What can i feed my bird?

Question

I need help i dont know what to feed my bird he just wants to eat seeds(bird food) i try to feed him watermelons,salad,eggs but he doesnt even eat.

Answer 1

Depends on the species:

If it is a Hookbill...that is a parrot, (If he has 4 toes, 2 facing forward and 2 facing back...that's what you have.)
I have Greys but it doesn't matter really...other than the size of what they eat...it's all pretty much the same. One could quibble about more calcium for African Greys and a higher fat content for Hyacinth Macaws, but I don't think that is what's going on here.

It will take while for you to get him off of seeds. It will happen but you must be patient. Keep offering him other things. Even stuff fromyour own plate. Eat good stuff in front of him to show him that it's good to eat.
75% of what you offer him is going to hit the floor. That's okay. Keep offering good food because one day, maybe a year from now he'll suddenly decide that he likes it. It took me 8 months to get a Quaker to eat anything but seed, but I did it. And you can too!
Feed the following:

don't feed mine the commercial seed mix any at all really. If you are feeding pellets, you are giving him a balanced seed diet. Pellets are partially made from seed.
Seed is not really a huge percentage of a Parrot's diet in the wild. The reason most people tend to feed seed is because when the boats containing the first wild-caught birds first arrived here, they were being fed seed. Of course they do eat some seed, but on the boats, seed is dry and doesn't spoil. It was an economical and convenient way to feed the birds during shipping.
The seeds I feed my birds are the healthy ones: Flax, hemp and rape seed. These 3 are the winners in the seed world.
My Parrots don't even like sunflower seed...a standard part of your run of the mill seed mix.
For more information, please see these links:

http://www.holisticbirds.com/hbn02/febma...

http://www.bharatbhasha.com/pets.php/468...

Please lean heavily on fresh or frozen vegetables (heavy on the dark orange and dark green), rice, pasta, beans, yams or sweet potatoes, nuts, and occasionally you can give them scrambled eggs, yogurt, a piece of chicken, and cheese as a treat.
Fruit is good a few times a week. Easy on the grapes..apple is good banana, canteloupe, as well as cranberry...
Think about purchasing some flax seed oil from a health food store and a few drops on his veggies helps a lot.
An additional calcium supplement and a vitamin supplement is extrmemly helpful: "Pro-Vita" or "Blair's Super Preen" nutritional supplement sprinkled onto their veggies will really make a difference.
The number one reason for companion parrot fatalitites is malnutrition.
The bigger variety you offer to your birds, that is, the wider array of veggies they get, the more healthy they will be. I puchase frozen mixed veggie bags (no sauce) and mix them all together so that when my Greys are fed, they are offered about 20 different veggies. I blend in the healthy seed, cooked rice, add a bean glop mix from boiled beans, put in some nuts, and it's "Tails Up"! I don't hear a thing for a half an hour...they're too busy eating.
There are hundreds of recipes on the web you can find that will assist you in keeping your guy in great shape, but you really have to know what to feed to keep them in good condition. Keep reading and and researching.
I hope I've helped.

Answer 2

Maybe if you can include the species of your bird I can help a bit more. But remember birds should'nt eat JUST human food, it can give them diarreah. But you can feed your bird soft stuff, like banana, MANGO (i recommend! birds love this stuff), rice (refrigerating the rice makes it go hard, so keep in mine not to feed 'hard' rice to your bird), lettuce (don't feed actual salad with salad dressing to your bird cuz not all birds agree with that kind of food), eggs is fine, and birds should like watermelon as well. Your bird may not be eating these things you give him either because he's not used to eating the food you give him, or you're giving it to him when he's not hungry at all. Feeding human food to birds successfully usually only happens when you have a bird that is well-trained and trusts and is not afraid of its owner. Other than that with very little information you have provided I can't help you very much. Well, i hope i helped!!

Good Luck, Amy

Answer 3

just remember, Avacados are deadly to some birds. A book on your birds species may have other poisonous plants listed.

Answer 4

My bird is just like that, but I got her 2 eat crackers and cerel and that type of stuff.

Answer 5

bird food

Answer 6

basmati rice for sum birds

Answer 7

What species is your bird???? All but obrien are idiots.