Hi,
I got my male cockatiel, Pikachu, just a little over a week ago now. I feed him the Hagen premium bird seed mix sold on Amazon, as that’s the same brand of seed mix his previous owner used to feed him and I didn’t want to change it up too much in case he doesn’t eat anything. This seed mix has sunflower seeds, legumes, and fruits in it. Problem is, he will only pick out the sunflower seeds and eat those but not touch anything else. I don’t want to feed him too much sunflower seeds because I know they’re fatty but I’m afraid if I stop giving him sunflower seeds he will not eat anything else and die. He is afraid of my hands, I tried offering food in my palm before but he panics and goes to the corner of the cage and shakes.
What can I do? Please help!