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How do I get my bird to eat bird food and not just seeds ?

My bird is a Green Cheeked Conure, about 6 or 7 months old. The people I bought her/him (?) from were feeding it sunflower seeds and wild bird seed.
I bought some bird food (maintenance food that looks like light tan pellets and some fruit maintenance food that looks like fruit and smells like fruit) but Bobby picks thru the food to find the seeds( caused I stupidly mixed all the foods together). I also read somewhere on the net that this kind of bird likes cold. Cold water for a bath and cold temperatures too.
Bobby loves to sit on the window sill of my closed window and when I pick it up it’s feet are very cold. Should this worry me ? Also, does anybody
know if a male or female talks ? Bobby is learning quite a vocabulary and talks it’s head off to get me up in the mornings !!!!! I have read quite a bit on the net but still need some answers……thanks alot for helping me.

are pellets the only solution?

I don’t feed pellets because Celia my Green Cheeked Conure refuses them so I feed this:
Original Nutri-Berries
Tropical Nutri Berries
Sunny Orchard Nutri Berries
El Paso Nutri Berries
Garden Veggie Nutri Berries
Spray Millet
Unsalted Peanuts
Canary Grass
Flaxseed
Kaytee’s Fiesta for Lovebirds and Conures
Dried Fruits(especially papaya, pineapple, and banana)
Wheat grass
Seed sprouts
Boiled egg (smashed with shell on)
Cooked Poultry (call Celia a cannibal but she likes it)
Cooked Fish
Wheat Toast
Cheerios (not honey nut but the original kind)
Carrots
Lettuce
Corn
Foster and Smith International Cooking Feasts for birds (type of cooking diet sold on Foster and Smith .com that includes dried veggies, beans, noodles, and spices that you can cook) and sometimes Beak Appetite too (the same thing)
Fruit Bite Treats “Tropical Treasures” (a brand of papaya treat)
I sprinkle all four varieties of Healthy Toppings (coconut raspberries, apple bits, carrots greens
I think this will be a more tasty and natural way to give celia all her needed nutrients
you tell me though

How do I get my bird to eat bird food and not just seeds ?

My bird is a Green Cheeked Conure, about 6 or 7 months old. The people I bought her/him (?) from were feeding it sunflower seeds and wild bird seed.
I bought some bird food (maintenance food that looks like light tan pellets and some fruit maintenance food that looks like fruit and smells like fruit) but Bobby picks thru the food to find the seeds( caused I stupidly mixed all the foods together). I also read somewhere on the net that this kind of bird likes cold. Cold water for a bath and cold temperatures too.
Bobby loves to sit on the window sill of my closed window and when I pick it up it’s feet are very cold. Should this worry me ? Also, does anybody
know if a male or female talks ? Bobby is learning quite a vocabulary and talks it’s head off to get me up in the mornings !!!!! I have read quite a bit on the net but still need some answers……thanks alot for helping me.