stephend
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- Jun 7, 2011
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- Parrots
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Acorn - a Yellow Sided Green Cheek Conure;
Bob - a Cockatiel;
Cricket - an American Budgie
Despite how ineffective the vets advice sounded I seperated Bob's pellets and seeds. Once I did that he started eating pellets.
Because that worked I decided to try the samething with his veggies. The way Bob's cage was set up I had the veggies facing the wall. He ignored them. Because the seed and vegie bowls are the same I decided to trick Bob and switched the locations of the seeds and veggies one morning. When I checked back he had payed a little attention to the veggies and none to the seeds. That evening he still hadn't touched his seeds so I picked him up and put him on the seed bowl's perch. An hour later he was eating pellets instead of seeds (very unusual). I then rearranged his cage a little so that the seeds and veggies could be placed together. He is now eating a little from the veggies and eats his seeds.
I would reccomend against wall facing bowls.
Because that worked I decided to try the samething with his veggies. The way Bob's cage was set up I had the veggies facing the wall. He ignored them. Because the seed and vegie bowls are the same I decided to trick Bob and switched the locations of the seeds and veggies one morning. When I checked back he had payed a little attention to the veggies and none to the seeds. That evening he still hadn't touched his seeds so I picked him up and put him on the seed bowl's perch. An hour later he was eating pellets instead of seeds (very unusual). I then rearranged his cage a little so that the seeds and veggies could be placed together. He is now eating a little from the veggies and eats his seeds.
I would reccomend against wall facing bowls.