which food for cockatiel

[cheecky]

About to get jewel our new baby cockatiel here in 3 weeks. Breeder says she will wean to feed parakeet seed and harrisons pellets. Was thinking about either buying this Cockatiel Food: Drs. Foster and Smith Cockatiel Premium Blend with Omega-3s. Or this Goldenfeast Australian Blend - DISCOUNTED. Along with some harrison or zupreem pellets and greens etc. Which is better or does it matter? Thank you. Also here is a pic of the baby=0

 

[Niner10Tango]

I feed Tango Roudybush and a seed mixture for cockatiels. I also give him fresh greens such as romaine lettuce and cilantro. My tiel didn't care for the Harrison's and that's I why I switched to Roudybush.. You may want to browse the site some more, there are are many suggestions on what to feed your new baby.

Your new jewel is adorable.

 

[Mike17]

Some of our 'tiels will eat pellets, others, not. Our recently weened babies were introduced to Vetafarm Maintenance pellets early and they eat some, but still prefer seed, which is the usual "tiel mix including panicum, millet, safflower and sunflower seeds. There is also milo (sorghum) in most mixes but none of our birds eat it, eventually the wild pigeons get it We also feed our guys greens, spinach or choy sum (Chinese greens) or whatever we can get including seeds which sprout in the garden from my winnowing efforts. They're also given mature heads from sunflower which grows from cage cleanups put into the garden, and occasionally, fresh eucalypt leaves and stalks, but not vast amounts as eucalyptus is actually toxic. I've found the "home Brand" generic seed mixes to be utter rubbish, full of dust and stalks and, yes, milo nobody eats

 

[Mike17]

That "Australian Blend" looks yummier than any common mix we can get in Australia! There are some "wild" blends in the bigger pet stores, mostly imported, but the prices are simply ludicrous, and when it comes down to it, the main ingredients aren't too much different to mainstream Australian-made mixes, and you end up paying $100/kilo for "hemp seed" or whatever.