Change in Behavior - Less "Loving"

[Mother of Chaos]

Mine go crazy over moist crickets in a can, I call “chick chiiiicks!” They come runnin. That’s how I get them in the coop when I have to leave in the afternoon for work. They also love grapes, and two of the three like blueberries.

Mine too, especially on the moist canned crickets! I can't even bear to look in the can, with all the random body parts clinging to the sides.

Same for grapes and blueberries, although the grapes seem a bit tart. They'll chase around the one with the grape, steal it, and keep it in their mouth until the sour starts, then they get confused.

The one dead-certain treat that we use for collecting them and getting them to go where we want them is Trader Joe's Raw Sliced Almonds. Ingredients: Almonds, lol. They don't need refrigeration, so we can keep them handy in the steel feed can. Five stars, would recommend.

 

[KnARanch]

Mine too, especially on the moist canned crickets! I can't even bear to look in the can, with all the random body parts clinging to the sides.

Same for grapes and blueberries, although the grapes seem a bit tart. They'll chase around the one with the grape, steal it, and keep it in their mouth until the sour starts, then they get confused.

The one dead-certain treat that we use for collecting them and getting them to go where we want them is Trade Joe's Raw Sliced Almonds. Ingredients: Almonds, lol. They don't need refrigeration, so we can keep them handy in the steel feed can. Five stars, would recommend.
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Raw cricket parts NOPE Almonds I've got 3 pounds (Hubby got on a cooking kick last year about a lot!)

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Raw cricket parts NOPE Almonds I've got 3 pounds (Hubby got on a cooking kick last year about a lot!)

If they're raw and unsalted (umm, not the crickets), give them a try! Decent source of protein, although with the usual fat. Fine for an occasional treat, though.

 

[KnARanch]

If they're raw and unsalted (umm, not the crickets), give them a try! Decent source of protein, although with the usual fat. Fine for an occasional treat, though.

Raw, unsalted cricket parts! Us humans are missing out on some delightful foods!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Raw, unsalted cricket parts! Us humans are missing out on some delightful foods!

nom nom nom

 

[atomic]

Hmm I’ll have to get some almonds, I have whole ones as they are my African greys favorite!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Hmm I’ll have to get some almonds, I have whole ones as they are my African greys favorite!

The absolutely only drawback to the ones we buy, other than the notoriously undersized Trader Joe's parking lots, is that the sliced ones look a lot like (1) the off-white buttons on the hems of my gardening shorts and (2) fingernails. Ouch.

 

[KnARanch]

Raw, unsalted cricket parts! Us humans are missing out on some delightful foods!

The almonds worked! They lived them for an afternoon snack!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

The almonds worked! They lived them for an afternoon snack!

There you go! You can now get them to do just about anything.

Keep it a rare snack though, or it will lose its magic.

 

[KnARanch]

nom nom nom

BTW, at first I thought your profile pic was a chicken with a cigarette in its mouth