Canary grass seed and white proso millet

[airpirate]

My 4 year old budgie is health and I feed him Brown’s gourmet foraging feast, always have.
Sometimes he cranes his neck like he is choking and then almost like a sneeze he blasts out several unhulled canary grass seeds and also white proso millet. Maybe 3 or four each.
Is he doing this out of a desire to feed me or is he having an issue with these two seed types?
There is quite a lot of these seeds in the mix, I strained them out and am feeding him the remainder of the mix for now.
Any thoughts?
Thanks

[Hezz]

Does this only happen when he is with you? It doesn’t sound like a feeding action at all, so I doubt it is that.

Is he a pig when he eats? Are these some of his favourite seeds? How often is “sometimes”?

[airpirate]

He does it frequently, when with me or on the window sill when he is perched there.
He doesnt apear to be a pig other than trying to eat whatever we eat. We are careful not to let him eat bad stuff.

[Hezz]

I don’t have any answers, sorry. Check that the seed mix isn’t dusty at all. That could make him sneeze.

[mona]

I had sneezing issues with mine due to the seed mix quality - had read about fungal spores back then.. apart from that, mine didn't react well to some shredding material - specifically allergic to one kind of wood. It was a trial and error to remove it and see. A friend had a similar issue with a wild grass - budgie was allergic to that grass..

You could check if your birdie is allergic to something he eats from the seed mix or otherwise.