Parrot Food: Questions and Misconceptions with Dr Jason Crean | BirdNerdSophie

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In this video, Dr Jason Crean and I debunk some common parrot food myths in addition to discussing what's best to feed our birds.
We are always learning about new ways to allow our birds to thrive rather than just survive. When considering what to feed your bird, it's crucial to have an open mind, to follow the science, and to always strive to do better for our feathered friends.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:40 What is a whole food diet?
00:03:15 Will my bird get sick/lose weight on this diet?
00:10:25 Diet conversion
00:17:27 Are pellets needed to fill nutrient gaps?
00:25:06 Research
00:28:06 Pressure to change diets
00:29:20 Costs and saving money
00:39:00 How long can you leave food out for?
00:43:04 Vitamin D3
00:46:20 Mealworms
00:49:50 Lorikeets
00:51:56 Amazons
00:56:00 Avian nutrition cult?!
01:01:00 Egg
01:05:00 Herbs and hay
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@bernardhorowitz4763 10 месяцев назад

I am a new Sun Conure dad and I am thankful that I found your videos and just wanted to say thanks. I have been researching my bird choice for almost a year and I still feel like I know nothing. My bird, Ollie, comes home this weekend and I am scared, thrilled, excited, nervous, and any other adjective you can think of. I have been watching and so many people contradict each other. I hope my baby forgives my mistakes

@BirdNerdSophie 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! We can always keep learning when living with birds!

@Loveofpets 2 года назад

This video was amazing. Thank you for helping bird owners improve birds diets.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it 😊💙

@GB_Gummy 2 года назад

Thanks for this follow up! I think the raw food diet comes with the human putting more time and attention on things they didn't before. It's complicated, pellets are an option, yes... but hopefully this diet becomes the go to for most bird owners. I'm still learning and feel like it's hard but thanks to you, David and Dr. Crean for making this info available 🦜💚

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

There’s always more to learn! You are doing a great job and glad you enjoyed the video 😊

@GB_Gummy 2 года назад

@@BirdNerdSophie thanks for the encouragement ^^

@AngelofPestilence-es1jn 11 месяцев назад

Sophie you’re absolutely lovely and adorable. I very much enjoy listening to you. Also my name is Sophie so I guess we are both Sophies who love parrots. Thank you to you and Dr. Crean for presenting this information; it’s because of your channel that I learned about Dr Crean and was shocked that my parrots may not be healthy as I thought after switching from commercial seeds that they were weaned from to pellets (Harrison’s). I made this switch for my green cheek rescue fireball who was my best friend but lost him at 10 years old. He saved me from depression and I would wake up just for him. Now I am very successful, got married and have all the animals and the life I want. I was so angry with myself because I blamed myself for his death. I didn’t understand I had got him on Harrison’s and believed that this was the answer to a healthy bird and blamed myself when he died at 10. Now I have a new baby ring neck and still have my 5 year old jenday and it may not be too late to ensure their health. Thank you for sacrificing your time skills and life to help birds and humans. Also side note my lost my cockatiel at 22 years but her entire life she had a poor diet because I didn’t know. Crazy how that works.

@BirdNerdSophie 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for watching 💙 don’t blame yourself, it’s clear how much you love your birds!

@GuyG.KTalesOfAnimals 2 года назад

Weighing 3 times a day was my best friend when I just converted my 32 years old African Grey off poopie Nutribird pellets. you know it was such a ease to see when he started to fill more on the fresh stuff than the processed pellets that are sold in my area (I still offer them, looking for a better dry alternative that I can have when I need to feed dry stuff, since I have c-ptsd and hard time waking up in the morning, having a tiny bit of dry stuff is a great help so he’s not completely empty and nippy when I get to feed him his fresh breakfast), and he seems to not even eat more than few bites of the pellets and just wait for the fresh stuff that comes a bit later. the weirdest thing is that the best part of it was not the weighing itself but that I got to introduce his chop in all many different types of “shows” that I preform for him, one day he got to eat it while I mixed some of the ingredients in front of him, the other day he got to taste few of my mixing batches separately, the other day he got to try them separately and than gradually got to get a bite every other mix, it was amazing and it was good because sometimes when you are converting diet the bird can get less receptive to training, yet weighing by itself is a trick, the bird is not full, and you get to enjoy some bond building. I can’t recommend it enough! I am probably gonna throw a morning weighing session just for that bond building now every now and then.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing! It sounds like you are doing a fantastic job with him 💙

@lorimancuso8487 2 года назад

Watched Sunday night thought it was very informative and a fantastic hour went very fast !!!

