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Alternative to fruit/veggies

Postby hopestar » Sat Jul 23, 2011 12:05 am

my budgie does not like fruit/veggies, would it be okay to give her this instead?
http://www.petco.com/product/6271/Kayte ... reats.aspx
and i also give her liquid vitamins in her water daily.
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Re: Alternative to fruit/veggies

Postby Boman » Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:58 am

By all means, i'm no expert on birds, still waiting on my first... But if your budgie refuses to eat fruits and veggies, even if you show him/her that they are tasty, I'm sure that product might be alright. Hopefully more people could share their insight :)
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Re: Alternative to fruit/veggies

Postby laducockatiel » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:17 am

That wud be ok, but try some steamed veggies and mix them with unsalted rice. My tiel took to it right away!
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Re: Alternative to fruit/veggies

Postby Michael » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:20 am

Try chopping up fresh veggies really fine and mixing it in with the bird's seed or pellet mix. The veggies will stick to the food and at the very least it will have to lick/taste the veggies as it goes for the seeds. This is a pretty effective way of teaching/transitioning a budgie to at least try veggies.
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