I have a good friend that has a spunky little quaker with no top beak. She also has a macaw with a seriously deformed beak. I know she uses her Magic Bullet to grind up sprouts and veggies very finely. She uses the Harrison’s Mash, too. They both do quite well. My heart goes out to your conure (I have a nanday) and I hope she is doing well!

The flavor of Nuts for Alfredo is not one that I can get very close to with our standards. Cheese Powder has salt and I don’t like to add salt to a bird’s diet. I thought of perhaps nutritional yeast, like vegetarians use for a cheese flavor substitute, but nutritional yeast can act as an inhibitor to calcium because of the high phosphorus levels. I think spices like celery seed and cilantro will give the mixes flavor and not compromise other nutrients. Look for our two couscous mixes out very soon. They will be made from a whole wheat couscous, so will take a bit longer to cook than the Nuts for Alfredo, but I think birds will appreciate at least the familiarity of the texture. Our ABCs for Birdie might be a good texture for your conure, too! It’s kinda gloppy with tiny grains, too.

Scritches to the little rescue.

We have our couscous mix out for taste testing right now. We are just waiting for reports back to see if birds like it and if the instructions are easy enough. We like to make sure it’s approved by birds other than my own before we release it. Our birds are used to many different kinds of foods and we like to make sure that picky ones will accept it, too. We are just waiting for feedback! Hopefully the couscous mixes will be available in a week!

We were gearing these new mixes for the little birds, but I see the big ones like little grains, to

I have seen that NutsOnline.com has a freeze-dried veggie mix (Simply Organic Mixed Veggies) and some other dried veggies that may be a good substitutes if you mix it with some couscous and oatmeal.