***dryer set on warm/low***
Tag: caring for rescue bird
Getting Ready to Leave the Nest
One last tumble ☺️
Speaking Engagement – July 26, 2018
Ventura County Bird Club Thursday, July 26, 2018 7:00pm “Optimum health for your parrots through diet and observation.” Presented by Andi Schoenbaum, VCBC Member Moose Lodge 10269 Telephone Road Ventura, CA Admission Free Friends, family and well birds welcome! For more info, call (805) 488-6244 or visit http://www.venturacountybirdclub.org
Midwife to a Macaw
Claire laid her first egg tonight! Earlier today: Tonight: Claire was weak following her delivery. After she rested awhile, she ate a piece of banana, two hazelnuts and some diluted chamomile tea before going to sleep. We will likely experience this again within the next 48 hours, as her avian specialist vet advised me. I…
Scrambling for calcium!
Calcium rich foods include eggs, eggshells, broccoli & sesame seeds, all of which are in this scramble. Boil carrots & broccoli. Cut pre-cooked corn from cob. Thoroughly wash egg Heat a pan with just enough olive oil to moisten surface. Break egg & shell in pan. Scramble. Dust with paprika & powdered garlic (garlic is…
Quickie 6 Breakfast
Make ahead: 1. Bake sweet potato & refrigerate 2. Boil fresh corn & refrigerate In morning: 1. Chop sweet potato 2. Cut corn off cob (if cob too large) 3. Wash blueberries 4. Slice banana 5. Top with flax seeds 6. Add 2 small shelled nuts (filberts)
Sweet Potato Scramble
Covering the bases today with protein, calcium & Omega 3’s (egg, chia & walnut), Vitamin A (sweet potato), Vitamin C antioxidant (blueberries), balanced with grains (oats) and nutrient enriched Roudybush Nibbles.
Festive bean sprouts
I’m not sure she will eat these mung bean sprouts, they’re a little bitter. However, I’ve hopefully made them interesting with festive red sweet peppers, carrots, broccoli stems, blueberries, 1/2 hard boiled egg, oats & chia seeds. Paired with some diluted organic chamomile tea and more quiet time. On these high hormonal days, I cool…
Zen Hormone Days
When Claire is screaming, squeaking, wiggling, pacing, fluffing and won’t leave me alone, it means that her hormones are at their height. To help her relax, I give her quiet alone time with chamomile tea, dim the lights and play Pandora’s Ambient music station. The organic chamomile is brewed in her bowl, then diluted 50%…
“What’s in the fridge?” Breakfast
After evading sickness this season, I feel like I may be catching something. Why not? Everyone else is sick. Good thing there’s lots of work to do at home, since I work from home. Maybe I should have what Claire’s having! That Pomegranate is perfectly ripe & sweet. Cooked frozen veggies, hard boiled egg, rolled…
Macaw of Mine 