Hi all,
My 2 rescue ekkies (16yo female and 3yo male) came from a primarily 100% seed diet plus the occasional human unhealthy food. They basically had unlimited supply of seed in their cage. Urgh. I’m working hard on transitioning safely but it’s so hard at times.
What’s worse? Pure seed or nutriberries when working on converting an ekkie? I’ve been working with them for a month to convert to chop but they don’t really eat much or any some days. I throw most of it away.
What I do now is that Basically They get fresh chop in morning 2-3 nutriberries in afternoon (instead of pure seeds) and small piece of homemade birdie bread at dinner time.
Is this a good way to go? Or should I be mixing some seeds in the chop to get them more interested in sampling it? Or forgo the nutriberries?
Only a month in but they do not eat much the veg/fruit chop but they pick at it until lunch. Sometimes. Both are still maintaining the same weight though pretty sure they are overweight slightly from their past diet.
He is 453g and she is 475g but the female looks way shorter in size. He is more broad/wide and taller than her. Unsure the subspecies
My 2 rescue ekkies (16yo female and 3yo male) came from a primarily 100% seed diet plus the occasional human unhealthy food. They basically had unlimited supply of seed in their cage. Urgh. I’m working hard on transitioning safely but it’s so hard at times.
What’s worse? Pure seed or nutriberries when working on converting an ekkie? I’ve been working with them for a month to convert to chop but they don’t really eat much or any some days. I throw most of it away.
What I do now is that Basically They get fresh chop in morning 2-3 nutriberries in afternoon (instead of pure seeds) and small piece of homemade birdie bread at dinner time.
Is this a good way to go? Or should I be mixing some seeds in the chop to get them more interested in sampling it? Or forgo the nutriberries?
Only a month in but they do not eat much the veg/fruit chop but they pick at it until lunch. Sometimes. Both are still maintaining the same weight though pretty sure they are overweight slightly from their past diet.
He is 453g and she is 475g but the female looks way shorter in size. He is more broad/wide and taller than her. Unsure the subspecies