toooooo picky

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:12 am

My little honeybird will NOT eat hardly anything but seed. She will sometimes eat a little apple. Loves peanuts. I bought her some Zupreem fruity stuff but she will not touch it. I am sure just seed mix is not good for her. Any suggestions.......I've tried giving her veggies and fruits. She will eat a little birdie bread. But not much of it...She also will not play with all the toys in her cage.....Could that be because for the first 3 years of her life she didnt have anything to play with?

Ok second thing......I went to a little pet store in the "little" town I live in to get bird food. First the store was in someones house. Second, as soon as I walked in I almost threw up. It was soooo dirty and nasty. FLies and gnats were everywhere. I proceeded to look around and when I got to the back of the store a small cage (and I mean small) were about 25 parakeets in that little cage. AND one was dead on the bottom. I guess the lady thought I saw the bird so she got him out and was saying, " I dont know why they are eating each other, I keep food in there for them." and the cage itself was covered with gnats and flies.
Ok here is my question......Is there a way to report her to someone?

savannahhorse · Post by **savannahhorse** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:14 am

not sure why I'm showing as a guest....savannahhorse

kimtoo · Post by **kimtoo** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:01 am

you should be able to report them to the aspca and to your local humane society...I would start there.

I am not sure what advice to offer on the selective feeding...my IRN's are piglets that eat anything in sight

To transition from seed to pellets takes time. Slowly decrease seed while increasing pellets, some say soaking pellets in apple juice has been helpful. Mine (thankfully) made the transition fairly easily.