If you have a bird that you keep as a pet, you might feed your bird a seed diet. Did you ever notice that your bird will pick out certain seeds which he just won’t eat? A lot of times the seed companies will add vitamin and mineral pellets to the seeds. But many birds will pick these out and leave them.
A very good alternative to seed diets are pelleted diets. Kaytee, Pretty Bird and ZuPreem are three companies that make very good pelleted diets for birds. These diets have a big advantage over seeds in that when a bird eats them they get more balanced nutrition, as each pellet has all of the nutrients in it. A bird can’t pick and choose what it will eat or not eat. Sometimes it takes a bit of time to get a bird over to a pelleted diet, but usually the bird will be healthier once it is switched over. Most of these companies make these nuggets in plain, as well as fruit flavored and colored.
Try some of these different pelleted feeds for your bird.
Macaw Fruit Blend
Parrot/Conure Fruit Blend
Macaw Fruit Blend
Parrot/Conure Fruit Blend
Cockatiel Rainbow Pellets
Cockatiel Natural Pellets
Parrot Original Pellets
Parakeet Rainbow Pellets
Canary/Finch Rainbow Pellets
Small Bird Daily Select
Medium Bird Daily Select
Large Bird Daily Select
Tags: Birds and Wild Birds
Great tip, I will definitely look into these pellets because I end up throwing away more food than my budgie actually eats.
He is such a picky eater. Strangest budgie alive, won’t touch any fruits or vegetables, so I believe these pellets will make up for anything he is missing in his diet.
Thank you!