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So I adopted patients I think it’s maybe been 6-7

months now. I think she’s maybe four months over a
year old. And she has been on a seed diet, I think

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pretty much her whole life. And I can’t get this little
head to eat anything vegetable related, so I’m
hoping at the very least I can get her switched to
pellet food because that has a lot more veggies and
fruits in it than what she’s eating. So anybody got
recommendations and tricks to get her to eat
healthier. I am planning on just slowly adding the
new food in and taking the old stuff out. I bought a
few different food blends for her to try. Sensible seed
is what she has been eating.

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Shyenna Leivan
https://www.kiwisnewlifebirdrescue.
org/programs I have not tried this but I
thought it was good advice the link should
take you to the article and it’s got a lot of
good tips

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Aislyn Rhoden
Also try Lafebers Nutriberries as a treat to
incorporate more veggies and fruits!!!
They might be good to attempt!

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Narmin Sheydayeva
Hey, I am still learning with the Quakers
but I do find that if they see you eating
something, they instantly want it. I share
some apples, grapes, Cherries, spinach,
sugar snaps, carrots with them (some of it
I just pretend to it to get them to try it).
Other option is to have this fruit skewer
stick with fresh fruit or veg daily. Hope
this helps x

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Susan Brose Exactly! Either eat or pre...

Randy Dundee
We do a Birdy Bread made with
Roudybush California blend with Fruits n
veggies baked in… was very helpful
getting the flock to start eating healthy…
the only ones we are still struggling with

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are our African greys… but that’s a
diffrent story ..

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Hiral Patel
My birds weren’t the fruits and veggie fan
before. I had to try so many things and in
a so many sizes.
Now they eat cocked rice, quinoa, snow
peas, green beans, cilantro, carrots,
peppers, broccoli, sweet potatoes. I try to
add new vegetables every week but they
get rice and quinoa everyday along with
vegetables.

They also loves Harrison pellets, Roudy

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Bush pellets and laferber pellets.

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Painter Jane
I recommend roudybush or lafeber pellets
and a few nutriberries every few days. Mix
with seed first or a little bit of apple juice
can help transition. Just keep working on
the veggies. I would chop them up tiny
with a veggie chopper while she gets used
to them and even add a tiny bit of seed to
it so the veggies stick to the seeds. She’s
more likely to accidentally eat the veggies
that way when she tries to eat the seeds.
You might not need to chop up the
veggies in the future if she enjoys a
variety of them but if you find she’s only
into one type of veg it can be helpful to
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Susan Brose
Lafeber, RoundyBush or Harrison’s are the
3 most popular pellet brands. Look for
basic brown pellets (Cocktail-sized) with
no artificial dyes/colors. Introduce them
with the seed that your bird is used to little
by little until you get them up to a
primarily pellet diet.
I go give mine a tiny bit of the ZuPreen
FruitBlend Flavor everyday, but only a tiny
bit along with brown pellets, a little bit of
mixed seed and then fresh veggies/fruit.

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Stacey Miranda Burrows

Make birdy bread. What I do is take some
leftover chop, add a bit of fruit of any kind
and puree into a liquid. Add leftover
pellets, healthy flour (I use almond or
coconut flour), and a few seeds. Then put
in two eggs and enough water to make it
cake batter consistency. I bake in a mini
muffin pan at 350° for about 15 minutes
or until firm to the touch. I cut them in
half, put them in freezer bags, and store
them in the freezer. My birds love them
frozen but you can defrost a few if that's
what yours prefer. There's also lots of
birdy bread recipes online. I just basically
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Patti Swenson 󱤙
I’m feeding mine, the sensible seed you
have pictured below. I have also been
adding rowdybush crumbles Try
strawberries and corn on the cob. Those
are my birds two favorite things although I
do give them other berries and other
veggies and he’s starting to pick up them.
Sometimes he nibbles on them sometimes
he just throws them on the floor, it’s been
a very slow process 

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Becky Burgus
My birds like those bird greens mixed in
with their regular food. Another trick is to
to offer them a piece of fruit or vegetable
off of your plate. My conure has to be

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blocked from our plates if we don't want
to share

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