We have a cockatiel that we recently adopted by virtue of its previous owners not wanting it anymore. I know that birds should be eating fresh fruits and veggies, but it seems that this little guy wants none of it. I’ve tried hand feeding it, and it seems scared of what I’m offering. I’ve tried leaving it in its cage and it wants nothing to do with it. Our other bird loves fruit, but this one just doesn’t seem interested. Any advice?
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I fill my bird’s food dishes up to the top every morning. I have two African Grey Parrots. They pick at it and eat on it all day. They throw half of it out. My question is: Do you leave food out for parrots all day? Or do you pick the food up and give it to them on a schedule? If so, how often should I feed them? They are sooooooo messy with their food. They are on a pellet diet and that is what I have trouble with. I also switch out fruits and veggies and I will make them eggs, pasta, rice, etc. but they gobble that stuff up. It is the pellet food they like to play with and make a mess out of.
Oh, it also makes cleaning thier cage a mess. They poop all of the time and everywhere.
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Tagged african, african grey parrots, birdâ, day, eggs, Food, fruits and veggies, Grey, half, Morning, parrots, pasta, pellet, pellet diet, pellet food, question
So i found this baby bird in my yard. it fell out of its nest. there was another baby bird that fell out of its nest about 5 feet away from it, but it didnt survive…. and its dead. so i took this baby in and put it in a converse shoe box. (with ventilation of course.) and so my niece named it peddy, cuz she was there with me. 
anyway, it was opening its mouth really widely cuz it wanted food! i didnt know what to feed it, so i called my *friend and she said the best thing to feed it was bugs. i dont have bugs. so she then said to try feeding him hot dog… i did and she took it really well and ate it. it was really cute!!!!…. so i’ve had it for half a day now…. but then baby peddy vomited the hot dog a few hours later after fed it to him, several times around the box. i then refused to clean that up and moved it to a different box. so now, i dont know what to feed him. other things that my friend suggested that i dont have chicken or turkey, i cant go to the pet store to buy it bugs, cuz i cant drive, and i cant feed him KFC or chicken nuggets cuz they have spices and preservatives! i asked her about feeding it bread, but she said it doesnt have enough nutrition to be its main food. i then asked about fruits and veggies, but she said that baby birds dont really eat those.
WHAT CAN I DOO?
please help, this bird has shown to be good and healthy so far.
and i want to help it back into the outdoors.
<3~Obtusie Moosie
PS. its a baby Robin.
*btw, my friend is an expert on animals and pets. also, she has taken care of many baby birds before and knows a lot about them.
thank you very much for the answers so far.
also,
how long can this baby bird go without food?
and it is tilting its head straight up with a big mouth as if asking for food. (i've seen this on television) so thats why i thought he wanted food.
OH! IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAIL!!
i found a lightning bug/ firefly! but im not sure that i can feed it that because of the the chemicals that light up its but…..
so is it safe to?
PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
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Tagged baby, baby bird, baby birds, Bird, box, bugs, cant, chicken nuggets, converse, cuz, didnt, dont, friend, fruits and veggies, half a day, hot dog, kfc, nest, niece, nutrition, peddy, pet store, several times, shoe box, spices, turkey, ventilation
So i found this baby bird in my yard. it fell out of its nest. there was another baby bird that fell out of its nest about 5 feet away from it, but it didnt survive…. and its dead. so i took this baby in and put it in a converse shoe box. (with ventilation of course.) and so my niece named it peddy, cuz she was there with me. anyway, it was opening its mouth really widely cuz it wanted food! i didnt know what to feed it, so i called my *friend and she said the best thing to feed it was bugs. i dont have bugs. so she then said to try feeding him hot dog… i did and she took it really well and ate it. it was really cute!!!!…. so i’ve had it for half a day now…. but then baby peddy vomited the hot dog a few hours later after fed it to him, several times around the box. i then refused to clean that up and moved it to a different box. so now, i dont know what to feed him. other things that my friend suggested that i dont have chicken or turkey, i cant go to the pet store to buy it bugs, cuz i cant drive, and i cant feed him KFC or chicken nuggets cuz they have spices and preservatives! i asked her about feeding it bread, but she said it doesnt have enough nutrition to be its main food. i then asked about fruits and veggies, but she said that baby birds dont really eat those.
