HELP budgie only eats seed for 6 years

[nikki]

My bird has been eating almost nothing but seed the past 6 years.

He is so stubborn with food that i have never been able to get him on a healthy diet, even with years of trying. He is showing signs of being very sick, and i’m so stressed. I don’t know what to do. I’ve been trying to get him to eat pellets the past 2 years with no luck. He won’t eat vegetables. I have some syringe feeding formula, but i’m scared he will get diarrhea if i give it to him. He also absolutely hates being held, and i don’t want to traumatize him.

I’ve been feeling so ashamed about this for years now, but i want to save him so badly so i am willing to do anything

I’ve considered paying someone to help me get him on the right track, maybe i could give him to someone for some months so they could change his diet for me, since i haven’t been able to do it.

I am from norway, there arent alot of good vets here that can help with this

If you have any ideas then please tell me. Maybe we can talk somewhere else too.

If you are from norway and can take him on for a few months i would be soo thankful

[Hezz]

If he is ill, now is not the time to change his diet. It may simply be too long to get him eating anything else at this stage. Forget the pellets. Most budgies want nothing to do with them and they aren't necessarily the best thing for a bud.

Try growing your own sprouts, or growing your own seeding grasses. There are even companies who provide the seed, pot and seed raising mix to do this.