I took me about a year to move my Sam from an all seed diet to a pelleted diet. I bought and threw out so many pellets the squirrels in my neighborhood were the fattest we ever saw! They loved it. I have finally settled on a mix of Harrison's coarse and Roudybush medium, along with dried veggies and about 6 sunflower seeds a day. He then gets corn, peas, carrots, broccoli, brussels sprouts, banana, apple, blueberries and whole wheat bread for a treat. Once a week he gets scrambled egg and white meat chicken when we roast one. Spaghetti is his favorite, and pizza crust. Loves that.