pellets

Hi, so here's the situation: I got my Ekkie, Magnus, when she was 3 months old. It appeared that the breeder was giving her a mix of seeds and pellets. My Ekkie is now 5 months old and just so stubborn. She eats pellets, but only a little bit, almost like a snack. Sometimes she rushes to the...

Hello. I have a 9 month old caique who i'm boarding for 4 days. It's the only other place near me within an hour that boards birds. They only want me to bring pellets for my caique. I asked about veggies and they said unfortunately no. Now my caique mainly eats veggies and will avoid the...

I’m switching my goffins cockatoo and sun conure from Zupreem to Roudybush maintenance. Just got a 10 pounds plastic bag from Amazon. Should I store the whole bag in the refrigerator?

Hello! Anyone else have an indian ringneck who eats Harrison’s adult lifetime coarse pellets? If so how many pellets do you give them daily? Anyone else who has these pellets please share how many you give your parrot and what breed they are! Thank you! ^-^

Every. Single. TIME I look at pellets/treats/seeds/whatever bird food related, I want to eat it. Have you seen that zupreem pure fun for African Greys? Does that not look absolutely delicious? How about pretty bird pellets? Those look yummy too! Zupreem, Harrison’s, Higgins, etc all look really...

Hi, so I discovered a pellet brand called Pretty Bird. I can get all sizes but I cannot get the species specific for cockatiels because it is not sold on Amazon and will not ship outside of the continental USA because Alaska :/ Anyway, I believe that it’s a brand that I could feed to Rico and...

Hi! I am really struggling here because there are not a lot of great pellets for budgies out there. (I DO NOT HAVE A BUDGIE AT THE MOMENT, BUT I MAY BE GETTING ONE IN 28 DAYS) So yeah, as mentioned above, I am struggling here. I will use ZuPreem to transition the budgie from seeds (if it does...

Just what the title says really, I wanna know what would be best for my future birds to eat, and wanna know if these are suitable.

Hello! I have come to realize my bird isn’t a huge fan of Psittacus pellets but I like the brand. Sadly he just doesn’t like the pellets anymore so now I just have 4 pounds of pellets he doesn’t favor. He will eat it but prefers other brands. So, when he finishes the bag, I’m going to get him...

Anyone have any secret sure fire ways to get a seriously picky bird to eat something different? She a 9yr old galah and ive been told shes only been fed seed. Ive had her 2 months and ive tried desperatly to find atleast 1 thing she likes as a gateway to trying new stuff. SHE DOESNT EVEN LIKE...

i feed my budgies lafebers parakeet pellets and just found some beige colored insects in the bin. i don’t have another bin and the one i ordered won’t be here until tomorrow. does anyone know if i should feed them the infested pellets or if it would be ok to have them on some other food for a day?

It seems like a lot of these "Bird-tubers" can be very forceful when it comes to recommending pellets. They say things like "this is trash for your bird" or that "any pellets containing fillers are HORRIBLE and should never be fed to your bird".. TBH It hurts and it's difficult for a kid like me...

listen, i know we really dislike vetafarm here ESPECIALLY for ekkies, BUT how do we feel about occasionally giving an ekkie some of this: Vetafarm Forest Fusion Lorikeet "Formulated by veterinarians and made with fresh Australian ingredients, Vetafarm’s Forest Fusion Lorikeet diet has been...

Hi everyone! I have a question regarding pellets I have a 23 year old congo african grey. I feed him fruits,nuts and vegetables as well as legumes. I saw a while ago that pellets are a must in parrots diet but the thing is.. throughout his life he was never interested in pellets. We had other...

Is roundy bush still a good option for pellets? I mix them with seeds and my bird does enjoy them. I did see an Amazon review saying they changed the formula to a more unhealthier choice. I’m not sure to believe it or not. Thoughts?

Hello everyone, I will be changing my lutino lovebirds pellets from ZuPreem fruit blend to Roudybush. I had planned to do this from a long time, but Roudybush pellets weren't able here due to the coronavirus situation here, thankfully they are now. I am fully aware of the dyes and sugars they...

Hi, I've had my baby african grey since she was only a few months old and is now 7 years old... she's been fed primarily on Kaytee Exact Rainbow pellets as this is what the breeder told me was best and she was raised on. She gets fresh fruit/vegetables... not often enough, but semi-frequently...

Hello! I've been running out of ideas to convert my quaker and cockatiel to pellets. I've had them for years, so needless to say they're not giving up without a fight. However, I recently found that they like their Zupreem pellets a lot more when they've been soaked in hot water and become a...

Hi everyone. New member here. Hope everyone is doing well. I wanted some help with selecting pellets for my Indian ringneck. Unfortunately, I do not have access to a lot of highly rated pellets like Harrisons here, and they cost a lot to get them imported. But I do have access to certain...

I don't know how much small size pellets I should give to my sun conure. I keep it in a bowl my conure jzt keeps Eating...I'm kinda scared it will get overweight or something like dat... Pls someone tell me how much should I give for breakfast n lunch n dinner...anyways in between I would give...

