Post by beccilouise on Feb 17, 2016 13:57:30 GMT -5
Hello all,
Just wanted to ask a question before I try something. I'm trying to encourage Byron to try some dried mixed berries and dried mixed fruit I bought from a reputable online bird supply store. Currently, though, he is unwilling to try it as it's new and, therefore, confusing.
When I managed to convert him to pellets, I left only pellets in his food bowl for him all day until I got home so that, if he was hungry, he had to eat them. He now loves his pellets and will frequently choose them over other food offerings. Do you think it's worth trying the same thing for one day to encourage him to at least try the fruits, or would that be counter-productive? The mixes I have chosen are all bird-formulated, with no additives and using only bird-safe preservatives. They include papaya, dried banana, mixed vine fruits, dates, apricots, juniper berries, hawthorn berries, blueberries and cranberries. These fruits and berries all contain key vitamins such as vitamin C, E and K, key minerals like potassium, fibre, manganese and antioxidants that prevent cell damage. They're a really important supplement to his diet and I have tried to hide a few of them in his toys to encourage foraging behaviour but, as he won' even try them out of his bowl, foraging has not happened.
I've tried mixing them into his bowl of pellets, but he just eats around them, so was wonderin if I should just try the same technique I tried with the pellets to encourage him to eat them?
Just wanted to ask a question before I try something. I'm trying to encourage Byron to try some dried mixed berries and dried mixed fruit I bought from a reputable online bird supply store. Currently, though, he is unwilling to try it as it's new and, therefore, confusing.
When I managed to convert him to pellets, I left only pellets in his food bowl for him all day until I got home so that, if he was hungry, he had to eat them. He now loves his pellets and will frequently choose them over other food offerings. Do you think it's worth trying the same thing for one day to encourage him to at least try the fruits, or would that be counter-productive? The mixes I have chosen are all bird-formulated, with no additives and using only bird-safe preservatives. They include papaya, dried banana, mixed vine fruits, dates, apricots, juniper berries, hawthorn berries, blueberries and cranberries. These fruits and berries all contain key vitamins such as vitamin C, E and K, key minerals like potassium, fibre, manganese and antioxidants that prevent cell damage. They're a really important supplement to his diet and I have tried to hide a few of them in his toys to encourage foraging behaviour but, as he won' even try them out of his bowl, foraging has not happened.
I've tried mixing them into his bowl of pellets, but he just eats around them, so was wonderin if I should just try the same technique I tried with the pellets to encourage him to eat them?
