Maverick comes home tonight :)

[BeeFernandez22]

Eat with him and give him bites off your plate (or a plate he thinks is yours). I was worried about the same things with Jake but he is coming around.

 

I have been trying that. If I get him to take anything at all, he mostly just breaks it into pieces.. he doesn't actually eat it

[judygram]

he mostly just breaks it into pieces.. he doesn't actually eat it

At least he is trying it, sometimes it seems as if they only tear it up and don't actually eat any of it but a lot of what is offered to a bird ends up falling to the floor but he is at least tasting it, keep offering him different foods so he has a wide variety.

[Wingy]

Its going to take time. He has to learn what is food and what isn't. Keep in mind that parrots are very inefficient eaters. Jake will destroy a raw carrot and maybe eat a few bites. Making mulch out of it is much more fun.

[aerial.2000]

agreed! dont stop offering anything you are currently giving. even if you see or think they didnt eat something. one day marco will eat a green pepper next day its on the bottom of her cage untouched. I found however that making a large pot of the 14 bean soup with a bunch of veges in it and freezing it into cube trays is one of her favorite dinners!!! and even now shes been home since easter and i find new things she likes