by Pajarita » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:30 am
All parrots go crazy for seeds. Perfectly normal and no need for worry. Sources of high protein are not abundant in nature, especially in tropical and semi-tropical climates, so they are hard-wired to gorge on it when they find it and that's why it's unnatural and unhealthy for them to be free-fed high protein food (seeds, pellets, avicakes, nutriberries, nuts, etc). Instead of seeds (I assume you are using sunflower seeds?), try using a small piece of a tree-nut (notice that I say 'tree nut' which excludes peanuts which are not even nuts) like a piece of almond, walnut, pistachio, etc. Nuts are healthier than seeds except for quinoa and hemp but quinoa is way too small to use as a treat and, although hemp is a bit bigger, it's still quite small so a piece of a nut (like 1/4 almond, for example) is more practical.