Healthily feeding your Parakeet
Posted by juliana on November 23rd, 2008 filed in Birds, Parakeets Just like humans, parakeets need a balanced diet to keep them healthy. If a parakeet just eats seeds,
then they probably won’t be as healthy. Although it is o.k. for seeds to be the main part of your parakeet’s diet, fruits and vegetables are important. Calcium and vitamins are also important in a parakeet’s diet. Cuttlebones, which can be found in pet stores, are one of the things that can supply birds with calcium and many essential vitamins. Some parakeets prefer seeds, and sometimes even avoid fruits and vegetables. Here are some ways I have learned to sneak fruits and vegetables into a picky parakeet’s diet. Sometimes all you have to do is try different types of food. Parakeets have likes and dislikes. For example, my two parakeets avoid bell peppers, Kekona will occasionally nibble on a carrot, they kind of like strawberries, and they both love broccoli. Another way to get them to eat fruits/vegetables is to hide the food they’re avoiding in 
their seeds. Broccoli is a good vegetable to hide in seeds. Tear or cut off the end of each stem coming of the floret. You should end up with pieces small enough to easily mix them with the seeds. Some brands of seed and some treats include fruits, veggies, and vitamins for your parakeets.
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