food

Hello there, I have just recently gotten to take home my 5 year old Goffin Cockatoo, who lived with his original owners for 4 years, and then was relinquished back to the pet store he was sold from. I believe he's been on a seed-only diet his entire life. I have successfully transferred him over...

Edit: Everyone is assuming that I am trying to give my budgerigars 100% fruits and veggies. That is not and never will be the case. I am trying to get them to CONSUME fruits and veggies because seed alone can be incredibly unhealthy if consumed constantly- alone. Hi everyone! Recently I have...

I've been watching YouTube videos on ways to create foraging toys for small birds. There are a few solid ideas, but I'd love to hear what you do for your Lovies to encourage them to forage. Ideas I have so far: 1. put treats in paper cups and mash them closed. Then place in bowl where food is...

I'm putting out a request to have a post made by someone with extensive Macaw experience to make a sticky post regarding the proper Macaw diet. As I understand it, and please correct me if I'm wrong; Macaws require a higher fat diet than, say, an Amazon. They get this fat mostly from healthy...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum so please feel free to stop by and say "Hello!" I have two Lovebird sisters who are now 3 y/o. I've had them since they were weaned and even though they are housed together in their flight cage, they love to have my attention and affection. I...

Trouble Taming I've had 4 parakeets each I love very much. I'd take a bullet for them, but the sad thing is, I feel they don't love me back. I clean their cage food, and water every day giving the fruits and vegetables as well everyday! They aren't tamed yet, It's been almost a year. They...

i know that avocado, chocolate, and cilantro are poisonous but what other foods? thanks in advance!

Hey guys, so I am buying a blue parrotlet and I pick him up on Saturday. I am getting everything ready so I have a vision M02 cage and plenty of toys. I just bought a small bag of kaytee bird seed with a blue bag and some roudybush crumble. I know about the risk of pellets with mutations so I...

Hey, I've been wondering about this but couldn't find the answer by myself,so I thought I should ask you guys. So I've been searching the web for which food is toxic for lovebirds,parrotlets in general,and I of course,couldn't find all the food list on the web. I still can't find Melon's...

My birds will only eat seed and only one will take millet. Neither one of them will take anything fresh. I have tried putting the stuff in separate dishes from their seed feed and even in the same dish with their food but they always avoid the treats. They won't take anything from my hand (they...

Hello guys! I was reading something about parrot food, and it mentioned firethorn berries (Pyracantha coccinea to be specific) being a good thing to give to your parrot. However I'm still not sure if they are safe for lovebirds because the text didn't mention them.:confused: Also if they aren't...

In the past few days I've been trying to offer Oliver some fresh fruits and veggies. Other than celery leaves and lettuce, he doesn't eat them at all, and if I hand feed them to him he just throws them away. He loves pellets, seeds, peanuts and corn (and corn tortillas which he soaks in water)...

Hi y'all! Oké, so we have gotten a little situation on our hand. About 4 weeks ago our lovebird couple, Kiwi and Mango, got their first baby. Kiwi had 5 eggs and 2 hatched. Sadly the second baby died within 2 days. They didn't feed him and me and my husband are very inexperienced with baby...

Hi all! I was wondering if you know of any reputable low-fat parrot food that isn't pellets. I've found something called Crazy Corn, but I can't tell how good it is as a pellet replacement. Any advice for someone who can't make all their bird food by hand? Thanks! :green:

Hi. My name is Toni. My conures just had a clutch of eggs. I have hand reared babies but this time i am letting her do it herself. I just want to make sure i am giving her the proper nutrients to help her babies grow. What are the best food to feed my conures right now? Any food i ahould...

So I'm kind of really stressing out. I';m feeding Timneh Nutri Berries. I have a couple of different kinds. I bought a big tub of the parrot food does this last awhile should I refrigerate for longevity? Safflower Gold mix, and Kaytee Fiesta blend parrot food. I mix them together and put...

My parrotlet died last week and I won't be getting another bird, as much as I want to. I have a floor stand cage (on wheels) suitable for parrotlet, lovebird, or parakeets. I also have a small travel cage for vet visits - accessories for the cage like perches (natural wood branch) and cups -...

It always amuses me to see a flavoursome beak! Seeing jenphillys Ivory (winner of August's POTM competition) makes me smile when I login! :D I thought it would be interesting to know what everyones smothering their beaks with, and also funny to see it! So I was wondering if you guys would...

Hello, Would you guys recommend multi vitamins? After doing some Internet re-search, a lot of people say its not smart to add Multi Vitamins to water, etc, and because of that, i am unsure if this should be wise to do, or not. Abby eats a lot of Carrot / Peach / Apple / (some seeds and some...

So, Linus is beyond messy, Like 50% of his food ends up on the floor messy. I have to sweep more than 3 times a day and it's getting old. I thought about wraping mosquito net around the cage, but I'd be scared he would get his toes stuck. I also thought about cutting acrylic to fit around his...