So I've been a little confused lately about the diet my birds should be having and I just want them to have the best diet possible so I really need your help. Here is the diet that they already have:

 

Daily:

 

- 60% Seed mix (with crushed eggshells previously boiled to remove any bacteria)

- 20% Rolled oats (which they really like)

- 20% Fruits and veggies (mostly celery since its the only thing they have actually touched)

 

Weekly:

 

- Millet Spray

- Rice (it could be with cooked peas, corn or carrots)

 

And of course they also have fresh water at all times and a cuttle bone.

 

So what should I change? I don't know if rolled oats are good? and I would also like to introduce some pellets to their diet as well.. about how much of their diet should be pellets? how much seed?what about veggies?

Rolled oats are processed so if you give them natural whole oats ( perhaps hulled oats ) then they would have to work for it and its better for them to "process" their own seed. Hulled oats are easy for a bird to eat. Beware though that oats are a fattening food, better served through winter not summer.

Rolled oats are processed so if you give them natural whole oats ( perhaps hulled oats ) then they would have to work for it and its better for them to "process" their own seed. Hulled oats are easy for a bird to eat. Beware though that oats are a fattening food, better served through winter not summer.

 

 

Alright

I'll have to look for hulled oats then.. for winter not summer I'll keep that in mind. But what about spring? Its still cold here where I live.. and could I give them to them as a treat? or what about in a captive foraging toy so they have to work for them? every now and then? they really like oats.. Or should I just remove them completely and make them wait until winter?

Get rid of the celery that causes running poos and get kale he will most likely convert to that easier, then once you do that you can chop of food for him daily and sprinkle his seed on it (take out the regular seed at night) so in the morning he is hungry give him the veggie and seed mix it is okay if he only eats the seed that is normal after a couple weeks you will probably see that he will start trying other foods too that it is mixed with.

Get rid of the celery that causes running poos and get kale he will most likely convert to that easier, then once you do that you can chop of food for him daily and sprinkle his seed on it (take out the regular seed at night) so in the morning he is hungry give him the veggie and seed mix it is okay if he only eats the seed that is normal after a couple weeks you will probably see that he will start trying other foods too that it is mixed with.

 

 

Thanks

 

..but what is kale?