Pellets for a Budgie

[mtaylor1021]

Anyone know of some good pellets for a budgie? When I got him he was on an all seed diet. I switched him to half seed half pellet, but the pellets I have are these colored things I don't like.

[laducockatiel]

Try Harrison's adult lifetime fine. They are good for small birds, my tiel loves them.

[marie83]

Another vote for Harrisons.

[laducockatiel]

Another vote for Harrisons.

[mtaylor1021]

Where do you guys buy it at?

[marie83]

I'm in the UK so i get it from northern parrots online or my vets or midland parrots (they do online too) if im in those areas when I need some. They do charge for delivery though if your orders under a certain amount which can rack up the cost so I've started to buy it in bulk and freeze it if I order online.

[Cage Cleaner]

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[allirho]

I've actually heard that small birds shouldn't be on pellets due to liver/kidney issues? I can't remember where I heard it, and maybe someone could confirm one way or the other.

From what I've heard, it could be dangerous to feed a budgie pellets that are not specifically formulated for budgies since they are low nutrition birds. So feeding them a pellet that is high in nutrition could cause kidney/liver malfunction. At least that's what I've been told on the forum.

That having been said, I'm still going to feed my budgie harrison's as a supplement if I can get him eating the pellet.
I'm planning to feed him a bit of harrison's at breakfast but keep the rest of the diet to fruits/veggies and sprouted seeds , since they're much healthier and lower in fat than just plain dry seed.
The difficult part is getting your budgie to accept the pellets as a supplement, since they are generally picky eaters and will just pick out what they like or refuse to eat what they don't and wait to get what they do like.

[GlassOnion]

You can grind the pellets and mix it with mash/veggies/seeds. I do that.