What I like to eat:

 

I am a VERY good eater! 

 

  1. Of course, I like to eat seed!  (I’m a bird, aren’t I?)  But please don’t feed me a mixture with sunflower seeds in it.  I like those best, and I might pick them out and leave the rest, and that wouldn’t give me a balanced diet!  Please give me sunflower seeds only as a treat!  Also, buy my seed in plastic bags.  That way you can see if it’s fresh or not!  And remember, since seed is high in fat, only about 50% of my diet is supposed to be seed!

Rounded Rectangular Callout: I’m used to a mixture of Budgie mix, Tropimix (for Cockatiels) and Niger seed!

  1. I LOVE to eat fruit and veggies!  I like them fresh and I like them frozen! (well, maybe you could THAW them first!)  Please give me veggies and fruit everyday.  But don’t leave them in my cage all day, because they could go bad and then I might get sick!  Give them to me for about four-five hours at a time.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: My first human mom gave me mixed veggies with carrots and corn and peas and green beans, then mixed it with some kind of fresh fruit. I LOVE them!

  1. I need lots of grain in my diet.  Grain should make up a large part of my diet.  I can get lots of that in my seed, but since seed is also high in fat, please give me other types of train as well!  Good choices are whole grain pastas (cooked, please!), whole-grain breads crumbled up, brown rice and soaked grain.

Rounded Rectangular Callout: I LOVE soaked grain! Stuff like wheat kernels, oat groats, millet, and barley. Soak these for 12-24 hours, and then mix them with my veggies! YUMMY!

  1. I LOVE Millet trees and other bird treats, but please remember that if I have these all the time, I might NOT eat my regular food!  Then I wouldn’t get a balanced diet, and I might get sick!

Rounded Rectangular Callout: My FAVORITE FOOD in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD is mashed up hard-boiled egg!

  1. Please give me vitamins and calcium.  Especially calcium!  Yum!

Rounded Rectangular Callout: The Cockatiel that lived in my first home nearly died because my first human mom didn’t know she needed more calcium than just a cuttle bone and crushed oyster shells!

  1. In order to have a balanced diet, I also need protein.  I can get some of that from my seed, but it’s really good to give me protein in other ways as well!  Some good foods for me are hard boiled egg, chicken, cheese, yogurt and beans (but please cook them!  Otherwise, they could kill me!).  Protein should make up about 10 % of my diet.