Sammy's Diet

Paul and I have been discussing which type of food is better for Sammy. He loves sunflower seeds, peanuts, safflour seeds..pretty much all the seeds and nuts but they aren't good for him to eat all the time. He also loves rice, corn, oatmeal, fresh sugar snap peas and potatoes among other stuff like that. He doesn't like the pelleted stuff offered in pet stores.

But I also have been making a sprouted diet for him and the canaries. This consists of hulled seeds ......well, here is what is all in that mix.

The 15 sprouting items included in AFD-Micrograin: Triticale, Rice, Millet, Alfalfa, Fenugreek, Buckwheat, Fennel, Flax Seed, Dill Seed, Sesame Seed, Amaranth, Quinoa, Mung Bean, Radish Seed, and Red Clover Seed.

I sprout these for three days and when they are ready, they are soft and very good for him. The makers of this mix say that it is all that is needed in a parrot's diet. Sammy really likes this mix but what I failed to notice until today is that I also have another bag of sprout things that Sammy would probably love more. I thought the two bags were identical but they are not. The second bag contains.....

The 17 sprouting items included in AFD-Psittacine: Hulled Sunflower Seed, Whole Yellow Corn, Whole Oat, Brown Rice, Hi Pro Wheat Berry, Whole Green Pea, Garbanzo, Mung Bean, Buckwheat, Millet, Fenugreek, Pumpkin Seed, Sesame Seed, Quinoa, Radish Seed, Mustard Seed, Red Clover Seed.

THAT'S what we should give him, along with the other mixed in. I just put some of the second bag into the sprouting tower. It'll be ready in 3 days. YUM!! And the canaries can have some too.