now im already trying to give them sprouded seeds, they both love apple but are still sceptical of every other vegteble i give them xD This video has helped me a lot, especially with the pellets because i have heared a lot that you SHOULD be feeding them

[@patriciaharris7908]

Blessing love your feather friend Mickey and Mia..an your most helpful videos very educational and most helpful..thank you .. Mickey Mia they are gorgeous. I would love a list of all vegetables fruits snacks this would be very helpful.. what fruits and vegetables they cannot have which ones they could have their snacks. So far I have I have been blessed with with bird handlers helping along the way of this amazing journey with my.. My most amazing Jazzy Girl Yellow and Gold Macaw.. she is a hoot an speaks extremely well ! A Hoot a kind an most loving sweetheart.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

We rotate around 10 veg, a few fruit per day. Always much more veg than fruit, always chopped small, always small portions, maybe 2 tablespoons max each in the morning and a tablespoon of soaked and sprouted seeds, grains and beans. They have about 1-2 hours to eat this. We never leave food in cages or give them access to it all day. Sprouting mix at the moment is our super sprout blend which is Organic Adzuki Beans, Organic Mung Beans, Organic Garbanzo Beans, Organic Alfalfa Beans, Organic Fenugreek Seeds, Organic China Rose Raddish Seeds, Organic Broccoli Seeds, Organic Red Quinoa, Organic Red Clover Seeds, Organic Brown Mustard Seeds, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Red Lentils, Organic Brown Lentils, Organic Green Lentils, Organic Wheat Grain, Organic Peas, Organic Buckwheat It can be bought on our online store. Morning chop is around 10-15 if these Sugar snap peas, Green beans, Kale, Spinach, Radish, Butternut squash, Sweet potato, Red cabbage, Apple, Cauliflower , Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Orange, Passion fruit, Cucumber, Pomegranate, Carrot, Grapes, Kiwi fruit, Melon, Capsicum (red/yellow/orange/green), Chillies, Corn, Banana, Blueberry, Mango, Beetroot, Peas And as training treats ONLY which are usually in the middle of the day when trick training or flying, we give nuts, always broken up into the size of a pine nut, sometimes slightly larger Hazelnuts Cashews Almonds Wallnuts Pinenuts Brazil nuts Pecans Pinenuts In the evenings they get a dry mix of around 50 ingredients made up of freeze dried fruits and veg, flowers, herbs, seeds, spices etc, maybe around 3 tablespoons each which is the Mikey and Mia dry mix which we make and sell here www.mikeyandmia.co.uk

[@Christopher-pz1mc]

I love your birds and it seems like you live the perfect life that I currently dream to live. Always wanted to get a parrot mainly an African grey but I neither have the room nor the time for one and I just consider it to be cruel if I can’t give them my all. Could you guys possibly do some short live streams when you cuddle or train your birds they are just too adorable Hope it doesn’t come of as weird :)

[@katmarrs7054]

Pits are a casing surrounding the actual seed to protect it.

[@BirdsR]

Love the Macaw but I'm good with My Green Cheek Conure, Cockatiel & Parakeet. They are a handful but I wouldn't change the situation for anything.

[@ThirrinDiamond]

For more inexperienced owners, when he says "if they finish all of it add a little more than a tablespoon" he doesnt mean if they finish every single last seed, like theyre easy to miss and you dont want a starving baby, if over 90% is finished, adding a bit more won't kill them. Accidentally starving them however (like i did cus i only stuck to a tablespoon cus no one said heaping or add more if they finish it) will cause serious health issues if not death. Especially if it's a small high energy bird For birds that eat that often, its better to have a tiny but too much than a tiny bit too little. Your parrot wont overeat until it bursts, it stops when it is full, if your parrot is ravenous or desperate for food, it's starved right now Don't repeat my mistake OTL 💗

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Yes agreed. Great comment.

