Does anyone else have a cockatiel that eats only certain colours?

023casper

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The only vegetable my cockatiel will eat are green ones, so peas or cucumber. I have a feeling she's not all there when it comes to intelligence, haha. Anyone else have this?
 

Mike17

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Alex- Eclectus, Ariel- whiteface, Junior- pied, Custard-lutino, Ziggy- pearl cockatiels, Kermit- Princess parrot, Jade- Plumhead parrot, George- budgie, Coco- Rainbow lorikeet, Corey-Little Corella.
Our cockatiels will eat corn off the cob, as well as apple and occasional kumara, so they don't conform to the "green only" rule:)
 
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Mayden

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Merlin & Charlie (Senegals)
Merlin (senegal) loves red, yellow and peas. Part of the reason he's on Harrissons and not a 'coloured' food, because he'll just pick which colours he likes best otherwise!
 

WannaBeAParrot

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Cody-Blu, female Blue-Crowned Conure, Hatched - (approx) June 1, 2014, in a South Florida tree.

Pritti (Cherry-Head Conure) -- Fly in Peace my beautiful boy. Forever I'll love you.
Like Mayden's Merlin in the previous post, Pritti (Cherry-headed conure) will eat colorful pellet mixes in a color order.

I'm not familiar with proper diets for tiels, but if these are good foods for him Iyou could try giving your tiel a mix of veggies which does not include any green. Like sliced yellow and red peppers, orange sweet potato, one or two inch piece of corn on the cob, carrot, etc.
 

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