We have finally made some progress, I have been adding the rearing mix to her seed and have tried this before and normally she eats the mix and leaves the seed behind but this time once she has ate all the rearing mix she starts eating the seed. Today i saw her husking the seed and i look at her container and it had heaps of husks in it, i have never seen husks in her container before.

Very cool

That is awesome

thats great news.

Roxy has finally done it , she is weaned. At lunchtime i noticed that she had eaten most of her seed and rearing mix so i emptied the container out and decided to just give her seed and see what she would do. All afternoon and tonight she has been eating the seed and i sit on the lounge next to her and can hear her husking seeds which is a rare sound to come from her cage. Her poos are starting to look normal now and not like a baby budgies poo. It has been a very slow progress but it looks like we have finally got there. I just hope she does not go back to her old habits.

My little girl has become a real budgie.

Thank you to all the members who have given me great support and advice while i have been battling with my stubborn Roxy.

Brilliant news Deb :party0011: :party0011: :party0011: :party0011:

Thats fantastic news! Glad Roxy is starting to eat properly!

That's great news. I hope she keeps it up. Just don't offer her anything that even looks like her soft food and fingers crossed!

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that's great :party0011:

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YAY!!!! That is fantastic news to hear mate ..... What a Big Girl she is now

I am so happy for you

Roxy has been great today with eating , i have had to blow the husks of her seed a few times today because she is always eating. I have also noticed that her feathers are starting to look better, she used to have a scruffy look to her but today i noticed she is looking better. Even hubby made a comment that she is looking different. I was going to take pics but camera battery is flat. she still spend more time throwing her vegies out of her container then eating them but i am excited that she is still interested in her seed.

Just wanted to update, it has been a week since Roxy started on seed and she is still loving it and is also eating her vegies as well now.

EXCELLENT!!!

 

She's a big girl now! I'm so happy for you both!

Wonderful news Deb, has her attitude changed or is she turning into an indepedent hen :bump:

Wonderful news Deb, has her attitude changed or is she turning into an indepedent hen :bump:

 

she is still being cranky, when i put my hand in her cage she makes a angry chatter at me but i find if i just slowly move my hand towards her and talk softly to her she will sometimes settle down and step up and let me scratch her. Once she is out of her cage she is fine, she only gets cranky when she is in her cage. She is starting to moult so the change of diet i would say has help her to finally start.