hay just found my old hamster wheel washed it and put it into skys cage. 2 hours later and he spinnin round in it. why cant it b this to get him to introduce him to vegtables. :(Laughing out loud):

try it he chooseing it over his bell now.

ATD

Hahaha, glad to hear he took to it right away! Maybe try (if it's possible) attaching vegetables on or near your wheel. You never know, it could be the location that he doesn't like!

i will try but he is a real fuss pot. but i would not have him any other way (Laughing out loud).

ATD

Their personality makes them even more special. It would be nice if he did take to veggies. Have you tried broccoli? My birds like it because they pick at the buds (I think it's fun for them)...They don't like carrots, but they seem to like anything green.

i have tried broccoli and carrots. he just chucked the carrots out of the bowl and with the brocolli he pulled at the stem. will keep trying though

try the leafy bits on celery all budgies love celery!!

oh celery, i never thought of that...and its quite inexpensive. :bluebudgie: Thanks for the idea budgieBite.

Actually, I was recently told by the vet that celery contains as much water as celery so celery = no...seems to give them diarrhoea.

i think it also depends on your bird as well, its just like us not being able to eat certain foods. maybe as a whole the majority of bird get some degree of diarrhoea, but for a handful they arent affected.

ATD

Does he still play with the wheel.

I feed mine chopped up Bock choy or endives,( inexpensive for the amount you get in a bunck) and i think they would kill for parsley

:(Laughing out loud): Mine love broccoli and lettuce, they pick at the bud also and with the lettuce they sometimes fall and do a roll because of the bends and they pick at the sides

Does he still play with the wheel.

yes he slides down between the wheel and the cage then grabs ahold of the bottom with his beak

ATD

oh celery, i never thought of that...and its quite inexpensive. Thanks for the idea budgieBite.

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i second that

Blinkie's favourite vegetable is celery leaves! He also enjoys picking at brocolli buds but not as much as the celery.

Candy, Patty and Georgy all love spinach the eat tonnes of it - will be all looking like popeye soon .

 

Give it a go Im sure they will like it.

I hate spinach!!!! I supose Blinkie will just have to miss out on that particular "vegetable"

to feed my budgie vegetables i just hang them above the branches and he chews on them there

My Winkie had been fed on corn and silverbeet when I got her. She came home yellow faced from the corn, and I got given a little 'birdie bag' of silver beet for my birds. This breeder is a sweetie. Well, Winkie has never eaten silverbeet or corn since she's got here! Just refuses to touch it!

Celery contains hardly any nutrients no matter what budgie or person is eating it

 

Make sure that if you put a hamster wheel in the cage that it is one of the solid ones.

No matter how hard I try, I just cant seem to get the image of a Budgie stuck in a hamster wheel out of my head