I'm following this thread as I'm also reaching a loose end. My two will rather starve themselves and deafen me in the process than eat pellets. For
@budgiezila : Here's what I've tried, with my experiences:
- Smaller pellets (this worked kind of, they'll eat them but they still tend to leave them)
- Start with a low amount of pellets and slowly increase every 2 weeks (currently retrying this one with more consistency than I did before)
- Different brand (success, they didn't like the fruity-flavour of the Nutribird)
- Only feeding pellets and veg in the morning (they loaded up on veg...great! Wouldn't touch pellets and screamed the whole morning)
- Only feeding pellets in the morning (unbearable, I couldn't withstand the amount of noise)
- Removed food overnight (woken up at a ridiculous time, no thanks)
- Moistened the pellets (yuck! They hated it!)
- Made a "cake" from moistened pellets and seed (tried this with one type of pellet they don't like, but they didn't even try to get the seed parts. Might have to try again with new pellets)
Honestly, the transition to pellets is driving me mad so I completely understand. I'm sure if I withstood the noise maybe I'd have more success, but it does drive me to my wits end as I have a small flat and work from home sometimes. Its also costly because the pellets they will actually taste are only available at one online shop here and so they hike up the prices.