Pellet wars

[Jaguar]

Puffy has decided that, after a year of eating them just fine, he HATES pellets, and would rather starve and scream all day than eat even a little. I've tried Zupreem, Harrison's, Tropican, and Pelletberries, and he won't eat ANY of them. I'm really frustrated, to say the least.

 

[Pipsqueak]

If he eats a good variety of fresh foods I would not worry so much, mine hardly eat any pellet but eat all fresh.

 

[Jaguar]

If he eats a good variety of fresh foods I would not worry so much, mine hardly eat any pellet but eat all fresh.

All he wants to eat is sunflower seeds

 

[Lady Jane]

Don't give any sunflower seeds.

 

[Jaguar]

Don't give any sunflower seeds.

I only give them by hand when he's not screaming - I can work on the pellet thing long term, but he can't drive the people upstairs crazy before then

 

[CrazyBirdChick]

That stinks! I hope it's just a blip and he starts liking them again.

 

[Mizzely]

Omg Jingo did the same thing! So super annoying. He was eating Zupreem, then one day decided he would only eat veggies. I finally able to get him to eat Lafeber pellets. He was already eating Nutri-Berries, and I tried Pellet Berries which he had little interest in, but the pellets he ate readily.

 

[fidsmom]

Have you tried Roudybush Crumbles ?

 

[cnyguy]

You might try soaking some pellets in water or unsweetened fruit juice to soften them. That often works when converting a parrot to a pellet-based diet, and can sometimes help with any parrot reluctant to eat pellets. My adopted CAG Scooter went on a pellet strike for a while, refusing to eat her favorite ZuPreem Fruit Blend pellets, or any others (I tried QP Ralph's Higgins pellets and a sample of Harrison's I got from a pet store but they only got tossed out). I soaked a few pellets and put them in Scooter's dish, and they were a big hit. She and Ralph both enjoy a few soaked pellets every day, along with their dry ones.

 

[metalstitcher]

Just the fact this said pellet wars made me read it. I know your pain. I went through this for so long with my two I thought I would never get them over to a healthy diet. After 14 and half years they finally decided to try it and enjoy their pellets. It could just be a blip on the radar. I would try maybe crumbling up the pellets and mixing it with some veggies if they eat them. Mine sub their beaks at fresh food and only like the meal bars from LaFaber bunch of picky beaks.