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I give a nice cooked cereal to my 11 year old bird every am. When I go away or every now and then, I give her seeds as they are part of a birds diet. I dont like to give them to her because of how wierd she acts. (When Im gone it helps others care for her.) When I cut back on the seeds, she gets strange and starts refusing to eat anything else, even if she has already for days or a weeks. Suddenly she stops and will starve herself for seeds.If no seeds, shell sit and sleep until its dinner time, saving her energy.What is with this??? Should I never give her seeds? I could mix some in with her cooked cereallike sunflower,her favorite are safflower. Also, after the catfood scare, I am worried about the pellet foods. They also have sugar in them that I question giving the bird. She gets plenty of fruit as she holds out for it the same way as for seeds. I give her veggies and she treats them like an insult and tosses them angrily away . If you cant starve a bird into eating what do you do when she does it? I hate to condone bad behaviour either.