my eckkies normal fruit lunch

[coltfire]

this is a typical fruit lunch for my eckkies, it has in it, dragon fruit, pomagrant, apple (GREEN), mandarin, strawberry, passion fruit, kwiw fruit,crunchy bean mix,khale,papaya,red grapes.rock melon.[Users must be registered and logged in to view attached photos or hyperlinks]

[Honesty]

It looks good enough to eat:) Do they make loads of mess wth all that?

[keepsmiling]

That's a whole lot of fruit. Are ekkies supposed to eat a lot of fruit? I used to give more kinds of fruit than I do now. I was told I was giving too much{too much sugar, not good for them} and to go with more veggies than fruit. Now the softbills are opposite, they are all fruit. That's why I tend to give so much to the parrots, since I have it out on the counter every day cutting it up. Now I give less. It looks lovely though.

[coltfire]

no not much of a mess and what mess they do make just hits the bottom of cage and cleaned up at end of day,as for eating it i often make up the same for me, less the khale.

As for to much fruit they never finish what you see in the pic and there only a little of every thing, they get all there veggies in the morning, ill post a breakfast pic tomorrow. there dinner is normally what i have for dinner, now i must say they have a vet check and bloods every 6 months to a year at most (thats bloods ) every 6 months they have vet check and to this day have always been clear bill of health and the older ones are 13 year old

[Honesty]

Yes, I have always been told that Ekkies have to eat lots of fruit.

Look forward to seeing their breakfast menu:)

[JerseyBella]

Can't get mine to eat much fruit :( she likes green apple, and that's about it. I keep trying all the berries no luck. I'm stubborn though, someday. LOL

[kim]

That's a whole lot of fruit. Are ekkies supposed to eat a lot of fruit? I used to give more kinds of fruit than I do now. I was told I was giving too much{too much sugar, not good for them} and to go with more veggies than fruit. Now the softbills are opposite, they are all fruit. That's why I tend to give so much to the parrots, since I have it out on the counter every day cutting it up. Now I give less. It looks lovely though.

Ekkies are 'technically' fruigivores (fruit eaters), but they're also omnivores which means they can eat a bit of everything. In the wild they eat fruit, nuts & fruit seeds. In captivity our 'human' fruit is very different nutritionally than it is in the wild. Ekkies in captivity do really well on veg, sprout, greens, rich red & orange veg & herb diets. These foods have the same nutritional values that their wild fruits have.

You also need to take into consideration the difference between them in the wild & in captivity. In the wild they are on the move constantly & use up a LOT of energy. In captivity they use barely any at all but we give them foods high in sugars & energy (fruit). They have no means to burn this off.

Hormones can also play a big role when being given high sugar foods like fruit.

[jtbirds]

Eclectus are supposed to have a ton of fruit and I've been told passion fruit is the most similar to there wild fruits they eat and star fruit, but I have not found mine like these options to much:(. Eclectus need a more focused fresh diet then any other parrotdise kept at this current moment I believe, the pellets and seed mixes are not good for them at all... Colt I love your mix and it is close to what my ekkies get but you add much more to the mix it seems:p, as mine have chosen not to like some of what you have added sadly.

I'd also like to add in the wild eclectus eat bugs regularly from wha I have researched, any opinions varying on this?

[birdlady]

Tara loves her fresh fruit...eats like a Piggie! Loves her berries especially blueberries!

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[coltfire]

i will say it again this is only there lunch time food , i would of posted there veggies they have for breakfast but i forgot to get the camera out ill put it on the bench for the morning, they get a lot more veg than fruit along with there nuts, meats , fish, pasta, rice , lentils,and sprouts.