Rue wrote:Java: If he's on the Zupreem coloured, have you tried the Zupreem Natural? I don't see the point of the food colouring when the Natural is so well accepted by most birds.
Actually, I wish they'd stop making the coloured pellets...I think that's what's giving them a less than stellar reputation more than anything else.
a.susz wrote:if you have him on pellets, then just do straight pellets for his cage meals, with a nut or two as a treat right on top. if you are interested you could give him smaller meals with maybe 10 pellets pre-soaked with juice or water so he doesn't have to dunk, caving you the hassle of changing his water so often, but then you will be changing out the food more often, so its totally up to you.
try to give him the least amount of seeds possible, and if hes not even eating them then don't get them. avicakes have a small percentage of seed in them, so that could be your answer, just let him get his seeds from the avicakes.
For the water bottle-- i started giving my sennie Peanut a water bottle when he was about 9, i didn't think he would figure it out, but sure enough he got used to it pretty quickly, and he knew the dish of water was for dunking, and that the bottle would supply his fresh water.
As for a new pellet, try just roudybush, i believe its the next best thing, and pretty soft so maybe you will have less dunking going on. Any pellet in my eyes is a good pellet and definitely a better diet than seed alone. if you crumble the roudybush you arent giving him a chance to have fun smashing it up in his mouth, it might deter him from trying the new pellets. keep them in full form. who knows maybe he likes both and you can vary his diet that way.
mix it up and keep your birdy interested is what i say!
Michael wrote:All about what they smell AND taste like.
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