Treats?

How do you find the best treat for your bird? I feel like my baby black capped conure is picky but likes junk food. HE LOVED Cheddar popcorn. I can only find it at the farmers market haha. I made him my home made stove top popped with olive oil and he was not as impressed. He loves Safflower seeds too. I have tried to get him to eat Carrots and broccoli. He kind of likes the carrots but not a fan of the green stuff.

I went to trader joes and got some pine nuts, sun flower seed with shell, dried mango, and dried oranges. yes all for him. He kind of liked the pine nuts and had fun opening the sunflower seeds. He liked the fruit a bit. But what he really loves is the safflower seeds and that cheddar popcorn. I bought him a parrot mix of fruit and he loves the reddish orange fruit blocks I am not sure what it is. I think it is Papaya.

What are some treats your bird likes. what should I try?

I have a black-capped conure too. She is picky, picky. At first, she just opened the sunflower seeds too, but she eventually figured out to eat them. She also likes bread and millet, but sunflower is her current fav. She also likes bing cherries, but they are too messy for training. I make peanut butter protein balls, she LOVES those, but they are also too messy for training.

Good way to find treats is to figure out the first 3-5 things your bird eats out of a seed mix! Millet is usually a favorite of many small birds! You can buy millet sprigs/sprays, too!


Fresh foods are not treats, though....


The orange blocks could be papaya or mango.