JewellBird
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Hello all! I have a few different questions about the pellets and seed I have been feeding my budgies, so bear with me...
1. I have been feeding my 2 current budgies Lafebers premium parakeet pellets and a small amount of Higgins Vita Seed natural blend for almost a year. They also get fresh chop everyday and other fruits and veggies as treats. I will also be getting a Cockatiel and Budgie pair soon and since they are a bonded pair they will be in the same cage, so do you all think it will be okay to feed the Lafebers parakeet pellets to the Cockatiel too? It will be impossible to feed different food to the cockatiel than the budgie will eat, as the two new ones will be in their own cage together. As far as I can tell it is just the size of the pellet that varies between the Lafebers cockatiel and budgie pellets and not ingredients.
2. Is the Lafebers pellets a good pellet to keep them on? I originally got them the Lafebers pellets because they were naturally preserved and had a lot better ingredients than the ones that were recommended at the pet stores that had a ton of dye and artificial flavors and preservatives.
3. What do you all think about the Higgins Vita Seed? I would kind of prefer to find a different seed mix to give small amounts of, because the Higgins Vita Seed has a lot of dried fruit in it and a lot of added vitamins and minerals. So does anyone have a recommendation for a natural seed mix that will work well for both Budgies and Cockatiels and that preferably has no artificial preservatives or all of the dried fruit like the vita seed has? Or do you all think it is a decent seed mix to continue to give them?
Thank you!
1. I have been feeding my 2 current budgies Lafebers premium parakeet pellets and a small amount of Higgins Vita Seed natural blend for almost a year. They also get fresh chop everyday and other fruits and veggies as treats. I will also be getting a Cockatiel and Budgie pair soon and since they are a bonded pair they will be in the same cage, so do you all think it will be okay to feed the Lafebers parakeet pellets to the Cockatiel too? It will be impossible to feed different food to the cockatiel than the budgie will eat, as the two new ones will be in their own cage together. As far as I can tell it is just the size of the pellet that varies between the Lafebers cockatiel and budgie pellets and not ingredients.
2. Is the Lafebers pellets a good pellet to keep them on? I originally got them the Lafebers pellets because they were naturally preserved and had a lot better ingredients than the ones that were recommended at the pet stores that had a ton of dye and artificial flavors and preservatives.
3. What do you all think about the Higgins Vita Seed? I would kind of prefer to find a different seed mix to give small amounts of, because the Higgins Vita Seed has a lot of dried fruit in it and a lot of added vitamins and minerals. So does anyone have a recommendation for a natural seed mix that will work well for both Budgies and Cockatiels and that preferably has no artificial preservatives or all of the dried fruit like the vita seed has? Or do you all think it is a decent seed mix to continue to give them?
Thank you!