Gouldians not eating eggfood

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Gouldians not eating eggfood

Post by sharath1 » Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:40 am

Hello members i have a pair of gouldian finches, the problem is they r not eating boil eggs that have been shredded and mixed mixed with there regular grains can anyone suggest me what to do thank
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Re: Gouldians not eating eggfood

Post by cindy » Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:10 am

try serving it separately perhaps with some finely peeled grated carrot mixed in.

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Re: Gouldians not eating eggfood

Post by debbie276 » Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:21 am

Or separate with their favorite seeds on top :)
Sometimes it takes quit a while to get goulds to try new things
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Re: Gouldians not eating eggfood

Post by MariusStegmann » Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:09 pm

Pity you don't have a canary. The easy way would be to put another bird with them that enjoys eggfood. Canaries are absolute guts.
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Re: Gouldians not eating eggfood

Post by sharath1 » Tue Sep 29, 2015 1:19 am

Thank u Cindy, Debbie & Marius :P

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Re: Gouldians not eating eggfood

Post by SocietyBird » Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:44 am

I had this problem too... someone suggested mixing millet in with the egg and it worked. :) Interestingly all my birds took to shredded greens really well - so I also put the greens right beside the egg/millet mixture on the floor of their cage and that worked too!

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