Sun conure

[Enza]

Hello! I just had a question, my sun conure, Gigi has seeds and pellets in his cage for him to choose what to eat and he would eat the seeds only but now he old eats the pellets but leave the yellow And green ones in the bowl, should I change it when he's done eatting them too or just mix it up again? And are seeds or pellets better? He's only 3 months old

 

[Selestine]

Pellets are healthier for him than seeds -- seeds are more of a treat. Also, it is best to feed a pellet that is naturally colored and not dyed.

I'm pretty new to birds, but how we feed my daughter's sun conure is:
In the morning he gets a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables (things like kale, sprouted seeds which are super healthy, cilantro, cherries, etc, etc, etc -- more veggies than fruit) and then after a few hours we take out the fresh stuff before it gets a chance to spoil, and give him pellets. We use the Harrison's pellets, which you can get online or at many bird stores. If the only store available to you is something like a Petco or Petsmart, I believe you can get Roudybush pellets which are also quite good and not artificially dyed.

 

[Enza]

I feel lucky then I didn't transfer him to the pellets he just randomly keeps eatting it now since like last week and I only had him for 2 weeks . thanks you for taking your time to answer!

 

[Pajarita]

Actually, it's not recommended that you free-feed the high protein food (seeds, nuts, pellets) because birds will always fill up on them which is not healthy. Also, do some more research on the type of diet you want to feed your bird because you will find that more and more people are finding that pellets are not the healthiest option.

 

[Mayden]

Hello! I just had a question, my sun conure, Gigi has seeds and pellets in his cage for him to choose what to eat and he would eat the seeds only but now he old eats the pellets but leave the yellow And green ones in the bowl, should I change it when he's done eatting them too or just mix it up again? And are seeds or pellets better? He's only 3 months old

We feed our senegals Harrissons Adult Lifetime Fine, with a bit of Adult Lifetime Pepper Course.

We like Harrissons, it's all natural and they can't pick and choose which is the 'better looking' (tends to be the most unhealiest seed/nut they pick!) and we trust that they get what they need that day. We do give them fruits and veggies too, but not daily.

Only our budgie's get seed (and that's because they refuse point blank to try anything else, we're working on getting them to try new things!). Seed mixes generally had a lot of 'bad' seed that should only really be given as treats. Such as sunflower seed, which isn't 'bad' per say, but it's highly fatty, so treats only!