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My Parrot's 12 Christmas Wishes

On the 1st Day of Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd like a Treat Petite  from Gold-en-feast; On the 2nd Day of Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd like 2  Boredom Busters  and a Treat Petite from Gold-en-feast; On the 3rd Day of Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd like 3  Calypso Stackers , 2 Boredom Busters, and Treat Petite from Golden-en-feast; On the 4th Day of Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd like 4  Sleepy Teepees , 3 Calypso Stackers, 2 Boredom Busters, and a Treat Petite from Gold-en-feast; On the 5th Day of Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd like F-i-v-e Blin-ky Balls , 4 Sleepy Teepees, 3 Calypso Stackers, 2 Boredom Busters, and Treat Petite from Gold-en-feast; On the 6th Day of Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd like 6 Polly Pirates , F-i-v-e Blin-ky Balls, 4 Sleepy Teepees, 3 Calypso Stackers, 2 Boredom Busters, and a Treat Petite from Gold-en-feast; On the 7th Day of  Christmas my parrot said to me, I'd l...

Save the Nuts

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If you are a nutty human who lives with a nutty parrot (meaning one who loves its nuts) then knowing how to save a few pennies and keep the nuts fresh and tasty is an important issue. If you have bought nuts for your parrot lately, you already know how expensive they can be.  During the fall and winter season usually beginning in about October, and especially during the Christmas holidays, you can usually find lots of nuts in the shell in local grocery stores.  Often you can even find them on sale during this time.  I like to stock up on the favorites of my birds and keep them on hand throughout the year.   Keeping nuts for a while requires a little simple nut preparation to keep them fresh and yummy for your bird.  Without taking that care, nuts can dry out and become stale and not so tasty.  Then can even become moldy, and even wormy if they are nuts you collected yourself and were not cleaned properly  before storage. Freezing whole nuts in th...