By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice)
Just as people like to choose the foods they eat, birds prefer to pick their own food. By offering food with a variety of colors and shapes, eating becomes more appealing to your bird. The pellet conversion method \u201cBirdie\u2019s Choice\u201d has proven successful for small birds, because species such as budgies and cockatiels like to explore flat surfaces and select the food they like best. These types of birds are called ground feeders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Start with Piles<\/strong> By Dr. Laurie Hess, DVM, Diplomate ABVP (Avian Practice) Just as people like to choose the foods they eat, birds prefer to pick their own food. By offering food with a variety of colors and shapes, eating becomes more appealing to your bird. The pellet conversion method \u201cBirdie\u2019s Choice\u201d has proven successful for small birds, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bird-health-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zupreem.eu.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The idea behind the Birdie\u2019s Choice method is to offer your bird small piles of three different kinds of pellets and allow him to select the one he wants to try. Remember, Birdie\u2019s Choice involves using your hand to tap on the table near the piles of pellets, like a bird\u2019s beak would, to stimulate your bird\u2019s interest in exploring the piles. This conversion method works best for birds that are finger-tamed and comfortable around human hands.
Variety is Key<\/strong>
Some birds prefer foods of certain colors, so offering them a colorful pelleted option, such as ZuPreem\u00ae FruitBlend\u00ae, as well as a neutral-colored pellet, such as ZuPreem\u00ae Natural, allows your bird to select the food he likes best. In addition, some birds prefer larger pieces of food, while others like smaller ones. Thus, offering your bird both a larger-sized pellet (such as FruitBlend\u00ae or Natural for medium birds), plus a smaller option (such as FruitBlend\u00ae or Natural for small birds), enables him to choose his favorite size.
Fortunately, we offer pellets in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes \u2013 all of which provide the same high-quality, complete and balanced nutrition that your bird needs \u2013 to suit your bird\u2019s preferences. While your bird gets to choose what type of pellets he eats, you can rest assured, whatever type he selects, he is getting the proper diet to stay healthy and happy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"