Kibble?
- Thalia
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Kibble?
Hi all,
well I'm running out of the cheapo seed mix that I was given when our friends gave us Alfred and the lady at Super Pet said that finches should be on a kibble that provides dried fruit and veggies as well as seeds. Is this correct? Can anyone reccommend a brand?
Thanks
well I'm running out of the cheapo seed mix that I was given when our friends gave us Alfred and the lady at Super Pet said that finches should be on a kibble that provides dried fruit and veggies as well as seeds. Is this correct? Can anyone reccommend a brand?
Thanks
- tammieb
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I never had any luck getting my Zebras to eat fruit and only a few vegtables. If yours will eat it then that's great, but I would buy a small bag of this "kibble" to see if they like it otherwise you are wasting your money.
Also, some people switch their birds over to a pellet based diet. But I never did, a good quality seed mix is what I feed mine.
Also, some people switch their birds over to a pellet based diet. But I never did, a good quality seed mix is what I feed mine.
TammieB.
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I am trying to get them on Kaytee's pellet blend food right now. I tried some pellets from a company called Lefeber?? they wouldn't eat it at all. At least the new pellets are colorful and smell good. The seed mix I switched them to while they are weaning has multiple types of seed, as well as bits of fruits and veggies. I also add crushed oyster shell to each food dish.
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I got mine to eat a pellet diet (ZuPreem), but I also will sprinkle some conditioning forumula (has some seeds in it), dried greens, and oyster shell in with it. I also use eggfood (the Roy's recipe). Recently, I put some fresh lettuce leaf bits and chopped up tomato in the cage and my society really liked the tomato!
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- kenny
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the long skinny black seeds are niger,mostly eaten by goldfinches and canaries ,small finches rarely touch them but they are great for winter as they have a lot of beneficial oil in them..if you put them in a feeder in the garden you will get goldfinches by the dozen but they will actually gorge themselves to death on the stuff..if they dont eat it dont worry as you can put the stuff they dont eat on your bird table
heres a link to make sure its the correct stuff
http://www.beautifulbritain.co.uk/htm/w ... _birds.htm
ken
heres a link to make sure its the correct stuff
http://www.beautifulbritain.co.uk/htm/w ... _birds.htm
ken
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