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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Jan 7, 2020 2:37:53 GMT
When do you provide food for your budgies? Do they have food available 24/7? Do you remove food at night and then give them food in the morning? What do you feed and when? I'm still not successful getting Tweetie Pie to eat anything other than his seed mixture. It is a good mixture and has dried veggies along with the seeds but I'm not sure he's eating them. He won't touch anything fresh. Is it because he has his seed mixture available all the time?
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Post by clt80 on Jan 7, 2020 22:35:22 GMT
Not sure, sometimes they can just be stubborn. I've a good eater so they all copy him, I'm lucky.
The aviary birds get veg in a morning and seed in the evening before bedtime. The seed from the previous day is cleaned out before new seed is put in so they can rummage throughout the day if they wish, there is always some seed left under the husks. Veg is removed after a few hours as I find it goes dry and off.
The birds inside again get veg (if not on meds) in the morning and also new seed in the morning. Slightly different routine.
The veg is a variety, they eat everything from broccoli to beetroot. Treats are sweetcorn, millet and herbs (mint etc).
Mine won't eat anything that's been cooked, it has to be raw. Have you tried sweetcorn? It's a treat really not for all the time but wonder if it will coax curiosity?
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Jan 8, 2020 0:16:27 GMT
I tried sweetcorn and diced carrots. I put it in the cup that usually has his seeds. He looked in and then ran away. I only left it about an hour and then threw it out and gave him his seeds because I didn't want him to get too hungry. I tried it a few times - no luck. I also clipped a sprig of baby broccoli to his cage and draped it over his favorite perch. I did this everyday for a few days. At first he was afraid of it and wouldn't go on that perch.Then he went on that perch and just walked over it. He never recognized it as food. He chewed the perch but not the broccoli. Do I have the pickiest eater in the world? I've also tried clipping carrot greens, lettuce and cilantro to his cage. No luck. Should I try putting something in his food cup and leave it to see if he gets hungry enough and eats it? Seems kind of mean and I don't want to hurt him (or me).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 0:50:22 GMT
I’ve been lucky that my newbie has copied my older bird, and my older bird will copy me. If I have him on my hand and eat something, he’ll give it a try. Broccoli has yet to go down well. Not sure how tame Tweetie Pie is, but you could try eating the things you’re offering him in front of him. Worth a shot at least.
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Post by clt80 on Jan 8, 2020 7:40:18 GMT
Bless him What about romaine lettuce, I peg mine up after running under a tab, as they are quite large leaves the budgie shower on them and then grossly eat them.
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Post by Shirls on Jan 8, 2020 10:53:30 GMT
I think perseverence on your part tweetiepiesmom will be the best option. Leave seed available all the time. Try a bunch of wet basil pegged up - handy as a shower and he may try it as a food too. That goes for most wet herbs. Do it on a regular basis, he will get used to it in time and wonder why this stupid woman keeps putting all this stuff in his cage, then hopefully he will try it. Try grated carrot as opposed to cubed carrot too. Only leave it in for a few hours then remove it as with most fresh veg.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Jan 8, 2020 17:32:50 GMT
Great! I'm going to try that. I think I'll get a pot with fresh basil growing so I can just harvest some every day. My little guy is so scared of everything. I hung his new toy on the outside of his cage several days then hung it beside his favorite perch. He wouldn't go near it for a few days but now its his favorite thing to play with!
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Post by Hezz on Jan 8, 2020 19:40:39 GMT
This bud has obviously not been taught that other things are food as well, not just seed, so that is going to have to be your job. Generally speaking, once they get the idea with one or two veg then you are over the hump. Try leafy greens or seeding grass if you can. Seeding grasses are what they have evolved to eat. It is also healthier for them as well.
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Post by tweetiepiesmom on Jan 9, 2020 1:02:18 GMT
Thanks! I'm going to the garden center this weekend and will look for plants that I can grow at home for him.
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