Fruit and Vegetable Problems

[Gohan]

My s are not eating any kind of vegetables or fruits I bought them two weeks ago they were on a very poor diet of seeds only, in the pet shop. I tried to feed them every kind of fruit and vegetable but they just don't eat them or even touch them. For now I am giving them a mix of seeds and dried fruits which I brought from the same shop and again they are not even eating the dried fruit help me please.

[spiral71]

It takes a while for the birds to get used to new foods, keep trying eventually they wil eat it. They like fresh brocollii. rAw carrot and kayle, romaine lettuce is also ok, try giving them a slice if freh raw apple alternatively, if you want you could try offering them soaked or sprouted seeds.

But remember This is verry imortant soaked and spouted seeds can go bad quicky to aviod fungus you need to rinse any sprouts with oganic apple sider viniger or C.S,E. WHICH IS GRAPE FRUIT SEED EXTRACT, it helps kill bateria on seed when you rince the seeds.

You sould be able to get apple cider vinager or C.S,E from health food shops.
Sprouted seeds beens or legumes must be rinsed thoroughly before you feed them store them in the fridge to keep them fresh do not keep them longer than three days as they go bad quicky!

Hope this helps spiral71

There is also a prepacaged food called beapher exravital that contains mainy different ingredients that you may find helps get your bugies to try diffent things.

[Pajarita]

Dried fruits are not good for parrots. They don't have enough moisture, they have too much sugar and are treated with sulfites which are not good for them.

Cook grains like wheat, barley, brown rice, oats and mix them with thawed frozen veggies like corn, peas, diced carrots, chopped broccoli and sprinkle a bit of seeds on top of it. Take the seeds out of the cage after they eat dinner and put this food in the cage, on a white paper plate, at the bottom of the cage, in the morning. Then, in the evening, at sunset, give them a portion of seeds only big enough to fill up their crop.

It takes time for parrots to eat new foods but I've never had a single problem transitioning any seed junkie to the cooked grain dish.

[laducockatiel]

Kale works great for Budgies. They like it and it helps feather health and growth.