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it 😊💙

@14Raine14 2 года назад

So glad to see you both again 🥰 I just found a report don't by field researchers on the wild diet of Meyer's Parrots, one of their most visited food sources is the black eyed pea, which has my wondering now 🤔 I know beans are an issue, but now I'm curious about why sprouted black eyed peas are such a vital food source but cause issues in home diets. I always recommend sprouts first to people, it's such an easy way to add fresh foods. I have a very narrow diet because of my own body, so i don't have a way around buying large volumes and making a big batch of chop. And I'm very glad the verdict to my question is You're over thinking it 😂🙈 I make a big batch and freeze it, I'm glad it's just a case of home to home and not an issue of crazy nutritional loss. Some yes, but not insane. I'm a bit ruthless with soggy chop (I also add chia seeds to it to soak up extra wet stuff) I also add fresh sprouts, greens, herbs and all kinds of other fresh goodies :) hopefully to fill in any gaps from freezing

@14Raine14 2 года назад

Also, I think I may have an idea of why there is a weird feeling towards Dr crean and feeding raw diets may have something to do with human diet culture. So many times people are trying to shill their product that is whole food, anti oxident, gut repairing, or whatever other buzz word that's become popular. And I'll be honest I worried dr crean may be that way too, the "omg you're an awful person if you feed this!" like there are no other factors that play in. I'm disabled and the number of times someone will come up to me asking if this suppliment or that exercise will cure all my problems, and it's usually peppered with the same words. I'm not saying pizza is healthy, it's not, it's also yummy and not dangerous to have now and again, but holy cow some people are out for *blood* when you mention the concept of not having the time or energy to cook dinner tonight. As my service dogs trainer said to me, I believe in real life :)

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed! 😊I think it's also important to remember that birds have access to all kinds of things to neutralise toxins in the wild like clay licks, which is why they can exploit some food sources that we wouldn't necessarily offer under human care! It sounds like you are doing a great job! And I too know what that is like - I am visually impaired, and plenty of people seem to think that a change in diet or added supplements will suddenly cure all of my problems - I wish! And absolutely - we had pizza last night 😂

@klausbaerl8090 2 года назад

Great discussion, I enjoyed it. More follow up‘s highly welcome.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it 💙😊

@nguinn1989 2 месяца назад

Love all the information given here

@BirdNerdSophie 2 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful! 😊

@juliaarthur4781 2 года назад

A massive thank you for doing this video and for asking my questions! Extremely helpful stuff! Thanks!

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it 💙😊

@livelovedaydream Месяц назад

Fantastic info! Thank you so much for this vid

@BirdNerdSophie Месяц назад

Glad it was helpful!

@ParrotsOnWheels-Julia 2 года назад

Watched this last night, fantastic as ever Sophie! I love these conversations! Learning so much from both of you! I would really welcome more! 😊

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊💙

@mommasmom857 2 года назад

hi there!! its meee again!!! so while i was re watching his video, i realized hey, EXACTLY!! Henry has changed my life in exactly the same way!! it started one morning, i was microwaving myself an egg for a sandwich and i sprinkled a spoonful of henrys chop in and then i thought HEY!! SO I WAS ORIGINALLY doing his chop every day until i heard others say they did it weekly. so now i do it weekly and while doing so after i finish with a particular item, i do a little more for MYSELF only bigger, and put it in MY container. so henry is making me healthier too!! and i add it into everything, eggs, rice, pita pockets, mixing it into chicken, egg and tuna salad, its great!! and then you guys said it your video. i mostly do, bell, sweet and jalapeno peppers, snap peas, radish, carrot, (which is really easy when you start with shredded carrot) broccoli, broccoli slaw, celery, baby bok choy, cucumber, zucchini, chinese peas, kale cilantro rosemary and mint, and then i just switch up the items weekly, he LOVES peppers, cilantro, mint, kale and the snap peas, and then in the beginning to get him to eat it, i sprinkled some of his dry mix, and shook it all around. he likes it that way so i still do it, he gets this every morning and we call it his breakfast, and he goes back to it all day, i was surprised how quickly he took to it. hes so little, so i make the chop really small, for a cockatiel what size do YOU make it? BTW from seeing you do it i bought him mint and he took to it IMMEDIATLEY!! so every week, when im buying his veg, i see whatever package of herbs we've got marked down, and thats what he gets to try that week, he also loves the rosemary. i love you, i love your channel, it really helps me to give henry the best that i can offer thank you so much for being here!! PS, what kind of flowers do you recommend to feed?

