what sunflower seeds do you feed your bird for treats?

[Sarvesh]

I notice lotta people say to give sunflower seeds for training snacks, but I can't seem to find unsalted sunflower seeds anywhere! In petstores they only have them blended with other seed mixes - so do you guys usually buy a seed mix and just pick out the sunflower seeds? or can you give them like "david's sunflower seed" from walmart?

 

[JerseyWendy]

You can get sunflower seeds that are already hulled. Here, have a look:
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Sunflower-20-Ounce/dp/B000ED9L6C"]Amazon.com : Bob's Red Mill Natural Raw Sunflower Seeds, 20-Ounce Packages (Pack of 4) : Snack Sunflower Seeds : Grocery & Gourmet Food[/ame]

 

[Flboy]

I get mine from a place called, the bird store, in Orlando. They are a real nice small sunflower seed still in their shell, non oily.

 

[4dugnlee]

I got mine from an amish store near me. They are raw seeds, already hulled, and unsalted. Maybe a health food store would have the unsalted ones?

 

[Sarvesh]

ah thanks guys, yes i did find an organic store that has raw unshelled sunflower seeds, but i just assumed that they needed the shell to crack open - i actually do have some unshelled raw sunflower seeds and i gave it to my conure but he just nibbles it for 2 seconds then drops it...so gonna try leaving it in his food cup and hopefully he will get used to it, im guessing he just never really had them before.

 

[LoveMyConlan]

I hey mine at Giant Eagle. They are organic and not salted, already out of shell. I just cut it into 3 small pieces. They can be very fatty. Great for training