I love to give my budgies a mix of veges. I have given them spinach, carrots, snow peas, a dried soup mix, bok choy, pak choy, brocolli, and corn - I think that it is.

 

Anyway, whilst some love to eat it, others think it is a great game to get it, espeically the spinach, and pull it out of the dish it is in and throw it on the floor. Once it is on the floor, the others will not touch it. Every week when I clean out the aviary, I sweep up a lot of seed husk (as expected) and a lot of wasted spinach.

 

Spinach is getting a bit expensive these days and it upsets me to see it wasted like this. Any thoughts on overcoming this?

Try serving it differently. I fine slice greens or grate carrots and serve on a large platter with bird seed through it. Always gets eaten. When my birds first started eating vegies they used to pull things out and throw it down too, but not any more. And there is always birds that will go to ground and eat whats been thrown down there. I find spinach too expensive right now as well. Best deals I get are on all the chinese green vegies........I buy from an asian supermarket and there prices are much better and the vegies are fresher than other places. Prices are around a third of supermarket prices.

don't give them spinach only for a weekly treat if maybe a monthly treat because it is known to block calcium absorption.

i shoudl try and make up a stand like you have Kaz. That looks good.

Remember the veggie/fruit skewers I made a couple of years ago, that might help!