Hello I'm trying to get my Grey on Pellets and was wondering what seed is the best to mix in with the Harrison Pellets? We have been trying for awhile now to get on an all pellet diet besides fruits and veggies that she loves with little results. What do you think of the avian cakes? I know at the vets she went for the cakes when she was there and would only toss the pellets around. They hoped that she would watch the other birds that were eating the pellets and catch on but it really didn't help. Lot's of patience. I always think she's going to starve so I give in so many times. Please step in with advice.
Why don't you try mixing a little apple juice into a small amount of pellets and see if she will try them that way, if she does then you can gradually wean her off having to soak them first in the juice.
I was lucky with Josey as she took to the pellets right off but keep offering them to her as sometimes it takes a while for them to eat them.
You can also try putting them into soft foods you feed, like applesauce or bake them into birdie bread and the like.
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Hello and thanks for the advice. I have tried crushing,mashing and mixing the pellets in lot's of food. I have tried the apple juice also. If I act like I like them I can get her to eat around four a day. You were very lucky with your bird. How old is your Grey?
Josey will be 3 years old in May and she eats the Harrisons High Potency Fine from the time I brought her home at 4 months of age but don't give up as one day she may just start eating them, continue to put them in other foods, at least that way she is ingesting some of them and some is better than nothing.
Hi I adopted mine on a all sees diet so she is very spoiled. Someone told me to give her the avian cake and that it has pellet and seed in it and then sneak in the Harrison's which I've been using. Does that sound like an idea?
Whatever works is fine and realize that this will be a long process as when a bird gets used to an all seed diet it is hard to turn around but it can be done, patience, patience and more patience.
She also laid three eggs three weeks ago after 17 years. I took her in for a check up to make sure everything was alright and they gave her the avian cakes and the Harrisons for a couple of days and she ate the cakes but tossed the pellets. They wanted to see if she would watch the other birds there and pick up on it but no. If I make her scrambled eggs and crush some pellets in it she won't but take a bite and leave it. If their in a dish in the cage with other foods in other containers she will go up to the pellets and throw each one out to the bottom of the cage. thanks
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