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What kind of fruits and vegetables are safe for a green cheeked conure?

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I know that they like fruits and vegetables as well as there regular food but I don't want to give him anything that is not good for him, he came up and took a bite out of my sandwhich the other day(only the bread), and now everytime I am eating something he watches me and seems like he wants whatever I have but I don't want to give him something unsafe. I know he likes apples but that is all that I have tried for fear of giving him something unhealthy. Any advice would be appreciated.

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  1. Just about any type of Fruit and Veggies you eat.

    Please stay away form Avocados and Chocolate.  

    They love fruits, (especially bananas and raisins), and seeds such as sunflower, safflower and hemp seeds; all things found in their natural environments. Green-cheeked Conures also love table food; they are flock animals and love to eat with their family. They can eat potatoes, carrots, corn, well cooked meat, bread, pasta, plain popcorn, and even eggs. It is advised not to feed them oil seeds such as sunflower seeds because they are addictive and do not contain the proper nutrition. Sunflower seeds and peanuts contain high amounts of fat. While this is helpful for birds in the wild, a clipped and/or caged bird can develop health problems from eating too much fat. A bird-pellet diet with a calcium supplement will give them the proper nutrition, but should not be used exclusively due to the presence of trace chemical additives and bonding agents not found in the conure's natural habitat.  A good rule of thumb is 30% pellet diet, 10% seeds, and the rest being fresh foods- fruits, vegetables, or cooked food. Some conures with health problems related to the kidneys should not be fed pellets. Green-cheeked conures can live to 30 years with proper care, though the average lifespan is typically 10 years due to owner neglect


  2. grapes,avacadow,guava,spinich,bannana,ca... grainbread onley small amounts,also lettuce hope this helped bye.

  3. Fruits -

    apple[not the seed tho, for they are poisonus], grape, guava, kiwi fruit, mango, melon, nectarine, orange, peach, pear, pomegranate, plum, strawberry, tangerine, watermelon

    Vegetables -

    bok choy, broccoli, carrot (chopped or grated), celery, chard, lettuce (but small amounts of lettuce and not too often as not a lot of goodness), peas, silverbeet, spinach, sweetcorn, watercress, zucchini

    Hope that helped, and remember to wash your fruit and veggies before feeding!

    =]

    Goodluck!

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