WHAT CAN I DOO?
please help, this bird has shown to be good and healthy so far.
and i want to help it back into the outdoors.
<3~Obtusie Moosie
PS. its a baby Robin.
*btw, my friend is an expert on animals and pets. also, she has taken care of many baby birds before and knows a lot about them.
thank you very much for the answers so far.
also,
how long can this baby bird go without food?
and it is tilting its head straight up with a big mouth as if asking for food. (i've seen this on television) so thats why i thought he wanted food.
OH! IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAIL!!
i found a lightning bug/ firefly! but im not sure that i can feed it that because of the the chemicals that light up its but…..
so is it safe to?
PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
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Tagged baby, baby bird, baby birds, Bird, box, bugs, cant, chicken nuggets, converse, cuz, didnt, dont, friend, fruits and veggies, half a day, hot dog, kfc, nest, niece, nutrition, peddy, pet store, several times, shoe box, spices, turkey, ventilation
I was wondering if it would ne ok to use a cockateil seed mix as a base? This is very readily available in my area. I know that they are small parrots type birds and the fresh fruits and veggies are a must, but I need to know a good seed base food for them.
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Tagged area, base, cockateil, Feed, Food, fresh fruits, fruits and veggies, good seed, lovebird, mix, parrots, seed, seed mix, type, type birds
my aunt has an appr 7 month old TAG.. and he is still insistant on haveing 1 hand feeding of a morning and she is unsure as to why bc he gets pellets and fresh fruits and veggies?.. also she was told that he can have only 1 peanut a day.. is this true and if so why is that?? .. she raises blue and gold Macaws and not had this problem with them.. thanks in advance.. DeAnna
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Tagged african, appr, aunt, Bird, blue and gold macaws, feeding, fresh fruits, fruits and veggies, grey bird, Hand, insistant, month, peanuts, pellets, TAG, thanks in advance, timenh
So i found this baby bird in my yard. it fell out of its nest. there was another baby bird that fell out of its nest about 5 feet away from it, but it didnt survive…. and its dead. so i took this baby in and put it in a converse shoe box. (with ventilation of course.) and so my niece named it peddy, cuz she was there with me. anyway, it was opening its mouth really widely cuz it wanted food! i didnt know what to feed it, so i called my *friend and she said the best thing to feed it was bugs. i dont have bugs. so she then said to try feeding him hot dog… i did and she took it really well and ate it. it was really cute!!!!…. so i’ve had it for half a day now…. but then baby peddy vomited the hot dog a few hours later after fed it to him, several times around the box. i then refused to clean that up and moved it to a different box. so now, i dont know what to feed him. other things that my friend suggested that i dont have chicken or turkey, i cant go to the pet store to buy it bugs, cuz i cant drive, and i cant feed him KFC or chicken nuggets cuz they have spices and preservatives! i asked her about feeding it bread, but she said it doesnt have enough nutrition to be its main food. i then asked about fruits and veggies, but she said that baby birds dont really eat those.
WHAT CAN I DOO?
please help, this bird has shown to be good and healthy so far.
and i want to help it back into the outdoors.
<3~Obtusie Moosie
PS. its a baby Robin.
*btw, my friend is an expert on animals and pets. also, she has taken care of many baby birds before and knows a lot about them.
thank you very much for the answers so far.
also,
how long can this baby bird go without food?
and it is tilting its head straight up with a big mouth as if asking for food. (i've seen this on television) so thats why i thought he wanted food.
OH! IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAIL!!
i found a lightning bug/ firefly! but im not sure that i can feed it that because of the the chemicals that light up its but…..
so is it safe to?
PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
Posted in Bird Nest Boxes
Tagged baby, baby bird, baby birds, Bird, box, bugs, cant, chicken nuggets, converse, cuz, didnt, dont, friend, fruits and veggies, half a day, hot dog, kfc, nest, niece, nutrition, peddy, pet store, several times, shoe box, spices, turkey, ventilation
