Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 You wrote: Hi everyone, I wanted to introduce myself since I just joined this list. I've been 'raw curious' for about a year now. I discovered it when hunting for a better diet for my parrots. At first I dismissed it as being to radical.. vegan? raw? nahhh.. I'd miss too many things I could never do that. Oddly enough I've been moving towards a vegitarian diet over the last few years naturally, nothing I was doing on purpose, just drifting in that direction. I bumped into raw again about three weeks ago and jumped in feet first. I've been eating raw for two weeks now and I love it. I feel like a lone person over here in Kentucky though, so I've been reaching out to others via forums, websites, and now this list. I'm 31 years old and married. Fortunately my husband is of the mind set, " If it makes you happy, go for it " , so I don't have any problems there. My mom is somewhat curious and my father thinks I'm a loon *lol* but is keeping it to himself. I don't have any kids, but I have my four parrots and a canary to keep me busy instead! I also work as a manager at a bank, very interesting job that I do enjoy. Only bad part is that I need to commute an hour into Louisville to get there. It's worth it though! I also do parrot grooming and some behavioral consultation for parrots on weekends. I enjoy reading, computers, Sifi/fantasy roleplaying, and ocassionally sewing. That's me in a nutshell, I look forward to getting to know everyone better and learning more about eating raw. Have a great day! Taevia Hello Taevia, Just wanted to welcome you to the group, and to raw foods. I think it's cool how you have been naturally moving in this direction, rather than " forcing " yourself into it. It was that way with me, too. I had already been vegetarian for many years, then about 5 years ago decided to go vegan. Various health problems led to to the discovery that I was gluten-intolerant, and after eliminating gluten from my diet my health greatly improved. It was through investigating gluten intolerance on the Internet that I came across the raw foods lifestyle. It had never occurred to me before, but when I read about it I was very intrigued. I found myself just naturally wanting to add more and more raw foods to my diet. That was about 4 years ago, and I am now eating about 80-90% raw daily. I love the food I eat! I never feel deprived, in fact I feel sorry for SAD eaters. They don't know what they're missing! That's cool that you have so many parrots. My husband and I have a parrot, a 26-year-old Elinora cockatoo. What kind of parrots do you have? I wish our bird would eat more raw food, but alas, he was hand raised on cooked food, and that's what he prefers. I still always offer him some of whatever I'm eating (except avocados, which can kill a parrot, even in small quantities), and he does sometimes nibble. We also have a cat, which makes for lots of " interesting " situations My cat is actually more afraid of the bird than the other way around! I don't blame him, I've been bitten a few times by that beak, and it sure hurts (and bleeds alot). Nice to meet you, Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Thank you for the welcome Christine! It has been an interesting journey to this point. I never thought I'd go vegetarian, but when I told my mom that she said 'I'm not surprised, your the only kid I knew who would eat all of her veggies and want more'. Huh.. didn't know that. Wish I had remembered that throughout life, might have saved me some problems! I have a blue and gold macaw, a severe macaw, congo african grey, and a red meyers. My guys are all rather young, the oldest is turning six this year, so I'm having alot of luck with turning them to raw. I've done about 90% raw for them over the last week and I'm seeing changes in their behavior. They all have more energy and my two problem children, my severe prefers my husband over me and my grey prefers me over my husband, are behaving better and stepping up with no issues for the non preferred person. May be coincidence as I've been working with them on their problems for a while, but it just seems odd that they both turn around on the same week a few days after I start this. But, no matter what caused it I'm not arguing. And yes, cockatoo bites are the absolute worst of the parrots. I'd much rather be bitten by a macaw any-day! Have a good one! Taevia On Feb 18, 2006, at 9:51 PM, Christine Pelton wrote: > > Hello Taevia, > > Just wanted to welcome you to the group, and to raw foods. I think > it's cool how you have been naturally moving in this direction, rather > than " forcing " yourself into it. It was that way with me, too. I had > already been vegetarian for many years, then about 5 years ago decided > to go vegan. Various health problems led to to the discovery that I > was gluten-intolerant, and after eliminating gluten from my diet my > health greatly improved. It was through investigating gluten > intolerance on the Internet that I came across the raw foods > lifestyle. It had never occurred to me before, but when I read about > it I was very intrigued. I found myself just naturally wanting to add > more and more raw foods to my diet. That was about 4 years ago, and I > am now eating about 80-90% raw daily. I love the food I eat! I never > feel deprived, in fact I feel sorry for SAD eaters. They don't know > what they're missing! > > That's cool that you have so many parrots. My husband and I have a > parrot, a 26-year-old Elinora cockatoo. What kind of parrots do you > have? I wish our bird would eat more raw food, but alas, he was hand > raised on cooked food, and that's what he prefers. I still always > offer him some of whatever I'm eating (except avocados, which can kill > a parrot, even in small quantities), and he does sometimes nibble. We > also have a cat, which makes for lots of " interesting " situations > My cat is actually more afraid of the bird than the other way around! > I don't blame him, I've been bitten a few times by that beak, and it > sure hurts (and bleeds alot). > > Nice to meet you, > > Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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