amazon is scared of fruits

izmail1215 · Aug 9, 2011

He is scared of fruits like apples Berry's pears etc. I had tried to eat in front of thing he doesn't care i put them in his cage he ignores them and eat around them. I tired to target it to him cause he is stick trained he wouldn't get near it and I also put treats on apples to he can get near it but no luck.

Anything I can do now? I really want him to eat fruits. he eats lettuce and Spanish. he dose not eat seed he eats zupreem pellets.
Thanks for reading.

oled · Aug 9, 2011

Why not mash it, when he like the taste then .....

Pedro · Aug 9, 2011

Seems the problem is your not feeding a variety of fruit & veggies together. I feed my parrots like 3 or 4 veggies & 2 different fruits. Try chopping up into small pieces & make his bowl look colorful.

It's not that your bird is scared of this fruit it's that he doesn't recognise it as food as he hasn't been taught to eat a variety of foods from weaning.

If a parrot is weaned onto all sorts of different foods usually you can feed them just about anything at all.

Lettuce is not good for parrots.

Spiritbird · Aug 9, 2011

You can try putting small pieces of fruits on a skewer and hanging them in the cage. If you dip in citrus juice they will not turn brown.

Auggie's Dad · Aug 9, 2011

Pedro, is lettuce in any way bad?

It's not nutritious (meaning containing many nutrients) for parrots, or for humans - but at least for humans it can be a good addition to a balanced diet.

As long as its not harmful and they enjoy it, I'd say give them variety.

merlinsmom13 · Aug 9, 2011

I've heard that iceberg is bad for them, Merlin will nibble on romain, leaf lettuce. He's not a big lettuce eater, but he gets it anyway.

izmail1215 · Aug 9, 2011

thanks you I will try to chop them in really tiny pieces

kerry · Aug 9, 2011

Iceberg lettuce has very little nutritional content.
Regarding lettuce the darker the color the more nutritionally dense!!

Izmail what is "Spanish" ?
Thanks.

Pedro · Aug 10, 2011

Auggie's Dad said:
Pedro, is lettuce in any way bad?

It's not nutritious (meaning containing many nutrients) for parrots, or for humans - but at least for humans it can be a good addition to a balanced diet.

As long as its not harmful and they enjoy it, I'd say give them variety.

It is supposed to give parrots runny poops as it's about 90% water & yes not nutritious. It's not that it will hurt them at all. I do believe that it's OK to give to overweight Parrots.

Spiritbird · Aug 10, 2011

Romain lettuce is better than the other kinds. Has anyone tried celery. Cricket loves it and plays with it too as a shredding toy. There are many foods that are good for birds that have high water content such as melons and celery.

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