what do you feed your senegal with?

[GreenWing]

Roudybush

I didn't know about this... thanks Michael! I will be getting some

[Wayne361]

Were i am from choices are limited, and what is available is mostly cheap varieties. I use Pretty Bird Natural Gold. Now I know that Pretty Bird is NOT an expensive brand but I have been told/read that their Natural Gold is their "high end" product. Ingredients dont throw up any red flags and no colours added. Oscar takes to them readily and I only feed about 25 percent of his diet with pellets. The rest consists of fresh veggies and limited fruits. Almost forgot I use seeds (sunflower, saflower) for training purposes solely.
When I got Oscar he was fed strictly a seed/pellet diet and took some time to balance it out but I feel he is fed a balanced diet at the moment.

Wayne

[alliethebirdnerd]

both my guys get pretty bird pellet, i used to get zupreem and harrisons but to be honest, neither of them are big "bird food" eaters, i really only leave pellet in there as a back up and they pick at it. i mix in some dried fruit and nuts, and they always get fresh fruit and veggies daily and thats what they really eat the most, their favorites being mangoes, apples, oranges, broccoli, and peppers. i had the advantage of getting the both of them very young, so neither of them ever got seed. my avian vet always steers me towards more natural foods and says seeds are a no-no. plus, i think they would rather eat real food instead of pellet. i make sure they both get a balanced diet with plenty of protein, fruits & veggies, vitamins, etc. pellets are always better than seed because they are not high in fat but be weary of dyes. like i said though, i only put pellet in there as a back up because thats what gets eaten last.

[Nir]

http://trainedparrot.com/index.php?bid=33&article=Taking+Truman+to+Bird+Store+and+25lb+Bag+of+Pellets

http://www.bulkbirdfood.com/mm5/merchan ... =Roudybush

I use medium because my Cape and Senegal share them but for strictly a Senegal you can go with small and have less waste. I just got a new 25lb bag and froze all of it. Takes an entire shelf of freezer space. Last my two birds about 6-9 months with relatively efficient feeding and at least 50% making it inside of them. They charge about $10 shipping so $45 will last you over a year! That's about $4 a month on bird food, not bad huh? The rest you can share from your own food like fruits, veggies, and grains. I'd also get a seed mix for treats but a $15 retail size bag will last years strictly as treats.

I freeze the pellets in a bunch of gallon sized zip lock bags and just pull a bag as needed and use it for an entire month while storing it in a cooler near by bird cages.

so small for sennies ? michael, can you recommend a seed mix for treat or whatever else i can use for treats for a sennie. A link would be great.