diet

Hello Everyone, I have recently adopted a Red Lored Amazon who is in her 20's and she has always been on a seed diet so I am trying to convert her to Harrisons pellets and was wondering what the best way to convert her diet is. She hates anything new and has anger problems when I try and...

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...

Okay guys, I need some help. I'm trying to find some seed for my fids and maybe I'm just being too picky, but I'm really having trouble finding stuff that checks all the boxes. I need two different mixes probably, since I have big guys and the littles. I have no problem buying two different...

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...

So my little sister got a couple of budgies a few months back and ive been trying to help her take care of them better (shes nine and their mom doesnt really know much about their care.) so ive been researching and switched their diet from only seeds to about 10% seeds and 90% pellets. (They...

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...

I chatted with a small bird breeder yesterday who used to hand-raise and handfeed Budgies. She hasn't bred them in awhile, but she did send me some links to articles she wrote about Budgies. I have Lovebirds, but recently I have taken in the two Budgies my friend inherited from someone else. I...

Some of you have already heard about my new addition to the family, a Green Cheek Conure named Bongo. :gcc: My question: How many sunflower seeds do you think I should I limit her to, daily? Is there a safe number, or weight? Brief background pertaining to my question below: -She's adopted...

Hello everyone! A little backstory; We rescued Max from a family who bought him on whim and could not handle him at all - he was kept in his cage 24/7 and the cage was the size OF him. They probably hit him as well because he hates hands + guys a lot. They fed him tomotoes ONLY. You can only...

Hi , I feed my parrots with nuts, fruits and pellets (versela laga,psitaccus). But I know the palm nuts is very helpful especially for African Grey. I live in Turkey. We have lots of palm nuts in here. I want to give my parrots palm nuts like picture. Is this any problems for my parrots...

Hello everyone! So a few days ago I made a post about me adopting a new three-year-old sun conure. I decided to name her Marlo! So Marlo and I have become best friends. Inseparable haha. I’d like to think that her diet is okay but quiete honestly, this has been harder than I thought. So what I...

Hey everyone :-) I’ve had my four budgies for over two years now and they’re all healthy and happy. I do have a question regarding their diet though. So this is what I feed my budgies. In the morning I give them a seed mix with fresh water. After they eat their seeds, they’re then free to fly...

Hey there, After enjoying our green cheek conure for the last few years, we had been looking into adopting something bigger. Friends that manage a parrot hotel gave us the opportunity to adopt a 3yo eclectus named Jos, who's previous owner was moving and sadly couldn't take the bird with him...

I see so many threads on the internet about converting your bird from seed to pellets, or from seeds to fruits and vegetables. But I've never seen threads about birds eating too many pellets? For context, my young Eclectus is moving off mashed vegetables and is in this weird spot where what...

Hello all, I bought a lovely boy black headed caique named Charlie last Monday. So far he has been a delight. I took him to the vet a day after i brought him home and was deemed as a healthy little boy. I weighed him for the first time today, 150g. I was wondering if that is an acceptable...

Decided to mock up a quick Nutritional Analysis for commonly available parrot pellets. Link: http://bit.ly/2CBkGq6 Admittedly the analysis suffered from the amount of nutritional information available from brands. Regardless, feedback is welcome and hope you enjoy.

My Green Cheek Conure Drago almost grabbed a mini Starburst but I took it from him, so that got me thinking if it would be harmful to him if he ate it?

My BCC is currently undergoing a somewhat minor molt; fair amount of pin feathers around the neck and on his head and face. For the most part it appears normal to me, however on the top of his head there is a large featherless spot, and while pin feathers are growing in place, the skin...

So, I know that a well rounded diet of pellets and fresh fruits/vegetables is most important for our feathered babies but my question is... Is there a particular ratio of these nutrients that Quakers are supposed to have on a daily basis? I know with Eclectus, the ratio is no less than 60%...

Hello guys. It's been a little over a week since my last visit here. In that time, I've been trying to get Snowball to eat some pellets, to no avail. I've tried a lot of different things. I've tried mixing it with his seeds (he just shoves it around and continues to only eat seeds), I've tried...