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Parrot Hand-Feeding Formula Recipes

Apricot Pellet Baby Mix

• 1/8 cup pellets
  1 tablespoon Gerber apricot baby food
  
  
  Chop pellets in coffee grinder.
  Mix with warm water.
  
  
  

Baby Formula

• 1 cup powdered sugar-free fruit juice
  1 cup quick-cooking oatmeal (not "instant")
  1 tablespoon corn oil
  1/2 cup raw wheat germ
  2 cups sunflower meal (or raw hulled sunflowers kernels, grinded in blender)
  2 slices very dry whole wheat bread
  5 cups water
  
  
  Mix oatmeal, corn oil, wheat germ and water.
  Cook on stove for 5 minutes.
  Remove from stove.
  Add one 4 1/2 ounce jar of baby veggies (peas, carrots, spinach)
  Grind sunflower meal/kernels and bread in blender.
  Mix all ingredients together.
  
  
  

Formula Mix

• 2 parts Roudybush hand feeding formula
  3 parts Exact hand feeding formula
  1 part Gerber baby food
  water to desired consistency
  
  
  Mix ingredients.
  
  

Hand-Feeding Forumla

• 1 cup all natural apple sauce
  1 quart All natural apple juice
  1/2 tube Nutrical (high calorie supplement for cats and dogs)
  2 jars each of Gerber baby food (spinach, garden vegetable, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans)
  3 tablespoons Jif low sodium peanut butter
  4 cups Kaytee Handfeeding formula
  4 cups Water
  
  
  Mix Kaytee formula, water, juice, applesauce, babyfood.
  Stir until powder completely blended.
  Add peanut butter and Nutrical.
  Microwave on high for 8 minutes.
  Stir then microwave again for 8 minutes.
  Stir then microwave again for 8 minutes.
  Divide in to 1 cup servings and freeze in containers.
  Thaw: microwave 4 minutes, stir, heat 25 seconds or until warm.
  Food will last in refrigerator for 2 days.
  
  
  

Nestling/Rearing Food

• 1 cup dry Kaytee hand rearing food
  4 cups Gerber mixed baby cereal
  powdered bird vitamins/per directions
  
  
  Store in airtight container.
  When ready to use:
  Finely shred 1 cup of hard boiled egg.
  Mix 1/2 cup of ingredients with 1 cup egg.
  
  
  

Oatmeal Mix

• 1 hardboiled egg (no shell)
  1 jar Gerber mixed vegetables
  1 part instant oatmeal
  1 part monkey chow
  1/2 banana
  avian vitamins
  water for desired consistency
  
  
  Mix ingredients in blender.
  Store in refrigerator.
  
  
  

Veggie Peanut Butter Forumla

• 1 jar Gerber vegetables
  1 tablespoon peanut butter
  1/4 cup Gerber high protein cereal
  1/4 cup monkey chow
  water for desired consistency
  
  
  Mix ingredients in blender.
  Store in refrigerator.
  
  
  

Parrot Food Simple healthy bird food recipes for your parrot. Order parrot food online: Beak Appetit, Roudybush, Harrisons, Goldenfeast, bulk & more... Disclaimer Disclaimer: ParrotRecipes.com does not guarantee or endorse any recipe or product listed on this site. If you have questions or concerns about the recipes, ingredients, or nutritional requirements of a pet, contact a licensed avian veterinarian. Please understand that you are solely responsible for the use of any information given on this site and use of any information will be at your own risk. Remember - parrots need a variety of foods and have specific vitamin and mineral requirements which need to be met. It is important to give them a well-rounded diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, seed, and pellets. Treats should be just that: treats. Here is a list of some non-bird-safe items to AVOID: teflon/non-stick cookware lead (in cages or toys) brass (in cages or toys) mite protectors sand perches grit/gravel tobacco and food items: canned veggies, non-organic fruits & veggies, avocados, eggplant, rhubarb, potato leaves, tomato leaves, bean plant leaves, apple seeds, alcohol, coffee, tea, chocolate, apricot seeds, cherrie seeds, peach seeds, pear seeds, plum seeds, avocado pits, peanuts