- Hey everyone!
Jamieleigh here, from "BirdTricks,"
and today's video is about how birds are interested
in what you are interested in,
and how to use this to your advantage.
Featuring my latest project bird,
a White-Bellied Caique named, Widget.
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So for starters, I took off for the weekend.
I know,
what is happening?
On my very first girls trip with one of my girlfriends
and it was so much fun.
So I was gone for the weekend.
Which was a total of four days because of travel days.
So Dave was actually taking care of Widget.
Luckily, this is what happened right before I left.
So now that I've consistently had Widget
on that mixture you guys saw,
I've been putting her pellets in a separate dish like this.
And these were all whole pellets and this is what she did.
And she's been eating really consistently.
And her weight is up over 150.
She's about 151, 152 now.
And this makes me really happy,
because this shows that she can eat the pellets separately
from the fresh food.
Which now, I will be doing from now on.
So super exciting.
Now, Dave and Capri did an awesome job with Widget.
- Come here.
(clicker clicks)
Widget.
(clicker clicks)
Good job.
Flip.
(clicker clicks)
Good job.
- And it really solidified her full diet conversion
over to pellets.
Which was something that we had kind of backtracked on.
If you follow her journey more closely over on Patreon.
Pellets were something that I was really working towards.
So being able to serve pellet separately
from her fresh food is a really, really big deal for me
and kind of like an awesome triumph to get to.
Now, I want to show what I do with all project birds
for having them successfully do diet conversion.
So to have them be successful in their diet conversion.
This is what I do.
I use the fact that birds are naturally curious,
that they explore what their beaks
and that they want to be involved
in what I or you are involved in.
And so one of those things is
making my seasonal feeding system.
I make this with the bird involved
and it's something that I repeat
over and over and over again on all of my consultations.
Any time you guys get my seasonal feeding system recipe.
And you're so excited about it
I'm like, OK, wait, hold on.
Before you make it, plan it out
and make it with your bird present.
That way your bird understands,
this is a head of cauliflower.
This is a head of cauliflower
chopped into pieces and chunks.
This is a head of cauliflower,
chopped into pieces and chunks
now put in the food processor.
So that they understand that in that many shapes
and varieties, that's still cauliflower.
It's still edible.
It's something they can eat
and play with and taste and all the things.
So they go from being able to just totally destroy
a huge head of cauliflower,
to being able to hold a chunk in their foot,
to being able to taste the tiny little pieces
of cauliflower on things.
It's just something that's really fun
to get them involved in.
They get to see the food in its entirety
and just go walk around and get into stuff.
Yes, they're going to make the process longer
and it's already a long process,
but it's completely worthwhile
because you want to use the fact that your bird
is naturally curious and interested in things
that you are interested in,
to your advantage, especially with diet conversion.
So I personally feel like it's a very important thing
to make the seasonal feeding system with your bird involved
and present and just letting them explore.
You don't have to put any pressure on it.
You don't have to force
their face into any of the food.
Just having them be allowed to have the room
to check out everything is really what is necessary here.
So as you can see, Widget was very, very helpful
for me in making a recent seasonal feeding system batch.
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For those of you looking to get your bird
onto a healthier diet, please check out my website.
I will leave a link in the description is BirdTricks.com
and you can check out my natural feeding system.
It is a seasonal feeding system that changes
with the seasons, which is awesome
because you get to work with what is naturally
in season at your grocery store.
But also it gives the bird,
the variety and the balance that it needs
throughout an entire year.
So hopefully at that annual wellness exam,
they're coming in awesome
because of this nutrition that you've offered them,
that offers that balanced to your own nutrition.
So I highly recommend if you're interested
in any of my recipes,
getting over and getting that seasonal feeding system.
Take photos, take videos, submit it, tag me.
I love to see your posts on social media,
every time you guys are making a batch.
Show me how you store it
because everybody does that a little bit differently.
And I can't wait to see what you do with the recipe.
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