fleming@acsu.buffalo.edu (christine m fleming) (01/18/91)
I saw some of this product _Krazy Korn_ in the store, and in the hopes that my Cockatiel and Parakeets would like something healthy i got "Rainforest Rice Puddin'" and tried it out. (It is kind of easy to deal with too because you just cook the package and then freeze it for later (i used wax paper with a week's portion, and then froze the packets in resealable bags).) Well, the parakeets wouldn't go near the stuff (as usual) but, Rutger (the Cockatiel) LOVES it. He usually HATES bananas, and eats the ones in this mix. It also has corn, green peas, rice, pastaccio nuts, rasins, powdered milk and allspice. I suppose that it could be homemade as well... (Although, with a five dollar bag, two portions a day, he will be eating the stuff well into the Fall, so it isn't that expensive...) Now... does anyone have a way of convincing parakeets that that stuff in the feed bowl is food, and not some weird substance out to get them??? ...:) One down, two to go.... As for the store that i got the food in, well, i don't know if a lot of bird shops are like this one, but, i was so amazed. I've never seen birds in a store that looked happy (i HATE all those Dr. X (and other clone places) that i see, but, can't not go in and see the poor birds that they have... (especially "nice" are the mislabled and mis-fed birds: is it even possible to get lories to eat SEEDS???)...) Well, this one was different. The birds lived out of their cages (for the most part) on a huge jungle gym in the middle of the store. I got to see my first (pardon my spellings...:) Hycynth Macaw, who was a doll. They also had a really spunky Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, two Goffin's (?), a pair of Electus (these were really neat: the male sat sooo still, he didn't look real, and then he would whistle when your back was turned...:), and a bunch of baby Blue Fronts and others... All in all it was quite an interesting visit. Sean and i really liked their African Grey, who was sweet, and a little shy... very gentle, and intelligent. It was really nice to see a store that took care, and loved their birds. Are there any that are similiar to this one that i could visit in the Buffalo area? (This one was near Albany.) ...jones --