I'm trying to start my budgies on pellets to give them some more variety in their diet. I went to the store today and bought what looked like a good choice. It's Zupreem's Avian Maintenance Natural Diet. Is this a pretty good pellet diet to go with? I've heard a lot of good things about Zupreem so I thought they would be the best. It is the cockatiel blend though. They didn't have it for budgies. They only had the Fruit Blend in the budgie size and I don't like giving them food with artificial coloring. I looked online and the formula appears to be the same for both cockatiel and budgie blends, just with different sized pellets. Do you think the budgies would have any trouble with the larger pellets?

The best type of pellets are ones without artifical coloring is what I was told. They say Harrison is the best and I am sure they are but when you are looking at what is available, affordable in your area I would say make sure they are natural without the different coloring and dye. We have Zupreem here and it was recommended by our avian vet if we decided we didn't want to use Harrisons :hap:.

I've heard of Harrison's, but we don't have that around here. I avoid the artificial coloring too. This kind is natural with no artificial coloring. They've kinda been picking at it, but haven't really eaten any yet. I may try smashing it up into tiny pieces for them.

the cockatiel is fine but it is too big for them. you can mash the pellets to make them smaller for them.

l use the canary pellets from zupreem for my budgies, they seem to enjoy them.

Well, they weren't touching the pellets, so I ended up putting some in a bag and broke it up into tiny pieces with a rolling pin. I put some in little cups next to their seed dishes, and Sweeney has already taken an interest in it. He sat there today and ate a bit, so he seems to like it. He's willing to try anything so I wasn't to worried about him. It's Bella and Scooter that might take awhile. But I think if it's there, they'll eventually start to pick at it. They are budgies after all, and their curiosity knows no limits haha. :(Laughing out loud):