Hi,

 

I just read a website and it said: "Don't feed them only seed". I heard that before aswell, but the thing is which fruit and vegies do I give, and how(mashed or chopped up)?

 

 

Sorry if this is a silly question.

I give my birds carrots, brocolli, apple (remove the seed). i also feed them native ecalyptus branches (with leaves) and bottle brush. I do not mash anything just cut it up in smallish pieces (in the case of an apple in 1/8ths) and let the birds manipulate them as I believe it exercises their feet/beak more. Others on this forum feed different items. Another thing I give my birds is discarded seed is thrown in the corner of my Garden and dirt thrown over when this grows I just simply clean it and throw it in the avairy. They love this.

thanks

:ygbudgie: Great FAQS on this one Dossie !!! Will try and find my fun one at some other time.

Hi Dossie,

 

I love all the reading and research you are doing. The following is the ideal budgie diet:

 

Your budgie should eat a diet that includes 30% seed, 30% pellets, 30% fresh foods and 10% treats such as millet sprays and honey sticks. These treats are fattening and should be used only occasionally or as a training tool.

 

Safe vegetables include lettuce (dark leaf types such as cos are the best), bok choy, carrots, corn, broccoli, sprouts, snow peas, spinach Some safe fruits are rock melon, banana, mandarin, orange and apple. These should be washed and can be given in large pieces or cut finely and sprinkled with seed.

 

Be sure never to give your budgie alcohol, apple seeds, chocolate or avocado as these are toxic to them.

 

In some places it is very difficult to get good quality pellets. In these cases good quality vitamin supplements should be used instead.

 

Their water should be changed daily to avoid build up of bacteria and they should always have access to a cuttlefish bone (or calcium block or bell) and an iodine block.

 

NB: Always check their seed level, a full seed dish may be filled with empty hulls. Your bird will starve if they are not refilled with fresh seed.

 

 

In Western Australia, and more than likely in other areas too, any pellets that are available are unsuitable (being high in artificial colours amongst other things), or too expensive. So most breeders here tend to give added vitamins via suppliments.

 

I took the above information from a leaflet I wrote called "My New Budgerigar Care Leaflet". A PDF file of this leaflet is at the bottom of this FAQ: Click Here

 

 

Feathers.

You received excellent advice one thing to remember is that budgies do prefer seed over anything new so it can take months to convert them but don't give up. It took me a couple months to get Pretty converted over but once he did it was such a joy to see him enjoying his veggies more then his seed.

A good seed mix,50% canary,5% hulled oats & % of the millets, & vitamans & cod liver oil in seed once a week,& some silverbeet,will keep the birds happy.