Comments on: Why parrots eating chicken isn’t cannibalism

By: Nellie The Parrot

Nellie The Parrot — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:29:47 +0000

Plus, hasn’t anyone ever noticed that hawks, owls falcons and eagles eat other birds like they’re going out of style… it’s their natural food source…

By: daniel chui

daniel chui — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:32:23 +0000

This post made my morning! My African grey parrot is, as we speak, eating some chicken bone marrow and having a blast! Your way of thinking really put things in perspective for me.

Meddy is currently having the equivalent of a bird filet mignon.

- Daniel Chui

By: Laurie Feldman

Laurie Feldman — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:07:11 +0000

Thanks so much for this…..also one of my pet peeves. You-You loves chicken and craved it extensively especially as a youngster…. my friends are horrified….I’ve tried to explain….

By: Mk

Mk — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:50:25 +0000

Sumo likes a little chicken every now and then and so do I

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:19:46 +0000

When I first started working with feral chickens, I used “chicken”-flavored dry cat food. They loved it. Once I gave them the remains of a drumstick, and the ensuing feeding frenzy would make Jaws look tame.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that the whole notion of “cannibalism” must be a human construct. “Food” is just so damned weird anyway. . . .

By: rebecca

rebecca — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:27:51 +0000

Barb– I could talk about how cat poo has a high protein content and yadadada, but you’ve already got the training solution covered.

Cat poo breath is the worst though. Blahhhh!

By: Barbara Heidenreich

Barbara Heidenreich — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:31:52 +0000

Now you must explain why my dog eats cat poo like they are brownies : )

By: JOJO

JOJO — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:20:18 +0000

LOL… good points. so glad too since we all had a nice chicken sandwich today.

but i didn’t know that there was a major difference. i just didn’t care, its protein for them. and they love it.

gootta go look up these things now. what are ostriches? ducks? penguins? argh!!

By: rebecca

rebecca — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:53:49 +0000

I feed my parrots chicken bones as well. In fact, in the first manuscript of A Parrot for Life, I wrote about it as good enrichment. However, I took it out of the book after several people gave me documented cases of parrots with crops impacted by chicken bones.

I still give my birds chicken bones (and they like the tips of crab legs too) but I always warn people that crop impaction is a possibility if your bird actually EAT the bone and not just the marrow.

Something to think about and to pass on. I don’t agree with fear mongering, but it doesn’t hurt to share useful and documentable info.

Thanks for reading!!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:47:15 +0000

I let my Jazz chew on chicken bones all the time. She liked busting them all up and being
she does’t play with toys very much it’s a great way for her beak to get a much needed
work out.
I always joke and say she’s eating her
Aunt Herriot or whatever when she’s chewing
on a chicken bone : )