Hi there,

 

My budgies eat Budgie seed and Some lettuce, But if i give them celery or carrot (cut thin) they wont touch it. I have tried putting them near their toys but it didn't work out. What other ways can i try to make them interested, I am not forcing them or anything like that. Just to get goodness into them.

 

Thanks

 

 

With my first 2 budiges, I found it difficult to get them to eat anything but seed, however I just kept putting out different types of greens and presenting them differently (eg. cut thin/thick, finely grated, hung on the side of the cage, placed on a plate) and they eventually started to eat them. This took a couple of months to achieve and they still don't like new greens. My latest 4 additions however just went straight for their greens the first time I gave it to them. I think it just depends on the birds.

 

The most successful greens I found were snow peas and beetroot leaves, however they also like baby corn cobs, bok choy, rocket, spinach and a salad mix from the supermarket which contains alfalfa sprouts, sprouted beans and snow pea sprouts. They're not keen on carrot or beetroot but will nibble on them sometimes.

 

I suggest just trying different types of greens and presenting them in various ways until something works. It might take some time and be a bit frustrating at times, but it'll be worth it in the end.

I got my fussy eaters to eat baby spinach and silverbeet first. They would only nibble it if it was hung up above a perch on side of cage. Then i used a vegetable peeler to make ribbons of carrot, which i also hung up and they eat that now too.

Good luck

Lettuce has basically no nutritional value at all. It is most water, so it ( if given in large amounts ) can cause the runs. Try carrot tops. 5 months back, my budgies had no interest in greens. After they started eating it I let them have a family, so suddenly they ate everything! To get them interested I gave them gum branches, then, when they were eating the leaves, I hid carrot tops in there. Within half a day they're beaks were green.

Lettuce has basically no nutritional value at all. It is most water, so it ( if given in large amounts ) can cause the runs. Try carrot tops. 5 months back, my budgies had no interest in greens. After they started eating it I let them have a family, so suddenly they ate everything! To get them interested I gave them gum branches, then, when they were eating the leaves, I hid carrot tops in there. Within half a day they're beaks were green.

It depends on what type of lettuce it is. Iceberg lettuce is no good but Romanian lettuce is good for them. Also the leaf lettuce is good too.

Hmmm..... didn't know that. I'll look for it in future.

Hmmm..... didn't know that. I'll look for it in future.

 

 

Thanks, i have tried what you suggested and now it works!

 

thanks once again,