I am WINNING this pellet battle

[Britnicorn]

Raiju is for sure eating pellets now! And has been for about a week!! I have his bowl of seeds and a bowl of just pellets right next to each other, and I have repeatedly watched him eating the pellets out of it! He also goes around on my desk eating them with Phoenix
Right now the top layer of his seed dish is just pellets, and every time I change the food (which is once a day) that layer of pellets is gone, so I assume he's eating them! He has also started finishing his entire serving of chop every time I give him some (I give him about a spoonful each time and usually twice a day, I have no clue how big the spoons are )

Do you think it's safe to remove the seeds completely from the cage now? For around half the day? I don't want to accidentally lose progress by inadvertently starving him, but I would love for them to only get seeds at nighttime

 

[Wardy]

Thats what i done with Mojo removed seed completely for 4-5 hours monitored her to check she was eating the pellets after a few days of this i decided to remove the seed altogether.
I also continually weighed her whilst transitioning to ensure no weight was being lost.

 

[Ripshod]

Do you think it's safe to remove the seeds completely from the cage now? For around half the day? I don't want to accidentally lose progress by inadvertently starving him, but I would love for them to only get seeds at nighttime

It depends on the pellets. Most pellets are fortified and contain calcium, so with your budgie's being so active I recommend no more than 35% of their diet being pellets. If you can get them to eat Top's this can be increased, or you can increase the chop.
Mine get their seed for an hour before lights-out now while a few of them lose a few grams. Once they're all in the good weight range I'll increase this time until they get stable.
It's not about time, it's about watching the changes - only you can do that. Weight constantly changes and so should the diet.

 

[Britnicorn]

Thank you guys!!

 

[javi]

Have you tried offering soaked/sprouted seed yet? They love them and usually healthier than dry seeds. With budgies I do not cut out dry seed completely tho.

 

[Britnicorn]

Have you tried offering soaked/sprouted seed yet? They love them and usually healthier than dry seeds. With budgies I do not cut out dry seed completely tho.

Yes, Phoenix loves them, but Raijū is almost scared of them?? I put them in their chop often, or give it to them by themselves, but they get some almost every other day... Raijū will pick around the chop and avoid even touching the sprouted seed

 

[javi]

Funny birdy. Haahaa.