switching a bird from seed to pellets

[xxarmando]

hello

luna is a 4 month old quaker parrot she was weaned onto seeds and i am trying to get her to eat pellets. so far she eats lettuce apples and bananas everyday even though she doesnt eat that much. she will taste the pellets but mostly she will play with them. she has eaten pellets when they are wet. any other diet recommendations are welcome what cooked foods do you feed your birds?

[diotima]

I recently got a pair of conures who were raised on seeds. They now eat pellets, only after 1 month. The best way I think you can do it is of course the weening method; mix seeds with 25% pellets and gradually increase until it's almost 100% pellets. But a better way is to feed fresh food daily and mix with some pellets.

For example, Mix scrambled eggs, cooked corn, peas, carrots, and beans with some pellets

OR sweet potato, a few crushed almonds and spinach with some pellets.

You can also try whole grain rice or pasta with red pepper and tomato


then the fruit and veggies with some seeds and pellets for a meal later on in the day.


I usually cook up a few meals for them, put it in zip locks and defrost for convenience.