Update on Pepper

[CockyFr13nd]

Don’t know if you all remember but I wrote here to get some advice on how to get my gorgeous cockatoo Pepper onto pellets. She had become obese from a 37 year seed diet and was at risk of developing fatty liver disease so I had to change her diet, she has lost most of the extra weight she’s down to 1 kg she started @ 1.8 poor girl, still a little to come off. I stumbled across a YouTube vid that suggested when changing their diet don’t change anything else in their cage and change one thing at a time slowly. So I went back to square one mashing up the pellets and adding a small amount of seed but every now and then I forgot to soak the pellets so I just moistened them and mixed the seed in, when I went to feed her again I noticed all the dark green pellets were missing so I cleaned her cage again and gave her a fresh bowl of pellets just to make sure she wasn’t just piffing them but no she’s munching them up HOORAY : D, it took 4 months for her to accept them as food but she is now at least eating one colour, small victories!
Thank you for all your suggestions and advice here, when I wanted to just give up you inspired me to keep going and it payed off.
Thank you from both of us.

 

[Rain Bow]

Your Too, She's very pretty. Tops pellets are organic certified & are dark green. They also lack major preservatives the big commercial companies over use, IMO. These may help her alot if she's drawn to the color. A few of the vendors here have them. I couldn't get Buddy to eat them, which really bummed me out because I really wanted him to like them, because the pellets have so many good things in them.

Congrats!!!

 

[koneko]

thats really great! i also switched my cockatoo's diet to pellets but he doesnt touch them if they arent soaked and mushy

 

[Hawk12237]

Don’t know if you all remember but I wrote here to get some advice on how to get my gorgeous cockatoo Pepper onto pellets. She had become obese from a 37 year seed diet and was at risk of developing fatty liver disease so I had to change her diet, she has lost most of the extra weight she’s down to 1 kg she started @ 1.8 poor girl, still a little to come off. I stumbled across a YouTube vid that suggested when changing their diet don’t change anything else in their cage and change one thing at a time slowly. So I went back to square one mashing up the pellets and adding a small amount of seed but every now and then I forgot to soak the pellets so I just moistened them and mixed the seed in, when I went to feed her again I noticed all the dark green pellets were missing so I cleaned her cage again and gave her a fresh bowl of pellets just to make sure she wasn’t just piffing them but no she’s munching them up HOORAY : D, it took 4 months for her to accept them as food but she is now at least eating one colour, small victories!
Thank you for all your suggestions and advice here, when I wanted to just give up you inspired me to keep going and it payed off.
Thank you from both of us.

That's awesome. Takes time, you can't rush anything with a too. Diet changes to be accepted can take months before you get desired results. Some Too's take less time, some more, because a lot of times you have to experiment with diet and food. ( Eg..mashed, wet, powered, mixed and etc..) Till you find right combination they like. Yea frustrating at times, but in the end, it all comes together.

 

[Rain Bow]

Some foods can even take years because the first time you made they wanted cooked & cut in spears & you gave it to them raw & cubed. It takes much time to get used to one another & form a bond. Once that happens it's a little easier to have them be more accepting of new things. Eating it yourself also helps.

Time, patience & much persistance.

 

[Cynthia & Percy]

welcome

 

[Shezbug]

Yay!
Well done for persisting till she tried them and well done to her for trying them!!
I’m pleased for your both

 

[Rain Bow]

Wooo, Whoooo!