[Bryan]

I see a lot of you talking about your birds loving hemp seeds and wanted to know how you feed them. Do you give them as a treat or put them in the rotation as part of the diet?

I looked a little on Amazon and most of the organic kinds are dehulled is that what you want or do you get the ones with the hulls? Do they have any CBD in them at all and do you think this might have a calming effect on them?

If you have any links or the name of a brand you like let me know too.. thanks

 

[ozzie3860]

Occasional treat for Jules. Sort of like sunflower seeds and hot pepper seeds.

 

[laracroft]

Parrots hull their seeds before they eat them, so I wouldn't think it would matter either way whether you get the hulled or unhulled. I'd just get whatever was more easily available or cheaper. If you get unhulled it's not extra nutrients or anything, it's just another step for them in eating it.

 

[Bryan]

I figured as much but just wanted to make sure. It seems like most of them I seen were hulled so guess I will just go with that less mess anyway.

 

[David Miller]

Hello, Bryan!


I am glad you brought this subject up!
Bogie loved, and Ricochet loves Hemp seeds. When I first got Bogie and Ricochet, every evening I sat down next to the kitchen counter and hand fed them Hemp seeds, one by one. Bogie's avian vet said this was one of the best things I could do to help get the human/parrotlet bond to glue together! He said it was symbolic of the mother hen feeding the chick, thus creating a healthy bond.



I would get one seed and offer it to them. They would hull it and eat it. I would immediately give them one more...and one more...and one more! They would eat all night if I had the patience!


They both expected me to do this each evening. Until Bogie got sick, I fed him Hemp every night for 10 years!


Recently, Ricochet lost interest a little because he is so active. He has a feed bowl full of hemp seed in his cage and every evening, he goes over after din din and he eats a few seeds.


Hemp is nutritious. You can find Hemp seeds in human Health stores. Humans blend it up and add it to foods, protein shakes, etc. (Just like Flax seeds) . Blended, it smells like old peanut butter. Cooked hulled in Jiffy mix cornbread muffins, Ricochet loves to pick out the hemp as he eats cornbread. You can eat it too! Make Jiffy mix blueberry muffins and add real blueberries or hemp seeds or both! Add chopped almonds or walnuts, etc..


David and Ricochet

 

[laracroft]

I never thought of making bread I could share with Micah! I like that idea.

 

[aqueilo]

We use hemp seeds as a trick treat and special food. He loves them. We buy hemp hearts in bulk from bulk barn (I don't know what the American equivalent of that would be).

 

[lindav]

Hemp seeds sprinkled over Oliver's chopped veggies are a favorite. It's also one way to get Oliver to try something new----sprinkled over a fruit. He is a minimalist with fruit.

 

[aqueilo]

Hemp seeds sprinkled over Oliver's chopped veggies are a favorite. It's also one way to get Oliver to try something new----sprinkled over a fruit. He is a minimalist with fruit.

Yes we do that too! Anything new gets some hemp put on it to entice him to try.

 

[Coco]

I mixes in egg and muffin and Coco really love it.

 

[Bryan]

Well since they are just a snack I will wait till his next toy order he already has a ton of snack things and millet is his go to snack anyway. I will get him some with his next toy order though.

 

[Norman56]

It's awesome to hear that your birds love hemp seeds! I give them to my bird as a treat, but I've heard of people incorporating them into their birds' diets. As for the dehulled vs. hulled seeds, I typically go for the dehulled ones to make it easier for my bird to eat. And as far as I know, hemp seeds don't contain any CBD, so I don't think it would have a calming effect on your birds. Speaking of CBD, have you ever considered giving it to your furry friend? I've been giving CBD oil to my dog, and it's been amazing for her anxiety and arthritis. I actually read some interesting articles about the best CBD oil for dogs on https://www.orlandomagazine.com/best-cbd-oil-for-dogs

 

[ozzie3860]

It's awesome to hear that your birds love hemp seeds! I give them to my bird as a treat, but I've heard of people incorporating them into their birds' diets. As for the dehulled vs. hulled seeds, I typically go for the dehulled ones to make it easier for my bird to eat.

Rio loves seeded.

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