Yes, it seems to me that he is thin, I feed him a very good mixture of parrot food, (nuts, dried bananas, and fruits, etc..) but I believe I need to start feeding him fresh food like vegetables and fruits right?
I could not weigh him yet because I am trying to teach him to step up and leave that cage.
Thanks for your assistance! Much appreciated!
I only use dried fruit as a treat not as a main part of the diet.
You can feed a little boiled or scrambled egg,
Cooked oatmeal
A little cooked while grain pasta, if you add some chopped steamed veggies you this most parrots will try the veggies better.
Or you can mix some warmed veggies in fresh cooked rice. ( fresh cooked rice only, stored rice grows stuff that makes bird sick)
Cooked sweet potatoes
Fresh stuff is great! If you need a parrot safe veggies list i can find one for you . My parrots enjoy nearly every leafy green or veggies that are considered safe. Peppers are well liked by most parrots and are good source of Vitamin
A. Diversity is your freind.
If you dont have access to quality pellets. Then a mix of seeds needs to be a part if the diet too, squash and pumpkin seeds, safflower, millit, canary grass seed, oat groups and more.
I have a parrot I'm trying to teach step up to as well, and its a slow progress for us right now. But he still gets out of the cage time daily. I make sure the house is safe and quiet, then I let him out climb out. He is clipped but can fly pretty good and glide to the floor. If he flys off ( rare) I wait gill he lands and calm walk to him, he will step up from the floor and i take him to cage again , or you could offer a hsnd held perch. To get him to go back, he target trained . Target training is great and works pretty quickly. But i aldo put yummiest in the cafe for him to go back. Training can be slow and for me I think they need time out of the cage regardless for their minds and spirits.
