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We have a little house guest in the form of a green and yellow budgie, who has been a most entertaining and sociable little visitor.
Anyway, he's not acclimatised to going outside (we used to put our birds out on the lawn so they could pick at the grass etc thru the bottom of their cage) but I want to make sure he has variety and freshness in his diet without overdoing it.
So, what treats/fresh things do you give your budgies?
My mum used to give hers apple, lettuce and carrots. They loved it.
my parents have an aviary of budgies and they are spoilt rotten. They put cobs of corn on the aviary floor, soak wheat overnight and put them in a container for them to eat from and pick grasses from parks which have tiny seeds on them and ties them in bunches to the cage netting.
Awww, I had a special yellow and green budgie named Sunshine who we sadly lost last year at age 11.
They LOVE millet grass/weed. You know the grassy stuff with seeds in it that you find growing in bushy area's. Just make sure it hasn't gone black because thats mouldy millet.
Oh and Sunshine used to love lettuce too. Only thing is if they eat a lot of it it can make their poo a bit runny because of the water content. But our Avian Vet said it was fine.
1stTime - I reckon we'll have a shot at apple, I don't think he's had it before but I bet he loves it.
TD Corn is a great idea...I'd love to pick grasses but I don't really know what's budgie-friendly around here - plus it's pretty dry and brown right now.
Spicey - I know what the millet looks like as there was an old aviary here when we moved in and I was pulling it out for years afterwards - all gone now though. *brainwave* We're having him for a month, so I'm gonna sprout some of his seed and give him the grassy stuff. Plus I think you can get dried millet heads at the shops so might look out for some of those.
My mum just cut up bits and stuck them in between the bars of the bird cage that way they just nibble at it. Hers used to go nuts for it. She used green apples they preferred them.
Yeah, sprouting some yourself is a great idea. :D