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Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia
Posted by LindaC in OK on 2/02/05

Not sure what part of 'all the foods imagineable' could be mistaken.
Romaine lettuce, broccoli, kale, zuchinni, belle pepper, and on and
on along with seed, pellets and millet spray is abundance weaning.

I didn't say seed only. I said pelleted base diet is not healthy as
it leads to kidney disease. The more fresh foods the better for a
healthy happy bird.

On 2/02/05, Leslie wrote:
> On 2/02/05, LindaC in OK wrote:
>> Abundance weaned is better yet with this being all the foods
>> imagineable. I can't understand others not doing this.
>>
>> Hope you find your baby.
>
> Maybe we have a difference definition of "abundance weaned".. I was
> taught that abundance weaning meant you hand-fed until they refused
> to take it anymore, providing foods nearby that they slowly began
> to eat more and more of until they refused the handfeeding. I won't
> use your type of abundance weaning and provide seed as a sole diet.
> Quakers are prone to fatty liver disease and seeds are very fatty.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 1/30/05, by Leslie.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/01/05, by LindaC in OK.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/01/05, by Leslie.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/02/05, by LindaC in OK.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/02/05, by Leslie.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/02/05, by LindaC in OK.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/04/05, by larry.
• Re: Wanted: Green Quaker baby in Virginia, 2/04/05, by larry.