Feeding Question

lewi111 · Post by **lewi111** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:48 pm

When I was picking up my new birds from a breeder yerterday,I just happened to mention to him that my ring necks get a variety of fruit and vegies about 4 times a week.He says thats way too much and I should stick mainly to a seed diet and ony give them the vegies occasionally.His reasoning is that because they love the fruit an vegies so much,thats all they will want to eat.Am I doing the wrong thing?.This breeder has about 260 ringies an Alexandrines so he is very experienced.Thanks for your advice.

bec · Post by **bec** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:24 pm

i give my birds fruit & veg every day & they still eat their seed i also dicussed this with the lady who bred both riku & pickle she feeds fruit & veg every day too
yes they will go for the fresh food first but they also love their seed

maybe i just have a house full of piggy birds though

im greeted every morning with birds waiting not so patiently on the fruit bowl to see what delights i have for them today

xx_sheena_xx · Post by **xx_sheena_xx** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:12 pm

My ring necks will eat thier pellets/seed even if i give them lots of fruit and veggies everyday

julie · Post by **julie** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:27 pm

was that the guy I put you in touch with?
If it is I think I can understand why he says that

could you imagine how long it would take him to get through giving them fruit everyday. My Grey/green male throws the seed around when I only give him seed, its like he is expecting the fruit to be buried underneath the seeds.

lewi111 · Post by **lewi111** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:37 pm

Yeah Julie it was the guy you put me onto.Picked up a pair of Lutino's.You were right his place is amazing

julie · Post by **julie** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:40 pm

Did you see his pieds ? did you find him reasonably priced?
I'm going to go and see him soon to get some blue males, and maybe a pied.

lewi111 · Post by **lewi111** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:45 pm

Yes Julie------very reasonable-----an birds look very healthy as well

lewi111 · Post by **lewi111** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:47 pm

Pieds??? lol seen that many cant recall all the colours i seen.Ive got my eye on a silver or two----he says he will have more after this breeding season.

julie · Post by **julie** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:51 pm

I'm surprised you only come home with one pair

I maybe getting a breeding pair of alexes from him, just gotta convince Aaron that they both happened to fly into that aviary and call it home.

U.S Marine · Post by **U.S Marine** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:33 am

Its good to mix it all up, that doesn't mean to mix
seeds & pellets with veggies unless your bird will
not ignore the healthy stuff & pick away at the seeds.

Its good to mix there eating habits up, just like us
i eat healthy during week but then throw in fast food
at the end of the week because without the junk atleast
once a week i'll go nuts. I still keep the fat off to.

Peachykeen · Post by **Peachykeen** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:59 pm

No problem here giving fruits and veggie and my birds still eating their pellets - which is like veggies to kids compaired to seed...lol.

They eat both no problems at all. They look at me everyday like "wheres the goodies" but when I don't have any- they dive right in their pellets.

GOOOOO FOR IT! They love the variety!

Suzanne