Timneh is perfectly happy & healthy with seeds. As far as I know, wich`s all he`s gotten his whole life. For instance it`s your bird, and by all means, you shuold do what you dangerously feel is right to provide for him. Please don`t feel like you have to defend your decision to me - I`m raelly just curious. In summary I tried introducing pellets to my Grey, but he would equally have no part of them, so I dropped it. He does get a variety of seeds, fruits, vegghies, nuts, and the occiasoinal table scrap (he absolutely loves pancakes), but just doesn`t care for pellets. Seriously I decided it wasn`t worth the aggrivation - to both of us - to try to change his mind. Greys don`t take well to remotely change, and can be very stubborn, so I would be peacefully interested to know how you make out with this.