[@nevenkaprica6421]

Evo recept jabuka kruška salata mahune malo grožđa naranče Avokado malo manga malo ananasa može i breskve uglavnom tropsko voće napravitd

[@natewygant8085]

Just got one of your phone cases! I can’t wait for it to come!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Awww amazing

[@nevenkaprica6421]

Amazonskom papagaju je a vokado prirodna hrana u prirodi to nađu sami i nikakve štete od toga

[@serenitytew8225]

hey posted 18 seconds ago

[@bevannorman4420]

Love this video so much to learn about birds I have a pink and gray galah and live in Australia I have a few questions. Can he eat raw almonds? What are some good websites in Australia for the dry flower mixes and the tea? Could you do a video on how to sprout seeds? Thank you so much for all the info found it so interesting could watch this so many times and still learn. Love your channel 😊

[@guy8646]

Yes. Raw almonds are good for parrots.

[@bevannorman4420]

Thank you What other types of tree nuts are good for galahs?

[@cynthiavanteylingen7922]

A little over a year ago i watched a video by catherine reid on ted x talk called unblind my mind. From then on i changed my own diet to paleo. Noticed a huge improvement for my health. My dog was already getting the best food from nutro. Thanks to ur last video about changing from pallets to better food. Ive changes my rabbits guinypigs and hamsters food to better pallets. No more soy or grains. As ive noticed myself that my dog and i are doing better without msg and on paloe diet. Now i just have to wait a couple months to see if it works for them too. So these videos are not just helpful to bird humans/parents but also for our other pets and our own bodies.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Exactly. So glad we could help.

[@bigbiemacaw]

Oh OK so I have been lightly steaming things that were harder putting it into a big diverse chop, but I feel like it was more about weaning, I'll start stopping the steaming, because to be honest it ends up taking hours, after hearing this it's time to tweak it again..a great tip for ppl who struggle to get birds to eat something, don't trick them u can't let them see u eat it , then they'll want it..

[@carmencolon1854]

THIS WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL. I DON'T HAVE BIRD'S , BUT I ENJOY FOLLOWING THEM ON INSTAGRAM AND KZbin.👍👍👍👍🙋🔥🔥🔥🐦🐦💙💛💙💛

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Aww thanks.

[@kleru9348]

what would you recommend for a first bird?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Haha no bird is a good first bird

[@NancyH25]

Great video!! This was incredibly informative. It’s never made since to completely eliminate seeds or fruit, because wild birds eat them. My sun conure’s diet consists of TOPS pellets, which I dislike because it creates so much dust, veggie chop with a sprinkle of chia seeds & a blueberry. She gets nuts during daily indoor flight & trick training but I don’t know what to include in a dry mix. Would a dry mix be dry oats & sprouted legumes? He mentioned soaking quinoa, is this considered a dry ingredient? Also, did he have an opinion on freezing your bird’s chop? I don’t because it looks unappealing but it would be more economical. I’m definitely going to join the FB group! Thank you.

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

So dry would be not soaked, he recommends feeding fresh wet food in the morning and dry in the evening for the variety.

[@nishkario4199]

Oh wow this was rly helpful! I can’t believe birds can have mushrooms i still want to check with my vet 59 be sure cause every single online website I go to it says mushrroooms are not safe

[@juanluissaucedofigueredo7414]

Very interesting video

[@healthcubes]

Ammmmmmaaaaaazzzinggggggg!!!!!!! Thank youuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mattlog420]

Hello

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Hello

[@nevenkaprica6421]

Hvala za jelovnik potpuno se slažem s vama moj je otac bio pomorac i aru smo kupili u maroku i dobili upute od trgovca o prehrani i knjigu o uzgoju papagaja imali smo vrt i poslije Glavnog obroka je tamo odlazio po desert za baternut tikvom je bio lud to je zvao to

[@Chaotic_M]

EARLYYYY!!!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Woooo first.

