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Post by luvsanimals2 on Oct 28, 2013 2:50:37 GMT
I would suggest feeding your birds an 80% diet of veggies/fruit along with 20% of seeds/pellet and only millet as a treat. Here is what I suggest to get your birds on a healthy diet Blend some veggies into a mush and put a bit of seeds in it, it will take them awhile to maybe try it. I remove all other form of food prior to giving them the mush but remember to feed them later. Just keep doing this for a few days (or longer) and see how they are doing. If they are eating the seeds then decrease the seeds and eventually they will eat the veggies by themselves. Fruits should be given maybe once a week. You can also just give them a bit of veggies, thawed and see if they will pick at them. Keep doing this for awhile because they are stubborn. Here is my schedule for feeding, 1. Feed veggies in the morning, I do this before work. 2. Feed veggies around lunch time. 3. Feed seeds/pellet for the night. 4. Add fruits at any time, remember it will take them awhile to try it. This site is good to find out which veggies/fruit can be fed. anything with seeds/pit in it should be removed (besides strawberries/kiwis?) www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/non-toxic-for-birds.html
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Post by Sarah on Oct 28, 2013 3:12:23 GMT
Thanks Luvs! I am stickying this so people will see it at the top of the posts as great advice
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Post by rdkntriker on Oct 31, 2013 1:05:01 GMT
Thanks for this info. I will be doing or trying this on Lucky
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Post by jasmine on Nov 1, 2013 21:10:11 GMT
I hate that my babes hate veggies with a passion......
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Post by Emily on Nov 2, 2013 4:45:55 GMT
Meeeee too, Jasmine! They SOMETIMES eat carrots, but I have to put a layer of carrot over their seeds for them to do it. They never go out of their way to eat a veggie or fruit.
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Post by jasmine on Nov 2, 2013 14:38:12 GMT
Yeah i look at them and just beg for them to eat the veggies and i get these blank stares back. and then they will eat nothing.... and i feel like an evil evil bird parent.
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Post by rdkntriker on Nov 2, 2013 18:04:34 GMT
So far I have not had success either, but I will keep giving her fruit and veggies, I feel after a time she will eat them. I am also switching her to pellets so it is a lot going on.
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Post by sfwyllie on Nov 3, 2013 23:57:16 GMT
I also worry as my budgie will not touch any kind of fruit or vegetable - he is a seed junkie thanks to me. I've tried giving him fruit, including berries, and veges including broccoli, lettuce. Oh, I just remembered he loves pea shoots, but that's it. Sandra
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Post by jasmine on Nov 4, 2013 12:10:06 GMT
Yeah mike is trying so hard to get them to like peaches cause he grew up in Georgia for a long time and loves peaches like an actor love the stage, but thye all give him the sad look that says to us "WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US HUMANS!"
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Post by Pammy on Nov 4, 2013 18:15:39 GMT
My boys do not care for peaches at all. Sad.
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Post by luvsanimals2 on Nov 4, 2013 22:23:47 GMT
try serving it in a differnt way. like instead of shredded, try mashed up
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Post by kennyt on Nov 29, 2013 12:15:22 GMT
thanks luvs im going to try tangerines and or graps seedless ones of course should I chop up the slices so its smaller with some juice to entice with their seed. plan on trying on Tuesday day off so I can watch and see if they partake
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Post by fayth on Jan 21, 2014 14:54:05 GMT
The ONLY fruit or veggies that my Birds like are Apples I always put small cubes in their dish and then really soon its all gone. Today I am going to try shredded carrot. All they eat are seeds
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Post by dianapalmer on Jan 21, 2014 15:13:27 GMT
I give my veggies a mixture of grated fresh carrot, chopped italian parsley, and chopped broccoli tops every afternoon in a plate on the bottom of the cage. They eat it right away. Just lucky, I guess.
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Post by Pammy on Jan 22, 2014 19:52:47 GMT
I have been giving mine thawed mixed frozen vegetables, that is corn, carrots, peas and green beans. I sprinkle a small amount of semi crushed Rice Chex cereal and Cheerios on top of it. They eat it. I'm not sure WHO is eating most of it, but it gets eaten. They always pick out the corn and eat it first.
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