so i've had my parakeet for a little over a year and i CANNOT get him to eat fruits or vegetables. i've tried giving them whole, chopping them up really small, mixing them with his food or his millet, and i've even resorted to taking his seed out for a small period of time to coax him in to eating the fruits and veggies. none of these have worked. he's currently eating seed because i cannot get him to eat anything else and i'm worried that he's lacking in nutrition. any advice?
They key is consistency - yes you sound like you are being consistent but it requires weeks, months and even years to convert your bird from a habitual seed diet. Why I’m telling you this is because i don’t want you to give up hope’even after trying various options.Sometimes it can be dependent on ratio.So, say you’re mixing veg or fruit chopped up with seeds, you want about a 25/75 veg/seed ratio at first. Then you can add more and more veg to the mix. Another, slightly more reliable option is cooking them, mashing them and mixing with seeds using the same ratio and slowly increasing the amount over a few weeks.You can also add things like cooked lentils, peas, pasta or rice to the mix.Otherwise I would encourage placing leafy greens like silverbeet, english spinach and kale around the cage daily.Another option that i see ALL budgies take to is growing fresh millet and offering that to them before offering veg - i created a post about the benefits of growing bird safe grass seeds here.Goodluck i hope this helped, and let me know how it goes!
