by shoi2ti3 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:00 pm
I've found that most birds have a weakness for sprouted sunflower seeds. In fact, while working with clients in helping them train their birds, I have never met a bird that did not like sprouted sunflower seeds after they get a taste of it. If the bird never had sprouted sunflower seeds, he might not know what it is and not want to try it. You could remove the shell and give it to him so he gets a taste; once they taste it, they will be almost immediately hooked. In addition, sprouted sunflower seeds are much more nutritious than dry seeds because all of the complex (unusable) nutrients in the dry seed's dormant stage has been converted into usable nutrients for the seed to start growing into a plant. Sprouting is very easy to do and you can google it and find many articles on it.