Silly Food Question

[edillon5063]

Is it ok to feed him frozen unsweetened mixed fruit (grapes, cherries, strawberries, peaches, pineapple? Thawed out of coarse. Then I was thinking about mixing it with oatmeal. I'm having trouble getting my 12 week old CAG to eat pellets, it seems he eats veggies and fruit and will eat pellets if I soften them and mix them with it, but just dry pellets he just sits there and breaks the pieces in half. Thanks!

[BaxtersMom]

I am no expert but I think if you don't have fresh fruits or veggies on hand frozen would be okay. I use frozed veggies myself but have not tried frozen fruits yet. Hopefully some others can give you more advice on it. I would just recommend reading the ingredients on the package to make sure they are not full of additives and preservatives.

 

I also feed mine other things in oatmeal and it's usually a big hit. I have even put pellets into the oatmeal on my birds that used to have problems eating their pellets.

 

I would still keep on trying to encourage your grey to eat pellets. I've had a couple older birds that didn't like pellets much and it was a difficult road but they are eating pellets dry now. Yea!!! It took several months but they eat them now. Perhaps you can try soaking them in apple juice to soften them up a little bit. I tried that with one of birds and he liked it like that, but not all will.

 

I had the best luck hiding the pellets in other foods like corn bread, pancakes, oatmeal, eggs, etc and it worked pretty good for me. Good luck.<br><br>Post edited by: BaxtersMom, at: 2009/02/08 23:54