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Hey, thanks for watching! 😀 I vary the size of my chop - sometimes riced, sometimes grated, sometimes chunky! That's awesome that Henry is so receptive to fresh foods, and great they he gets to try new things regularly! I really appreciate your support! 💙 My boys really enjoy organic chamomile, hibiscus and calendula flowers!

@mommasmom857 2 года назад

thanks i will try those!! hey, i REALLY want to know where you got that CUTE stuffed cockatiel head thats on your bed I want one so bad!!

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

@@mommasmom857 David hot is got me as a gift! I think it’s a Japanese import from Amazon or eBay!

@ornithologydude8649 2 года назад

Very interesting, will re watch and take notes!

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@conniecruz880 2 года назад

So glad you asked about eggs!!

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

A common question so thought I’d bring it up 😊

@chrish564 2 года назад

Thank you so much for asking my questions! It was also wonderful for you to discuss a subject that there is disagreement about like grown up used to! Thank you both!!!

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

You're welcome! And haha, if only we could all be so civil 😂 thanks for watching!

@sarahmorris6213 Год назад

My rescue huskies IBD & SIBO is in remission thanks to a strict raw diet. I have multiple health issues. I am now mainly plant based and make all my own meals from scratch. I am in no way cured but I run for a club and am signed up to a marathon next year. I am off course transitioning my young sun conure onto a raw food diet. He initially maintained weight at 95grams. He is now 98grams and eating more of his fresh foods.

@BirdNerdSophie Год назад

Thank you for sharing 💙😊

@Lancs1812 2 года назад

Really interesting. Thank you Sophie and Jason 🙏🏼

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

@ko.wildlifephotography 2 года назад

Thank you for this video. More information is always good. Happy that the recent surfaced issues had been addressed. It all makes sense and is very logical but obviously sometimes by our nature we are questioning and making assumptions before knowing all the details. This video definitely explains it all and should help parrot owners to ensure the best diet for their pets.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

I hope the video encourages us all to be more open with having respectful discussions! I'd rather someone ask me what, how and why then just making assumptions! 😊

@barbaraanderson2449 2 года назад

Another brilliant discussion. Your channel just keeps getting better and better. x

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Thank you so much 😊💙

@4loveoffish Год назад

Loved this ! More more please ! Anything different a baby parrot should eat just after weaning ?

@BirdNerdSophie Год назад

Glad you enjoyed! No once they’re weaned, they can have whatever they like that’s bird safe!

@MD-vn7re 2 года назад

When I took on my budgies , they were on a seed only diet. They ate it but now I feed a mix of whole grains and seeds combined with a chop part of which is made up as a batch with other bits added daily. Meals are now far more stimulating and they seem to really enjoy the different components . It makes shopping more interesting too, looking for different foods theg will eat that I won't...eg chilli's. Thank you both for another interesting hour.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

I love food shopping for them too! Glad you enjoyed!

@yamunadevi68 2 года назад

LOVE these conversations, thank you so much I learn so much from them 😊🙏🏾🎉

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

I’m glad you like them! I learn from them too 😊

@tessa7413 2 года назад

I finally got around to watching & listening to the discussion, and it was very informative & helpful. Thanks so much for bringing up the egg question, it was the information I was looking for! I was feeding a little egg once or twice a week, and wasn't sure how healthy that amount & frequency was... I will definitely be offering egg less often from now on! Thanks again! 😊

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed! Occasional egg is totally fine! :)

@tessa7413 2 года назад

@@BirdNerdSophie Good to know! My birds really enjoy eating eggs :)

@chelseaacres1508 2 года назад

This was very helpful! Do either of you have suggestions for resources on how to get started with growing micro greens at home/indoors?

