How much Millet is too much ? Since my bird has made a comeback after being ill Ive been spoiling her with her favorite millet , now cause she love's it so much she's not touching her normal seed , Ive been putting a new millet branch in there everyday she love's em ! Oh now she's making a liar out of me , just turned around and she's eating her seed

My mix is approx 2 parts Canary, 1 part White french, 1 part Jap, 1/2 part panicum.

I gave my birds a millet spray about once a week, but I'm a scrooge Its a treat for them.

Edited December 21, 200816 yr by JimmyBanks

Merlin gorged on it when he went through his bout of not eating but he is back to regular seed and doesn't gorge, I give him a spray 2x a week personally.

Mine get about one a week in addition to seed bells. While Tikal was at the vet she was going through one a day, she was scared of the seed container in the travelling cage.

Mine get about one a week in addition to seed bells. While Tikal was at the vet she was going through one a day, she was scared of the seed container in the travelling cage.

 

I keep the sprays for when the babies are first moved out of the breeding cabinets (usually with the father birds) to entice them to feed themselves. Cannot afford to be feeding millet sprays to a large number of birds all the time. I give them semi-ripened millet sprays from my garden in season and at present they are enjoying the seed heads from amarynth on a daily basis. In the wild they would be eating whatever is seasonal so I feel it is not so important that they have exactly the same diet week in and week out (except, of course, for a good-quality seed mix). Also quality of purchased millet sprays can be extremely variable - fresh always best. Wild seeding grasses go down well but you need to collect from uncontaminated sources. I use Elenbee Gold mix for my birds - contact Elenbee for the exact proportions but it is fairly heavy on the canary, with little or no panicum.

I use millet for babies in nest boxes, that is it.