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Post by mona on Oct 17, 2021 18:51:27 GMT
tweetiepiesmom I think my mom's budgies have eaten guava seeds and I have seen people feeding it to budgies and other parrot breed over here. We have guava during winters over here.. Mine never took to it though. They run away from any kind of fruit...
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Post by mona on Oct 17, 2021 18:54:06 GMT
Mom's flock is crazy about corn on the cob.. They argue over it 🙄 We don't give it always, but once in a while. I love how Mom's birdies are open and enthusiastic about food. The moment anything new is in the food bowl, they all will run to it.. and Cookie 🙄.... She will just run away to the corner of the cage. I have to sweet talk to her to convince her to come and eat.. with breezie as the foodie boy, she used to eat better.. berry has changed himself instead of changing her 🤦♀️
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Oct 17, 2021 20:26:12 GMT
Thanks mona! I gave them a few seeds with their sprouts but they ate around them. I think this is a bad time to introduce anything new to them. They are both molting and their little heads are full of pinnies, poor babies. Tropical fruits here ripen now through early Dec. When I got Buddy he ate everything. He taught Tweetie Pie to eat many things but Buddy got more selective about what he'd eat.
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Post by Morgan on Oct 23, 2021 6:57:50 GMT
Ooooo I just love love LOVE guavas! They really are expensive though, I hardly buy them either. 😞
Maybe you can freeze just the seeds until they are out of their heaviest molting stage.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Oct 27, 2021 16:48:39 GMT
Do your budgies make noise when they eat? Little Buddy makes tiny squeaks while he's eating. They are so soft that I only hear it when he's eating out of a dish I'm holding.
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Post by ffiscool on Oct 27, 2021 17:41:04 GMT
Max is quite noisy, but not all the time. Mainly with veg and non seed foods. I’m assuming is excitement
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Post by Hezz on Oct 28, 2021 1:43:20 GMT
Do your budgies make noise when they eat? Little Buddy makes tiny squeaks while he's eating. They are so soft that I only hear it when he's eating out of a dish I'm holding. Misty used to. He did so love his food.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Jan 25, 2022 16:26:00 GMT
Buddy has learned that food comes out of the refrigerator. When he sees me open it, he flies over to my shoulder and sits there. If I dish out food for the budgies, he walks down my arm and onto the dish as soon as I finish. If I am getting food for myself, he sits on me until I sit down. Sometimes if I'm moving around near him, Buddy will fly over and get a ride. I actually love it. The downside - budgie poops on my shirt! I find myself pulling my arms out of the shirt, spinning it around and looking for the poops. Anybody else have to clean budgie poops off themselves?
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Post by ffiscool on Jan 25, 2022 17:08:41 GMT
Max used to like eating on me.. so if veg.. they were a bit wetter and not as easy to get off, lol
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Apr 3, 2022 19:42:56 GMT
A truly random, not bird related question from an American: I'm reading a British detective series that takes place in London during WWI. The characters are always drinking a "cuppa" or offering one to their clients. Is there a special type of tea that is called a cuppa or does any tea qualify? Can I drink my herbal tea in the afternoon with a couple of cookies and say I'm having tea time with a cuppa?
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Post by skysmum on Apr 3, 2022 19:51:42 GMT
You certainly can TPM, a cuppa is a cuppa whatever tea it is, i drink gallons of the stuff, love a nice cup of rosie lee, enjoy your cuppa
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Apr 3, 2022 20:08:15 GMT
skysmum Mr Google explained "rosie lee" - I love it. Loving the cultural exchange here.
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Post by Hezz on Apr 4, 2022 1:59:01 GMT
Generally in a book, a cuppa refers to a cup of black tea, milk added or not, rather than a herbal brew. Especially if the book is getting on a few years since publishing.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Apr 4, 2022 8:54:48 GMT
Hezz, you're right, it does mean that. But with the rise of herbal teas, people will still say they're going to have a cuppa if the tea is herbal, green tea, decaff, or whatever they drink.
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Post by Hezz on Apr 5, 2022 0:55:42 GMT
Yes, M; things certainly have changed. You couldn’t just say “yes, please” to the offer of “a cuppa” now as you would never know what you might end up being given. For the older generations a cuppa definitely means a cup of tea (black)
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