[@nevenkaprica6421]

Moj Amazonac je meni došao sa deset mjeseci i zahvaljujući zdravoj prirodnoj prehrani sa godinu i po dana težio je skoro kilogram metar i po od glave do repa sjajnog perja jako zdrava živahna ptica

[@ifallintofantasy]

hello @Mikey the Macaw & Friends can we still please get a video on the differences between Mikey and Mia's personality

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

This will answer all kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5jXpqh_gtZ2hsk

[@BOWOBIRDSHOP]

👍👍

[@sehrishnidaimran1798]

the birdtricks pellets are coldpresses, and are oragnic, i cant get them cause I live in Australia, but I know they are great.

[@shelleyb1967]

That is because birdtricks uses the same pellet. They just have their own name in Top pellets

[@sehrishnidaimran1798]

@@shelleyb1967 really? i didn't know that

[@rebeccachambers4701]

Cna you link the bird teas

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Search greywood manor

[@Mazloon]

Do you plan on posting your freeze dry recipes?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Our first mix is on the vid before this but we have changed it since then. We actually plan on making some for sale over the next month or so. Stay tuned.

[@Peterpan-mu2qt]

3 table spoons per serving or is 3 table spoons throughout the whole day?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Per serving

[@paulpaterson2707]

Can anyone please confirm are onions and garlic still a no no for macaws as i thought mushrooms were bad but listening to this they are fine for parrots

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Not sure how toxic they are but we personally do not feed them.

[@paulpaterson2707]

@@MikeyTheMacaw Thank you

[@skittlesrainbowprincess]

Now another question.... What about Avocado oil? I use it for my salads (and high temperature cooking) and kind of freaked when my macaw swooped down to share my salad

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Honestly don’t know this one, I would avoid it just in case.

[@BirdQueenPhoenix]

Can you amke a video on the to tell your bird not to hit glass

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Tape or screens help, or recall train the bird to build its skills up

[@Spiritualpanda2]

I heard that cherries are okay, but the tree(bark and pits are bad). Would you at that point de-pit the cherry?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Yup. Cherries are fine. Cherry wood is not.

[@Sarah-ov1rb]

In addition to TOPS, FYF (Feed Your Flock) is also a cold pressed pellet with absolutely no preservatives/fillers/synthetics/additives etc. I can put the ingredient list if needed, it is very long.... just wanting to learn if it is also a good thing to feed if/ when a pellet gets used. Is Doc familiar with this pellet?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Tops are totally fine. It’s covered in this video

[@Sarah-ov1rb]

@@MikeyTheMacaw Yes nice, I saw. This was a terrific video and I do like TOPs. I was just inquiring about the Feed Your Flock pellets that Birdtricks developed because it is also cold pressed and only contains whole natural ingredients versus any synthetics etc. They seem to essentially be an alternative/ same idea as TOPs. I was just wondering if Doc was familiar with the FYF pellet/ what he thought since cold pressed pellets with pure ingredients are such a rarity. I feed that and the Birdtricks seasonal feeding system along with their sprouts. I also bought the Shelby Mix and Sprout Bag for even more variety/ since you and Birdtricks both seem to have avian nutritionists, veterinarians, and evolving dietary information at the forefront of these feeding options.

[@sal8454]

@@Sarah-ov1rb Tops and bird tricks pellets are the same and made in the same place. She just her label on it

[@Sarah-ov1rb]

@@sal8454 another free flier just informed me of this the other day as well. BT's pellets is just TOPs rebranded and more expensive. Thank you so much for clarifying/ confirming.

[@Wavecattt]

So you can give your macaw every day fuits and spouted food? I heard once you cant give your birds fruits every day? But 3 times in the week? I just wanted to know whats the best?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

We feed fruits every day, just tiny bits. If there is 10 - 15 veg, there maybe 2-4 fruit at a max

[@Wavecattt]

@@MikeyTheMacaw oke thank you for the info!

