Very picky eater.

[iiJoke]

My girl, Paulie, is a VERY picky eater. She will only eat her food, millet, a little bit of apple, a very small slice of banana, and corn, but only the inside of the kernal. I tried introducing many different types of vegatables but she will not eat them D: I know she really should be getting more vitamins and minerals that aren't in that list of food. I don't really know what to do.

 

I've tried raw and cooked of the following:

Carrots

Broccoli

Potatoes

Peas

Green beans

Leafy lettace and other leafy greens.

 

I don't know what else to give her because she is SOOOOO picky >_< Help please?

[Luvparrots]

I also give my fids freeze-dried vegetables and fruits and they seem to enjoy them. This is not a substitute for their fresh veggies it is just convenient and they don't become "unfresh" when they sit out.

 

http://www.harmonyhousefoods.com/Freeze-Dried-Veggies_c_74.html

http://www.northbaytrading.com/dried-vegetables/freeze-dried-vegetables

[iiJoke]

Like I said, she wont eat the veggies D:

[Morana]

Well, I'm having the same problem, except my birdie will eat all the fruit...but (almost) none of the veggies. Do check out great advices people gave at thread Picky eater. News at my end is that yesterday I ate baby carrot and then Zak wanted and ate some. He won't eat old carrots. Also, it is best if he is a bit hungry when you offer her veggies. I pay attention when he wants to go back to his cage to eat and instead letting him,last time I served to Zak one half of the fried egg with red palm oil and some for me and he did wanna eat. I put everything on the same plate so we socialize while eating. Yesterday I offered some warm cooked (on the steam) veggies and I put my on the same plate pretending it is sooo yummy.. It was horrible ;-) but he ate a bit of it, very little but still, it's progress!:-) Btw, he didn't like cold veggies at all.

 

I noticed that in the beginning, Zak wouldn't eat the fruit because he was afraid of it. I know it's silly, but he didn't trust anything that was red or big and round. He would freeze to death when he saw a strawberry!Lol So you could chop all kinds of fruit to little pieces (think she'll learn to eat fruit easier) put all of it on the plait ant then stand in front of her (while she is a bit hungry on some perch) and then take one bite and offer her the same type of fruit you picked for yourself,... I peel even the inner skin of the grapefruit so he would eat it. Offer freshly squeezed juice and if she likes it, offer the same fruit that the juice came from,...

Hope it helps! Wise people of this forum thought me, variety in ways you can offer veggies, and perseverance is of utmost importance.

[judygram]

Try offering the veggies fixed different ways in the mornings when they are more hungry and keep trying for sometimes finally they will eat some, you have to be persistent.

[Ray P]

If my grey and my zon see me eat something they will try it. It never fails for me and they come back for more.

[Greywings]

Persist in offering both fruits and veggies they are sight feeders so eat what they recognize as food or what they see their flock enjoying. This is your hint to eat with gusto some of the things you are offering your bird where they can see exactly what you are doing. Do use lip smacking yummy sound effects to help encourage them, let them bite from the other side of what ever you are eating in front of them..