Does anyone have a good recipe for healthy, homemade cookie type treats for birds?

I have 4 Amazon's, 1 Macaw and one mini-macaw. I need to switch them to a pellet diet. So far, have had minimal success. They all like hard/crispy cookies so I was thinking this might be an easier way to get a more a favorable response from the birds and start weaning them from the seeds. Thanks!Does anyone have a good recipe for healthy, homemade cookie type treats for birds?
give it a plain piece of cracker i know because i have to parekets and i feed them plain cracker and they did not die!Does anyone have a good recipe for healthy, homemade cookie type treats for birds?
Lots and lots of seeds/nuts combined together using honey as a base work very well!! I used to have birds and they absolutely love this snack :)





You can use all kinds of different nuts like cashews, peanuts, walnuts... You get the point :)
try taking peanut butter and rolling the pellets around it forming a ball then take the ball and flatten it out into a cookie shape them bake it for 10 min. or until crispy. Let them cool off of course then try giving them that.
take lard and mix is up with the regular bird seeds that you can find in the pet store, such as sunflower seeds.


and hang it up in any mesh.


Basically that is the same as buying the bird cakes they sell you in the pets stores, I think they use suet.


Just as easy to buy it as make it, can also use pine cones for a bird feeder, filled with the bird mix you made up and hang it up or whatever, but the squirrels eat up eating most of





Sorry, you were talking about Macaws an Amazon parrot.


They like a variety in there diet as the way they live and eat out in the wilds.


They like seeds in the morning, as well as nuts, walnuts, almonds, peacans.


and whole grains, granola organic breakfast foods.


pellets, the product that includes OSE should be avoided contains too much sugar.


Evening, ';WET FOODS'; that includes most fruits and vegetables.


Canalope, mango, grape, pear, apricot, orange, apple, dates, banana, papya, includes 10% and 20% of diet includes vegetables, carrots, kale, beet tops, sweet potatoe, broccoli,dandilion, squash, beets ,peppers, nuts.


the diet may also include eggs maybe some meat, the wilds they also survive on insects.


Why not feed it cake of cookies made out of all these ingrediences.


DATE NUT LOAF, sweet potatoe cake.


By the time the birds get it.


Squirrels are like monkeys, they get into everything.


something else i forgot to add, these birds will eat anything if regualry availabe,so if you feed it cookies it will get use to the same diet, hard to get the bird weaned off, don't leave the food for more that 3 hours, keep the cage clean, and the water changed regulary.


they eat better than people, have fun feeding your birds.


looking up this infro makes me want to get a bird now.
Ummm......you can give them just plain, non-salted ers. Also what i give my bird is pancakes with bird seed mixed in. Also the same with scrambled eggs.
Have a look at www.cockatielcottage.net


This site has a lot of recipes for birdy biscuits and breads.


I know you birds aren't cockatiels but I'm sure you could adjust the recipes to suit.





I make this biscuit for my birds and they love it.





2 cups wholemeal S.R flour


1/2 cup rice flour


1/2 cup oatmeal


1/2 cup coconut


1/2 cup raw sugar


1/2 cup L.S.A mix (linseed/sunflower/almond mix from the health food section of the supermarket)


3 tablespoons canola oil


1/2 cup water


1 cup of additives ( as below)





Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl.


Add your choice of additives.


Add water and oil and mix into a stiff dough.


With floured hands, roll tablespoons of mix into balls.


Place on a greased tray and flatten with a fork.


Cook for 15 to 20 mins in a mod oven until lightly brown.





Makes about 30


Can be frozen





ADDITIVES


1 cup grated apple


1 cup grated carrot


1 cup grated zucchini


1 cup corn (blended)


1 cup peas(blended)


1cup spinach (chopped)


1 cup banana (mashed)





Or any combination (1 cup) of the above.





Hope this helps, good luck.
Have you tried to soak the pellets in warm water to soften, they make take to this more easily.


Do your birds eat alot of people food?


Hardboil some eggs, cut them in half with the shell on and give to the guys.