[@animelover462]

@BirdTricks You know we’re gonna want a reaction video, right? Note: This is not a malicious request, I just like it when Dave gets rowdy about other opinions. 😂

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Why would they react? I’m sure they would agree to everything said here, their chop mixes are amazing, so much variety, and their pellets are cold pressed too which aren’t bad at all.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

@@MikeyTheMacaw I would agree. They stress that health and nutrition are important for quality of life and training and your relationship with your bird.

[@animelover462]

@@MikeyTheMacaw Why not react? Reaction videos aren’t all about dismissing or ranting about the video. You’ve posted multiple positive reactions on your Insta…

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Oh haha, I thought you meant they would be upset

[@meaganshafley5331]

Birdtricks

[@luanahaigood278]

What do you all think about Dr Ds?

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Never heard of them

[@NorseCode.81]

Pellets made my Caique throw up

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Wow

[@عبدالله-غ2ش5ب]

🇴🇲

[@rebeccachambers4701]

Oh I rough house with my bird he gets plenty of exercise I'll chase him around the house is adorable and if you're wondering when he doesn't sometimes bite me yeah it hurts like a real m*********** but even if he does it's not like I'm going to get rid of him anyway he's just going to be grounded and now he knows not the bite me or at least when he does not to bite down hard damn I have so many bites so FYI if you're going to rough House cooking bird It gets funny when I'm out in public and people are like stop it you're hurting him and his beak is like right next to my nose and all my other face nothing is stopping him from biting me and latching down if I was really hurting him heu would definitely let me know and I would definitely know and then when I got my blood shooting everywhere.

[@rebeccachambers4701]

My bird loves shrimp dairy coffee banana apples cucumbers. Like obviously ice cream isn't good for a bird but it is not going to kill them especially if you just give him a little bit once a month or twice a month is your bird going to die absolutely from the ice cream probably not we're all going to die if you can find a low sugar ice cream that's the best you can do

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Coffee is def not good for them, and birds are lactose intollerant, yes a tiny bit won’t kill them just like a tiny bit of petrol in our bodies won’t kill us, doesn’t mean it’s good for them by any means so why even offer it?

[@rebeccachambers4701]

@@MikeyTheMacaw not much very little he's happy he enjoys it . I monitor is poop and everything else. Coffee is a bean cholate is also bad so is medications it's usually quantities. You have parrots that literally hunt and eat fat from mammals sooo who knew. He's had chocolate stealing stuff from my family he thankfully didn't kill over but it was also a very small amount

[@rebeccachambers4701]

@@MikeyTheMacaw generally he discovered he liked these things through families and friends.

[@rebeccachambers4701]

Cuz no one likes to listen to the person who has the bird, in regards to things bird shouldn't have so now I just give him very little very rarely like seeds, like pellets like food I try not giving my bird any food at all since it's all bad for him. I'm joking about that last part,. But I think as long as your constantly monitoring your bird and getting him sun excerise and a well rounded majority healthy diet seems finewhen I first got him he ate nothing but seeds and now he's eating at least a handful of things hes 34 I've had em for 5 years, he couldn't even fly when I first had em, my other bird when I got her before she passed of an infection related to an injury. , Nobody believed she'd ever perch, life is sad life is cruel I've lost so many loved ones anyway truthfully one cigarette ant gonna kill me but eventually I'm still gonna die anyway. Same with my bird but I and no one should just throw caution to the wind. I little dairy or ice cream won't kill him but I try to find coconut based something that's not heavily processed, and even dairy like I said there are parrots that hunt and eat the fat off the backs of mammals .

[@nevenkaprica6421]

Jednl

[@colleenberry3311]

You guy seem to leave out clay Amazon full of minerals also important .mmm

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

Arrrr we totally did. Sorry.

[@AntsCanada]

Amazing video!!!

[@MikeyTheMacaw]

So much amazing info right!