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 Post subject: What do you feed your flock?
PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:15 am 
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All of my birds are on RoudyBush pellets except for two of my Budgies.
They're on regular parakeet seed, because that's what they were raised on in the pet store.

What about you guys?



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:17 pm 
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you know switching them to pellets might be better



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My birds eat a wide variety of foods: sprouted seeds/grains, dry seed, vegetables, pellets, nutriberries, whole grain bread and some incidental items. The pellets (Harrisons and Zupreem) are a small part of the diet - probably about 10% - and I'm happy with that. I think some pellets are beneficial but I don't have enough faith in processed foods to make them a huge part of the diet. There's a lot of other nutritious food in their diet so I think the tiels are pretty well covered.



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i know some people feed there birds all veggie, bean, fruit mixture. no seed/pellets.



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A lot depends on what species the bird is and what kind of things they eat in the wild. No seed is OK for birds that don't eat a lot of seed in the wild. But for birds that are primarily seed eaters in the wild (like budgies and cockatiels) a lot of people think it's best to keep some seed in the diet. A lot of eclectus parrots don't do well on pellets and you have to be careful about what you feed them.



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:26 am 
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tielfan wrote:
A lot depends on what species the bird is and what kind of things they eat in the wild. No seed is OK for birds that don't eat a lot of seed in the wild. But for birds that are primarily seed eaters in the wild (like budgies and cockatiels) a lot of people think it's best to keep some seed in the diet. A lot of eclectus parrots don't do well on pellets and you have to be careful about what you feed them.

oh that makes alot of sence i know caiques can get fld if feed seed diet



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I actually keep reminding myself to start switching them over, I've been meaning to for a month now.
I'll start on it tomorrow for sure.
And I also give my flock fresh veggies and fruit in the mornings a few times a week, when we have fresh fruit and stuff.
My Quaker loves it (:



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:41 pm 
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yeah, next time ur on msn i will bug u to switch em.



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I feed the tiels seeds, pellets, veggies (brocholli, kale, cilantro, carrots, peas, corn, green beans, celery), cooked pasta and cooked rice.

the lovebirds dont eat pellets no matter what ive tried, so i do not give much pellets if at all. however they get a wide variety of veggies, pasta, rice, and seed :)



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Here's a technique that works for me sometimes, maybe it would help convince your lovies to eat a few pellets:

Make a habit of feeding all your birds treats that you're holding in your fingers. Once in a while, make a big production of feeding the cockatiels pellets this way while the lovebirds watch. After the lovies have had a chance to get kinda jealous, offer the pellets to them this way. Don't make them so jealous that they decide to take off your finger instead though!

With this technique, at first my tiels would spit the pellets out with a disgusted look on their face. But eventually they started eating them, and now they fight over whose turn it is when I offer pellets this way.



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