Many people are concerned with their parrot’s diets and also with the cost of food. And all-organic, human-grade mix can be expensive. In 3 years we have not raised our prices, even though the cost of bringing these mixes to you have increased on our side. We continually try to find better prices, better nutrition and shipping options to keep the cost down. We experiment with packaging, consolidate labels, and don’t have high marketing costs. We grow mostly by word of mouth, and by how much parrots enjoy the addition of our food to their diets.
Our cook mixes are currently very popular. You can really get a good amount of organic, human-grade food for the price. We have 5 flavors: Eat Your Veggies (with vegetables and wholesome grains), Wild West (vegetables with peppers, grains and brown rice), Lentil Stew (great-smelling cumin with lentils, mung beans, grains and brown rice), Fall Medley (with grains and oatmeal, apples, raisins and blueberries), and Sweet and Tasty (bananas, mango, grains and brown rice). The complete list of ingredients is on our store site. The mixes cook up to have great, appealing texture, not mushy like some other cook mixes. It’s easy to make the whole batch or 1/2 batch and put in ice cube trays and freeze for later.
I have a picky African grey (Cosmo, the Intimidator, and called so for a good reason) that doesn’t like to eat his fresh veggies. I chop up a variety of fresh vegetables in the food processor and add it fresh to a warmed cube of cooked mix. I add sprouts to this also. When food is warm, Cosmo is more likely to eat it. My other birds like it this way, too (as they do whatever Cosmo does, because he’s the king bird). I only let them have this food in their cage for a maximum of 2 hours. When I feed it this way, my birds get the added nutritional boost of fresh veggies and sprouts. I watch how much I give them, because they would eat all the brown rice out of it if there was enough to fill up on. My flock of 8 splits 3 cubes of cooked mix. I don’t have macaws or toos, or I think I would be going through cubes of food much faster! When I birdsit my friend’s piggy macaw, she gets a whole cube to herself.
Our cook mixes come in two sizes. We created the large size first and my friend that has little tiels told me that was way too much, so we introduced the “half-size”. They are easy to make with the simple package instructions. If you ever have any questions, you can always post here and I will answer!
