Food opinions

Has any heard of Sleek and Sassy Garden Conure Parrot Food from www.myparrotfood.com? Wondering how good the quality is. I am also looking into Drs. Foster and Smith Signature Series® Premium Blend Parrot Food withOmega-3. I am just looking for quality and affordability. Years ago I had sugar gliders and an indoor finch avary and ordered seed, and supplies online and was quite happy but I cannot for the life of me remember where I ordered from. Drs. Foster and Smith actually looks more appealing to me as a human, I also see what looks as included pellets in it and a smaller ratio of sunflower seeds than what the bird store sold me, as I do know those are very high in fat and need to be fed in ration. Lol! But then I do also give Oliver dehydrated fruits and veggies, which I am having a hard time finding similar to what I have online. I guess, my REAL issue is I want to include all vitamins and minerals, and contents, nuts, veggies, fruits, pellets, so he is not surviving on sunflower, which he seems to do now for the most part. He picks out the sunflowers and throws much others onto the floor of the cage. Although on a second note, he is only just 4 months old, September 20, so maybe he needs this high fat content?
Any input would be great. As many of you I too have invested a great deal of time and money into Oliver and want to give him the best.

Dr fosters had more sunflower seed than I wanted in it and none of my birds were fond of it. Sassy is what my blue crown was on when I got her and it doesn't seem bad from what I could tell. But I didn't get any more of it. I generally do Volkman conure seed outside they cage, which does have little pellets and such in it and all my birds love it. In the cage I leave roudybush pellets to free feed on. once a day I do a bowl of chopped fruit/veggies/grains. If at dinner I'm eating bird friendly foods I make up a plate of that as well.

I think a nice variety is your best bet. I've used several seed mixtures and pellets. There are lots of decent seed mixes-volkman, goldenfeast-higgins-healthy select-dr harveys and then pellets I've stuck mostly with harrisons and roudybush. I've tried zupreem and goldenfeast and it wasn't well loved, except for our Blue crown who did like the goldenfeast pellets ok. My gcc loves the lafaebers tropical seed ball things too.

I think the biggest healthy addition however is a wide variety of fresh veggies and then some fruit, grains, legumes ect.

Sunflower seeds aren't as bad as their rep, they have lots of great nutrients, but you still don't want that to be the only thing Oliver eats from his seed mix.

I look for human-grade and organic ingredients, no sulfur, little to no preservatives, no vitamin coating on seeds (this doesn't get ingested and allows for faster bacterial growth). You can also shine a blacklight on the seed bag to check for spoilage.

It's not too hard to make your own seed mix if you can't find one that fits your needs. Canary seed, chia, flax, hemp, milkthistle, sesame - protects liver and high in Omega-3s, you can really make a powerhouse meal. IMO better than anything you can buy premade. Give with fresh veggies or sprouts, and you will be feeding your birds way better than most.

Stay away from safflower as a sunflower alternative. I used to think it was slightly better (both are high fat), until I learned at a vet lecture that when studied, fed exclusively the only seed that killed cockatiels was safflower! Of course a little doesn't hurt, but many mixes that forego sunflower really load up on the safflowers. And naturally, birds like to pick out only the stuff you don't want them to.