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

This webpage has a lot of info and links: www.trueleafmarket.com/pages/microgreens-frequently-asked-questions I plan on making a video on how to but not just yet!

@angsfeatheredfriends 2 года назад

The only time I feed my birds chilled hardboiled egg, is a tiny amount when heavy molting as well with the shells, added calcium you know. If breeding birds I would give females chilled hardboiled egg with shell more often.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Absolutely, Chip and Fish are having a pretty heavy moult at the moment so the egg is a good boost!

@TheCatnipCinema 2 года назад

I'm curious, did Jason come to you or did you find him and contact him asking to interview him? I'm just noticing a lot of parrot channels interviewing him within the last three months and I've become curious how this was all initiated. I'm watching them all because he says different stuff in all the videos.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Jason reached out to me, but I believe other people who have made videos with him contacted him directly. He has a wealth of knowledge and it's always a pleasure to chat to him!

@TheCatnipCinema 2 года назад

@@BirdNerdSophie that's great!

@afinitalitha1074 2 года назад

Hey Sophie thank you for the video! It's been very helpful for me.. I'm just trying to wean my 7 months old cockatiel. I know the problem is me. I'm too worried about my bird not getting enough food .. he is already on the smaller size (around 70-73 gr when his crops full). When i tried to introduce him to veggies and healthier pellets, he actually responded well to fresh and new foods! He forages all day too. However I'm not sure if he is eating it or not - because to my eyes he seemed like he just chew and shred it, and I notice also less pooping ... therefore I always add his favorite handfeed formula on the afternoon (I put it on bowl now and already reduced it to once a day). So, how to tell if he is eating the veggies and not just play with it? Or how to tell if he is full? I'm told by the vet to look for his crop if he is already full, but with veggies his crop just doesnt look full. I am a new parrot owner so it's a bit confusing for me.. Your advice would be highly appreciated Sophie! 😊

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Hey! Glad you liked it! Birds will often make a mess and shred food as they eat it! The poops will also be different as they should be more solid as a hand feeding formula will produce wetter poops! If you offer the handfeeding formula in a bowl, could you try and mix in some veggies? Have you seen my video on how to get your bird to eat veggies?

@livi6886 2 года назад

This was a very interesting discussion! Are red wiggler worms safe/healthy for a cockatiel to eat? I am considering setting up a worm farm since I have lots of leftover vegetables from my 2 birds, and I am wondering if earthworms are a good alternative to mealworms.

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it! I've not heard of anyone activity feeding earthworms to parrots so I'd probably stick to mealworms - I have read that earthworms have a high level of iron in them which isn't good for some species!

@livi6886 2 года назад

@@BirdNerdSophie Ok, good to know!

@Mymelo.s 2 года назад

チャンネルに遊びに来ました☺️💗 今日もカワイイインコちゃん達ですね(*´ω｀*)

@BirdNerdSophie 2 года назад

😊💙

@variegated_haworthia Год назад

Sooo many ads….

@BirdNerdSophie Год назад

RU-vid decides how many ads to put on a video.

@variegated_haworthia Год назад

@@BirdNerdSophie oh I didn’t know. There was like 20 ads. Also I didnt know you reply to comments on old posts. Has your seed mix or chop mix change after this video? I have 2 tiels and 1 yellow sided gcc. I’m looking to make a seed and chop mix suited for both. Can you please share your recipe!

@BirdNerdSophie Год назад

@@variegated_haworthia yep I reply to all of my comments! I have a dry mix video which you might find useful, and my chop gets changed every week for diversity- I have some examples of you scroll down on my community tab!

@variegated_haworthia Год назад

@@BirdNerdSophie would your dry mix be healthy than GoldenFeast Australian/South American blend seed mix? My cockatiels only likes seeds…

@BirdNerdSophie Год назад

@@variegated_haworthia I would say so yes 😊