Can anyone tell me how i can get my African grey parrot to eat more fruit?

Question

its 20weeks old and its not eating much fruit. I would love any help thanks

Answer 1

You are getting some horrible answers. Never starve a bird.

In time birds will get used to things you feed them if you offer it to them regularly. But fruit is not necessary for birds. They are mostly sugar and does not give them a lot of nutrients. Your bird may be pretty smart after all. :)

You need to have your bird on a good diet. Do not feed seeds. They are like you eating candy. It is just full of fats. They should be on a pelleted feed. There are many good brands. Take your bird into the pet shop and have them try the different pellets and see which one it likes best.

For fresh food, feed it veggies rather than fruit. Cut it into small bits and you will have a lot less mess and wasted food.

Answer 2

Believe me the parrot can open the almonds if it wants to! We had a yellow fronted amazon and also a jardine.Parrots can be fussy and pick and choose what they actually like from their `parrot mix` food ,which you can buy from any reputable pet food shop.We often found the bits they didn`t find tasty enough lying around the bottom of their cages. Try small pieces of fruit,apple and grape were liked by ours,and the odd raw carrot,just for variety. As for the shower part - do you have a new plastic spray valeting bottle by any chance? You can buy one of these quite cheaply from your local superstore if you don`t. Fill it with warm water and put it on fine spray,give the parrot a few squirts and it will soon open it`s wings wide and allow you to `shower` it,far more easier too! Good Luck!

Answer 3

Greys are wary of new items - sometimes you have to just place a new fruit close by for a while so it can get used to the color, etc. It will explore etc and may finally taste it - then after a few days (with new pieces of fruit each time!) it may eat it. If you interact with your bird a lot (as you should) that will help. The younger lots of different types of food are introduced the better.

Answer 4

With the african greys that i worked with at my store I found that when introducing fruit patience is good! For the first few days they would eat a little and then throw the rest around the cage and generally play with it. I found that if I offered them little bits from my hand and introduced only one fruit at a time they took to it very quickly. Also watch and see which are his favorites. Maybe hes not liking the ones offered. I have a cockatiel myself and supposedly they are supposed to love fruits but I can only get him to take a little tiny bit every once in awhile. I have added a fruit pelleted food to his diet and he seems to like that alot! Good luck with you African grey! they are an awesome bird!

Answer 5

Awww! I have an African Grey and a blue and gold Macaw. Your Grey is still very young, try not to worry. If you are feeding him a good mix, it will contain Dry fruit anyway.

Don't forget too much fruit makes their faeces a bit sloppy so keep an eye on this when you do feed fruit.

As he gets older, he will take to fruit, you'll need to experiment to find out which are his favourites. My Grey loves grapes and is always calling my name and asking for one!

Hope that helps. PS> Don't forget calcium....critical for African Greys!

Answer 6

I own an african grey timneh and had that exact problem. believe it or not, his tastes for fresh foods will mature with age. try feeding him organic dried fruits such as papaya, mango, apple, etc.. but make sure they're organic! My bird, Merlin, dips them in his water to flavor his water and then chows them down. Try a couple of grapes, watermelon is very popular, a bite of a strawberry, and a little banana. The sweeter the fruit the more he'll realize how good it is for him. =)

Answer 7

Introduce it to them slowly by adding to thier existing food. Smother it in peanut butter, stay away from avacado and apple seeds

Also some birds don't care for fresh fruit, try dried also

Answer 8

we have one at 4 months old and got same problem,we went and got lots of fruit, blue Berry's (soak in hot water for 10 sec make sure blue Berry's not to hot) pomegranate,plums sweet ones, grapes green and red seedless, banana, it worked for us good luck

Answer 9

my friends mom has a parrot like yours and she feeds hers dry fruits, there crunchy and that's the way they like them.
try some dry appricots, bannans, apples, and raisins. there's alot more dry fruit brands, but try some of these first.

Answer 10

I'll go for the Polly wants a banana option