So what do you feed your budgie?

[BloomCountyLover]

He won't touch pellets so don't even go there.  He does eat spinach, kale, broccoli, and apple.  Other than that I am now feeding him Keytee premium for budgies.  What does everyone else feed?

[suesbird]

Mine like basel, thyme, lemon grass, sweetcorn, broccoli, carrot, egg shell. They have a tonic see and oyster shell grit. There is board on what to feed if that helps. Trying to get them eat all these things is a different matter. One likes something, the other doesn't.

[Marianne Marlow]

As for seed, I feed mine www.gardenfeathers.co.uk/countrywide-a-e-james/countrywide-special-budgie.html

I also give cuttlefish, iodine block, carrot, basil, dill and sweetcorn. Occasionally boiled mashed egg.

[skysmum]

Mine have Johnston and Jeff seed plus they share the Finch seed.

They have tonic seed once a week, a little millet once a week, grouts occasionally, plus veg, fruit, herbs, seeding grass and eucalyptus leaves.

[Hezz]

Finch seed mix due to the number of oil/fatty seeds in (most) budgie mixes, and a great bundle of seeding grasses, fresh every day, all year round. I've found that with the seeding grass being offered every day that they aren't as interested in their veggies as they used to be. They are always interested in corn and snow peas, and a slice of green apple.

It is not necessary for budgies to be eating pellets; in fact there is some concern that they are not the best food for budgies being as they are a desert bird, and most pellets are designed for the more tropical parrots. A good variety of all foods is the best diet that you can give any bird, so try increasing the variety of veg (go lightly on the fruit due to the sugar content).

[reenie]

I was actually just wondering about seeding grass. Can that totally replace budgie seed? I collect grass for my guinea pigs, so I've been giving Stuart some of that, and he loves it. I like that it's fresh rather than sitting in a box on a shelf for god knows how long, and it's much more interesting for him too than eating from a bowl (I thread bits through his toys). He gets millet for training and I'm also trying veg, with only limited success, so would it be enough to increase wild grass seed and keep the shop bought seed for when there's no grass available? It feels more natural.