Hi, I’m trying to convert my young budgie (Phil) from a base diet of seeds to pellets. He does eat vegetables, sprouts and other healthy food, but I’d like him to eat pellets. I’d appreciate any advice. :) I’m using Harrison’s Organic Pellets (high potency, super fine). So far, I’ve added...

I'm wondering if anyone else has seen problems with Zupreem pellets. I've been giving Francis the Fruit Blend since I got him 2 years ago, and it's been fine. However, in early September I noticed that all of the Zupreem products were on sale for 40% off at the Petco I shopped at, in the...

Hello everybody, I rescued a red lored amazon who is 25 years old and she doesn't and hasn't eaten fruit, veg or pellets before and she has hypocalcemia so I am desperately trying to get her to eat them all. Does anyone have any tips on introducing new food and pellets to her? She is extremely...

What in your opinion is the pellet food most Conures will eat? Im coming to the end of Connies bag of "Kaytee exact"which I had to grind up and sprinkle on her chop. I hear a few of you talking of" Zupreem" do you get it from Amazon. We are in lockdown atm,so would have to send for something...

We grinded up some pellets and gave them to pikachu (only pellets no seeds at all) we added 1 whole pellet in it. Pikachu gladly ate some pellet powder but when i hold a solid one up to his/her beak, she licks and grinds it a lil, it's like she plays with it, and then she spits it out. Do you...

Hi everyone! I just got a cockatiel around a week ago. When we got him/her (she/he is now 7 weeks old and fully weaned) she was on a seed-only diet. We are trying to convert him/her to a pellet diet (Tropican lifetime formula mixed with ZuPreem FruitBlend pellets) Do you have any tips? :grey...

I have 2 parakeets, I've had them 3 weeks. I've read it's better nutrition to feed them pellets than the pet store seed mixes. The pet store sent me home with a premixed seed and pellet food, they just picked out the seeds. I tried mixing in a higher quality pellet (zupreem), they toss it on...

Debating on which to try with my birds. Zupreem natural and fruit blend don’t seem to be towards their liking, at least in pellet form. I’ve been crushing the natural and putting it in with their vegetables and also on top of their seed/pellet mix. Harrison’s is a different formula so they...

I recently picked up my three month old sun conure. I was told they were done with hand feeding and eat on their own. I forgot to ask if the people started my bird on pellets or seeds. Tata (sun conure I’m taking about) enjoys the chopped veggies I gave them but doesn’t touch the pellets. I...

OMG, Maui comes home in 1 month after we get back from overseas! So excited. I am now looking at getting him pellet food so everything is ready when he gets home. Currently the breeder is feeding him Vetafarm pellets with some seed and fruits/veg. But having looked at the Vetafarm pellet...

I’ve got a question for all the more experienced parronts out there. I’m now preparing earnestly for when Māui comes home in 2 months (he’s being bird sat by the breeder until we move house) and that includes figuring out how to convert him from seed to pellet diet. Right now, the breeder feeds...

I chatted with a small bird breeder yesterday who used to hand-raise and handfeed Budgies. She hasn't bred them in awhile, but she did send me some links to articles she wrote about Budgies. I have Lovebirds, but recently I have taken in the two Budgies my friend inherited from someone else. I...

I recently bought an open, but almost completely full bag of Zupreen Avian Breeder fruit-blend pellet diet for Cockatiels, Lovebirds, Conures, etc. It's almost 40 lbs of food with a sell-by date of 05/2019. After doing some research on the food, I cannot feed it to my non-breeding birds so I...

Ok those who know me from the conure forum, you know my aggravation at how hard I’ve been trying to get Lily and Snowball onto pellets. I always knew the trick to getting Snowball eating his pellets would be getting Lily onto pellets first. Anything she eats, Snowball has to go to that same food...

I see so many threads on the internet about converting your bird from seed to pellets, or from seeds to fruits and vegetables. But I've never seen threads about birds eating too many pellets? For context, my young Eclectus is moving off mashed vegetables and is in this weird spot where what...

Hi all, So I have finally found a beautiful baby girl brown headed parrot that I have placed a deposit on. She is located in my home town, and I will be visiting her this weekend. She will be ready to take home in about 2-3 weeks, so I am preparing for the rest of our lives together! I have...

This is a video on how we feed our flock! I hope it helps somebody. Just a disclaimer that just because this is how we feed our flock doesn't mean that it is what you SHOULD feed them. Ingredients and routine preferences vary widely between parront to parront :) :green2::grey:

Lilly is my Pineapple Conure, and she's 18 months old roughly, I got her when she was 14 months old. I have no idea of her previous pellet diet... The first bag of pellets I bought for her were Kaytee rainbow, because of all the good reviews everywhere I was looking to buy... She took to them...

Hello everybody, I hope you guys are doing wonderful! But if you don't mind, could I ask a question on Galah food? ;) I know for a fact that Galahs LOVE seeds, especially Sun flower. But they are fatty foods and should be ONLY for special treats, so I was going to ask what are the best pellets...

Just recently we switched our green cheek conure Foggy over to mostly-pellets from a fortified seed diet. He seemed to take to it right away, and maybe even prefers crunching on the pellets to a lot of the things in the seed mixture. (Except for sunflower seeds.) However, after about a week...