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Post by willowsmum on Feb 26, 2022 17:24:08 GMT
I can picture it happening JB Maybe they'll progress to the 'cautious try followed by the rapid flick-it-off-my-beak-across-the-room manoeuvre'. Keep up the good work
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Post by Loz on Feb 26, 2022 17:45:05 GMT
I can picture it happening JB Maybe they'll progress to the 'cautious try followed by the rapid flick-it-off-my-beak-across-the-room manoeuvre'. Keep up the good work My guys have the flick-it-off-the-beak technique down to a science. Maybe one time in ten, they miss me with whatever it is they are launching at me.
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Post by criswell on Feb 27, 2022 10:06:44 GMT
I hope they're brave enough to try their bread another day.
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Post by Marianne Marlow on Feb 27, 2022 10:58:18 GMT
Oh, sorry they were scared of the bread. Pretty typical budgie resistance!!
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Post by Ira on Feb 27, 2022 11:10:21 GMT
It's typical of most bird species, known as dietary wariness. One of my lecturers ran an experiment about novel food appearances using pastry flakes. Once the birds were eating the pastry, he introduced a single flake with a different colour of food dye, and all the birds ignored it. The 'population' of the new colour would then grow over time, because it wasn't eaten and thus able to reproduce, and eventually started being eaten. Once one member of a flock goes for it and is fine, the others become more willing to take the risk.
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Post by Loz on Feb 27, 2022 11:13:10 GMT
It's typical of most bird species, known as dietary wariness. One of my lecturers ran an experiment about novel food appearances using pastry flakes. Once the birds were eating the pastry, he introduced a single flake with a different colour of food dye, and all the birds ignored it. The 'population' of the new colour would then grow over time, because it wasn't eaten and thus able to reproduce, and eventually started being eaten. Once one member of a flock goes for it and is fine, the others become more willing to take the risk. My own observations bear some of this out. If it's safe for one intrepid flock-member, the rest will follow. I see this all the time with my crew.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Feb 27, 2022 19:58:29 GMT
jellybean I so identify with your experience! I had read that cooked grains like rice were good for budgies and they liked it. The product they recommended was an organic blend you can get in the grocery store with rice, quinoa, flax seed, chia and maybe a couple more like buckwheat - I don't recall. I was made for people but didn't have added salt or other flavorings. I made up some and tried it on the budgies and they wouldn't eat it! I ended up giving what was left to a friend. Not too long ago I bought a similar mixture made for birds, cooked it up and my boys loved it! Go figure. I now give it to them in the late afternoon. Buddy comes flying onto me when I open the fridge to dish it out. He sits on my shoulder the entire time and the jumps down and starts eating before I sit the dish down. Tweetie Pie flies over and loves it too. Who knows why this happens -phase of the moon, wrong time of the year... Don't give up. If you have the room in your freezer, just keep what you've made and try it again.
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Post by jellybean on Feb 27, 2022 21:34:54 GMT
They're fussy little devil's for sure TPM.
I have tried everyday since they arrived, serving the half and pegging it, serving it crumbled on the cage floor, no takers.
Tomorrow's another day 😂
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