Yes, it carries a lot of weight in mine as well. Like many here, I do the best I can to provide Timber with a variety of food. Pellets? Not happening. Like the children most of us have raised, they will eat what they will eat and no amount of coaxing is going to change their minds. The only commercial food I've found that Timber will eat is nutriberries. Not ideal perhaps, but his weight is acceptable now (though still on the low side). He eats a bit of fresh vegetable most days from his skewer. He eats a little of the Higgins Mundo Brazil cooked mix I offer him daily. He eats a little seed (yes, as Dave mentioned I'm using safflower based though I'm not sure that is necessary or advisable either), and eats several nuts a day (some in the shell, some not). He picks at the seeds I sprout for him. He will often eat a bit of cooked sweet potato and a bite of the birdie bread that I sneak some veggies into. He gets his quarter slice of whole wheat toast spread with a bit of peanut butter every morning. Sometimes he eats some of it, sometimes not. I boil egg or chicken wing for him sometimes (not every day) and he either does or doesn't eat those. There are a couple of things he will always eat, namely bacon, sausage, hamburger and cheese. Obviously, he doesn't get a lot of that. I give him whatever we are having if it doesn't contain anything he can't have, and he often picks at that. Chop? Forget that too, not happening. Having said that, I still keep sticking things in his bowls hoping that at some point he will give it a shot or change his mind. I'm not losing sleep over it anymore though. In the end, we do the best we can. With a picky bird you have to live with the progress you do make. I'm sure that he eats better now than he did before I rehomed him, and that has to be good enough. The vet is satisfied with his health and appearance. She says he is on the thin side, but that appears to be his natural weight since he is healthy so not to worry about it.