Best pellets?

[Dayna]

What's the best brand/type of pellets to get? I know organic is obviously best but is there a better brand than others to get? Does anyone know any good sites that have comparisons for different brands?

[cindy]

Dayna, recently Zupreem changed their fruit blend forumla, my birds use to eat all of it but not since the change.

I use Roudybush Nibbles and have used these for years on my hookbills like Bourks, parrotlets, lovebirds. I seem to go back in the direction of Roudybush Nibbles.

I also use Labefer's finch pellets, it can easily be mixed into eggfoods and is great for weaning babies onto and for parents to feed to young.

[Dayna]

Thanks Cindy!

[cindy]

You're welcome Dayna!!!

[finchmix22]

I agree with Cindy. My finches won't eat the Zupreem anymore! I offer them the same as Cindy. They get La Feber pellets mixed in with eggfood and I offer Roudybush nibbles and crumbles now.

[cindy]

Whatever Zupreem did to the red and orange has caused the finches droppings to be red or orange....scared me a bit when I first saw it in the tray!!! Roudybush and Laferbers is what they get now. Zupreem makes a natural but the birds will not eat it.

[Sally]

There are many good manufacturers out there, and to me, the best pellet is the one your birds will eat. I would buy a small bag of each brand and do a taste test with your birds. Roudybush, Lafeber's, Mazuri, Harrison's, Zupreem--and probably more--are all good feeds. I was lucky enough to pick up some sample bags at a recent convention, but typical birds, when I offered treat dishes with say Mazuri pellets, some birds gobbled them up, others wouldn't touch them. I refuse to run a cafeteria in my home--once I have decided on a brand, they will all have to eat it!

[Dayna]

LOL Sally. Our birds are just like kids. Never want what you offer them.

[finchmix22]

I know, right?

[ac12]

I use 3 brands
- Lafeber's for the gouldians
- Roudybush nibbles for the zebras and societies and occasionally for the gouldians
- Zupreem fruit for the zebras.

I used to use Zupreem natural, until they discontinued the XS size.
I used natural because with fruit flavor the poop would stain the perches and other stuff that the poop landed on a red/orange color.