I am finding it hard to get Roxy to start eating seed. When i weaned her i gave her a young bird rearing food that i added water to as well as millet sprays. I also have a seed dispenser with seed in it, i had her seed in a container but she used to scratch it all out and sit in the container so i bought her a container that she could not scratch the seed out of. She does not touch the seed at all and occasionally eats the millet spray. I have seed sprinkled on the floor of the cage but she only peeks at it occasionally as well. She loves her rearing food so i have been mixing seed with it but she picks the wet soft mixture out and leaves the seed behind. I have tried soaked seed and she will not touch it. On the packet of mixture it says you can give it to them dry so i tried that way with seed mixed in and she would not eat it at all. Yesterday i gave her only seed to see if there was no soft mixture she would eat it but by the afternoon she had not eaten at all so i gave her mixture back and she went for it straight away.

She does not eat vegies either, all she wants to eat is the rearing mixture when i have made it with water. I have tried putting more seed than rearing food when i make it up but she still leaves the seed behind. I know that she is definitly not eating seed because there is never any husks in the containers. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated to help me to get her to eat seed.

I say continue how you're going, providing seed aswell as wet mix...

Eventually she should take to seed, if not, maybe she'll have to be on wet mix her whole life Like a Lorikeet :s Who knows?

Thanks Libby, she is a very stubborn little girl who will just not eat if she does not like what i give her so hopefullly she will take to seed or else she will end up costing me more money to feed the the other birds but she is worth the money.

Has she seen the others eat their seed??? She may not recognise it as food.

Has she seen the others eat their seed??? She may not recognise it as food.

 

 

Yes, she can see the others birds from her cage and watches them eating and she also during free time will fly into their cage and sit next to the others while they eat but does not touch their feed. Runt has taken a liking to her and tries to feed her but she bites him. She will happily regurgitate her seed on me when she is sitting on my shoulder and talking to me.I thought it was only a male behaviour.

She is one STUBBORN little girl hey Deb!!! I think you are doing all you can... I'd keep mixing seed with the handraising mix, but also have it separate as well. Could you also purea (sp?) veggies and mix it all up together... maybe she won't be able to pick it out that way. Also, if you do a small amount at first then increase it... ??? Good luck and please keep us updated on this head strong girl!

Why don't you pretend to eat some seed yourself? (don't give her what you put in your mouth because our bacteria are different to theirs.)

Also you could try soaking and then partially crushing the seed in a morter and pestle and mixing it into a coarse paste

Monkey see, monkey do,

Any budgie you trust to put in the same cage so it can show how seed eating is done ?

Monkey see, monkey do,

Any budgie you trust to put in the same cage so it can show how seed eating is done ?

 

 

I have a couple i could trust but Roxy would be the one i would not be sure if i trust, she is a very bossy hen and is starting to even get grumpy at me if i touch her when she does not want to be touched.

Monkey see, monkey do,

Any budgie you trust to put in the same cage so it can show how seed eating is done ?

 

 

I have a couple i could trust but Roxy would be the one i would not be sure if i trust, she is a very bossy hen and is starting to even get grumpy at me if i touch her when she does not want to be touched.

Maybe another budgie in the cage could both show her how to eat seed and show her there is a pecking order to budgies and that she, too, is a budgie

Monkey see, monkey do,

Any budgie you trust to put in the same cage so it can show how seed eating is done ?

 

 

I have a couple i could trust but Roxy would be the one i would not be sure if i trust, she is a very bossy hen and is starting to even get grumpy at me if i touch her when she does not want to be touched.

Maybe another budgie in the cage could both show her how to eat seed and show her there is a pecking order to budgies and that she, too, is a budgie

 

 

Tweety and Runt's cage is a big flight cage so i have thought about putting her with them so she can learn to be a budgie but how would 2 boys and one girl go in a cage together, Runt has taken a liking to her and when they are out for playtime he will not let Tweety go anywhere near Roxy.

Roxy is eating seed and her millet spray. i am very excited, she is 10 weeks old and i have finally weaned her on to seed.

YAY

Great progress

FANTASTIC!!!!!!

Well Done

Excellent Deb! I can't wait to meet her :fear

Excellent Deb! I can't wait to meet her

 

 

She will give you lots of kisses but you have to watch her, she likes to regurgitate her seed onto you. :fear

Excellent Deb! I can't wait to meet her

 

 

She will give you lots of kisses but you have to watch her, she likes to regurgitate her seed onto you.

 

:fear I look forward to it! lol

Excellent Deb! I can't wait to meet her

 

 

She will give you lots of kisses but you have to watch her, she likes to regurgitate her seed onto you.

 

:fear I look forward to it! lol

 

 

So will I

Roxy is eating seed and her millet spray. i am very excited, she is 10 weeks old and i have finally weaned her on to seed.

 

Awesome awesome news!!!

her and 2 boys should be good! Boys are silly, as long as they are not beating each other up hard out they should be fine.

her and 2 boys should be good! Boys are silly, as long as they are not beating each other up hard out they should be fine.

 

 

i tried putting her in the same cage as the boys and it did not work. Runt really likes her and keep chasing her and trying to feed her. she was not happy about it and was getting cranky. she was too busy running away from him to eat. Tweety had to sit on the bottom of the cage the whole time Roxy was there because Runt keep attacking him any time he went near Roxy.

I need some advice. Even though Roxy is eating seed it never seems to look like their is food in her crop so at night i have still been giving her soft food and she really goes for it when i give it to her and eats heaps of it. What i am wondering is should i stop offering it to her and hope she eats enough seed . i do not want her loosing weight from not eating enough.

okay .. I am not experienced in this But i do have a few suggestions ....

 

How long did you leave roxy in the cage for??

 

Could you take tweety out for a day and see how She goes with Runt ....?