The Enrichment Science Podcast Ep 5

The holiday table can provide wonderful enrichment opportunities—but it can also introduce nutritional and environmental risks. In this Thanksgiving-themed episode, Lara Joseph and Dr. Jason Crean discuss using fresh, whole foods to create healthy dietary enrichment for birds and other animals. They cover produce selection and preparation, washing fruits and vegetables, offering seasonal variety, portion control, and choosing foods with useful fiber, nutrients, textures, and colors. They also address common holiday hazards and explain why sharing processed, sugary, salty, fatty, or otherwise inappropriate human foods is not necessary to include an animal in the celebration. With a little planning, seasonal enrichment can be engaging, nutritious, and safe. Hosted by Lara Joseph and Dr. Jason Crean. The Parrot Project https://www.theanimalbehaviorcenter.com Team Thrive https://biobirdblends.com