My wife and I decided to have a go at taming a budgie. All our other birds love corn, celery, millet spray. We've tried all three of these on Peanut and he hasn't touched any of them. Any suggestions? He is about 6 wks old.

 

Thanks

 

Simon

I'd try serving them differently. You can try them on a fruit skewer, hanging from the cage, try them chopped up small/big and sprinkled with seed, try them together, try the alone. You could also try have another food dish like the one you have his seed in, and see if he'll eat from it. It can also take some time and every bird is differently. Also, try eating the same food near his cage and see if he'll copy you. Good luck and please keep us posted.

Thanks Maesie. Good tips. I'll give them a crack

I was also thinking you could try them with some seeds mixed in.

 

Are you sure he doesn't like millet? Try clipping some in his cage for a day or two, and then once he gets a taste of it, it becomes a powerful tool in your hand.

 

You are lucky, since he is so young, I'm sure he will get curious and try those vegetables a lot sooner than an adult bird would.

 

Reason for edit: oops, just noticed Maesie did mention seed!

Edited January 15, 201015 yr by Finnie

I'm sure he will love millet seeds soon. l had a budgie that wouldn't touch the millet for a month after l got him. l offered it to him daily. Soon he started to peck at it and eat it. Then he loved it. So do not give up, l'm sure he will come around.

Edited January 17, 201015 yr by birdluv

It must be his name- I've had MY Peanut for about 10 months & he still rarely touches anything green, except for the seed grass that grows as a weed around the house! Oh, and my pot plant that used to sit by his cage - i had to move it because he was demolishing it!! But we keep trying...

I've thought of another way to get your birds to try something different.

 

My birds LOVE mustard greens. The leaves can be quite large. Hang some from the top of the cage, and see if your budgie doesn't at least give them a nibble after a while. If he learns to eat them, then try hanging other similar stuff from the same spot. He may be more likely to try new things once he realizes how good the hanging stuff up there is.

 

You can grow mustard green from seed, and even this late, they will grow through fall. Hard frost didn't kill mine, just a really solid freeze did. They put out pretty yellow flowers, too! :hap:

How is he doing, any update?

you could also try and house peanut with a bird who does like eating fruits and veg and soon he will learn the behaviour, always works be really persistent too. Put it in his cage everyday and sooner or later they'll eat it.

You could put gum branches in there. After a few days my budgies were eating them. Then put something like carrot tops in the gum leaves when he start eaing the gum leaves.