Hi, my cockatiels are extremely fussy and have been fed on shop bought seed mix (the stuff that you scoop out of a barrel) for the 5 years that I’ve had them as this is what I was told by the shop I got them from was ok to feed.
It wasn’t until I started looking into what to feed my mealy amazon (that I adopted a few weeks ago) that I realised how bad seeds are and desperately want to transition them to pellets. I offer fruit and vegetables to my cockatiels and they have never touched them, in fact they get quite cross when I put them in.
I have recently bought Hari Tropimix and Hari Tropican lifetime pellets for them and have been mixing half of each with a sprinkling of the seed they like. I will include the ingredients for each below- my question is, will these be ok for my cockatiels to live on if I mix them together? They have started to eat them, but they’re not eating anywhere near as much as they were and aren’t tucking in as happily as they were with their old seed, if anyone has any advice to get EXTREMELY fussy cockatiels to eat pellets please share as I’m aware that they will starve themselves to death, but also don’t want to give in and just continue giving them the shop bought seeds if they can do bad damage to their health.
Here are the ingredients:
Tropimix:
Millet Kernel, Oat Groats, Red Milo, Corn, Wheat, Toasted Split Peas, Brown Rice, Dehulled Sunflower Seeds, Soybean Meal, Dehulled Peanuts, Flaxseed, Cracked Corn, Toasted Buckwheat, Dried Papaya, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybeans, Dried Split Red Lentils, Dried Pineapple, Dried Carrot, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Dicalcium Phosphate, Lecithin, Calcium Carbonate, Yeast Culture, Flaxseed, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Kelp, L - lysine, Yeast Extract, Choline Chloride, DLmethionine, Orange Oil, Banana Oil, Biotin, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Calcium L - Ascorbyl - 2 - Monophosphate (source of Vitamin C,) Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, D-calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Rosemary Extract, Copper Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Beta-carotene, Thiamine Mononitrate, Inositol, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min) 14%, Crude Fat (min) 8%, Crude Fibre (max) 3.5%, Moisture (max) 12%, Calcium (min) 0.15%, Phosphorus (min) 0.3%, Vitamin A (min) 800 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 (min) 80 IU/kg, Vitamin E (min) 30 IU/kg
Additive per kg
Vitamin A - 2,063 IU, Vitamin D3 - 165IU, Calcium Iodate - 0.2750mg, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate 3.3mg, Manganous Oxide 38.5mg, Zinc Oxide 44mg, Sodium Selenate 0.11mg.
Tropican Lifetime Pellets:
Ground corn, soybean meal, ground wheat, ground dehulled peanuts, ground brown rice, dehulled sunflower seed, canola oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract), calcium carbonate, sugar, tomato powder, oat groats, ground flaxseed, alfalfa nutrient concentrate, L-lysine, yeast extract, DL-methionine, salt, choline chloride, carotene, biotin, vitamin E supplement, niacin, calcium L-ascorbyl-2-monophosphate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, beta-carotene, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, inositol, folic acid, vitamin A supplement, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, vitamin D3 supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein 21.0% (min), Crude fat 11.0% (min), Crude fibre 3.5% (max), Moisture 9.0% (max), Salt 0.20% (min), Salt 0.30% (max), Calcium 1.1% (min), Phosphorus 0.7% (min), Vitamin A 6,500 IU/lb (min), Vitamin D3 225 IU/lb (min), Vitamin E 80 IU/lb (min), Vitamin K 0.9 mg/lb (min)
It wasn’t until I started looking into what to feed my mealy amazon (that I adopted a few weeks ago) that I realised how bad seeds are and desperately want to transition them to pellets. I offer fruit and vegetables to my cockatiels and they have never touched them, in fact they get quite cross when I put them in.
I have recently bought Hari Tropimix and Hari Tropican lifetime pellets for them and have been mixing half of each with a sprinkling of the seed they like. I will include the ingredients for each below- my question is, will these be ok for my cockatiels to live on if I mix them together? They have started to eat them, but they’re not eating anywhere near as much as they were and aren’t tucking in as happily as they were with their old seed, if anyone has any advice to get EXTREMELY fussy cockatiels to eat pellets please share as I’m aware that they will starve themselves to death, but also don’t want to give in and just continue giving them the shop bought seeds if they can do bad damage to their health.
Here are the ingredients:
Tropimix:
Millet Kernel, Oat Groats, Red Milo, Corn, Wheat, Toasted Split Peas, Brown Rice, Dehulled Sunflower Seeds, Soybean Meal, Dehulled Peanuts, Flaxseed, Cracked Corn, Toasted Buckwheat, Dried Papaya, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybeans, Dried Split Red Lentils, Dried Pineapple, Dried Carrot, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Dicalcium Phosphate, Lecithin, Calcium Carbonate, Yeast Culture, Flaxseed, Dried Beet Pulp, Dried Kelp, L - lysine, Yeast Extract, Choline Chloride, DLmethionine, Orange Oil, Banana Oil, Biotin, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Calcium L - Ascorbyl - 2 - Monophosphate (source of Vitamin C,) Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, D-calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Rosemary Extract, Copper Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Beta-carotene, Thiamine Mononitrate, Inositol, Folic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min) 14%, Crude Fat (min) 8%, Crude Fibre (max) 3.5%, Moisture (max) 12%, Calcium (min) 0.15%, Phosphorus (min) 0.3%, Vitamin A (min) 800 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 (min) 80 IU/kg, Vitamin E (min) 30 IU/kg
Additive per kg
Vitamin A - 2,063 IU, Vitamin D3 - 165IU, Calcium Iodate - 0.2750mg, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate 3.3mg, Manganous Oxide 38.5mg, Zinc Oxide 44mg, Sodium Selenate 0.11mg.
Tropican Lifetime Pellets:
Ground corn, soybean meal, ground wheat, ground dehulled peanuts, ground brown rice, dehulled sunflower seed, canola oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract), calcium carbonate, sugar, tomato powder, oat groats, ground flaxseed, alfalfa nutrient concentrate, L-lysine, yeast extract, DL-methionine, salt, choline chloride, carotene, biotin, vitamin E supplement, niacin, calcium L-ascorbyl-2-monophosphate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, beta-carotene, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, inositol, folic acid, vitamin A supplement, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, vitamin D3 supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis: Crude protein 21.0% (min), Crude fat 11.0% (min), Crude fibre 3.5% (max), Moisture 9.0% (max), Salt 0.20% (min), Salt 0.30% (max), Calcium 1.1% (min), Phosphorus 0.7% (min), Vitamin A 6,500 IU/lb (min), Vitamin D3 225 IU/lb (min), Vitamin E 80 IU/lb (min), Vitamin K 0.9 mg/lb (min)