Also you can put millet in a foraging type toy so they can work for it too. Hope this helps. Mayor of the Avenue. Avian Angel. Millet is actually very good for them.. I have it readily available in their cages at all times, but they nibble at it along with eating their fresh veggies and seeds. If you give millet and they ignore the other foods, then I would say to only give every few days. I used to tear up my millet into little millet balls and stuff it in foraging toys.
Now I put pellets in foraging toys and use millet as a reward because my birds are fatties. Katster Biking along the boulevard Avenue Veteran. Celebirdy of the Month. I placed an order for some millets for the two lovies.
Zoie Jogging around the block. I agree with the others. It depends on the bird. They don't need it everyday, since it's in their seed mix usually. But it makes them so happy! More nutritious. He still won't touch pellets a year later though. You can also purchase millet in a health food store to cook or bake as a warm treat for your cockatiel.
Add one cup of raw millet to three-and-a-half cups of water and either boil in a sauce pan for minutes or bake at degrees in a covered casserole dish for 45 minutes.
Add a few veggies to a tablespoon of cooked millet to add texture and taste variety to the treat. Cockatiels can enjoy many other types of foods, but remember to keep foods that are difficult to digest or downright poisonous out of reach. Avoid giving your cockatiel milk products, raw cabbage or onions, chocolate, apple seeds or pits from stone fruits like apricots, cherries and plums , anything containing caffeine, alcoholic beverages, eggplant, persimmons, green parts of tomatoes or potatoes, mushrooms and rhubarb leaves.
Aside from millet, share a little fruit with your cockatiel for a sweet treat. Berries, melons and grapes are common fruits your feathered friend will enjoy. It takes awhile for cockatiels to learn to eat fresh veggies. You need to commit to feeding them every single day. I recently got a new budgie, and already he is loving his fresh "leaf lettuce" and whole wheat bread pieces. I do not feed "head lettuce", because it has too much water content and can cause the droppings to be loose.
Time and patience are always on your side. A good pellet that is recommended is organic and the name of it is Tops Totally Organic. It is a natural pellet, in that it has lots of organic foods in it and not corn and soybeans.
I am not a supporter of feeding corn or soybeans to my birds. I agree with everyone else that he needs a good seed mix to eat as well and then you can offer him other fresh foods. I think a good rounded diet for a bird is a mix of good quality seed mix, pellets and good for him people food is the best diet. Plus let the bird decide if he wants to eat something and not you decide because each day they might feel like just eating seeds or pellets and that is OK. Spray millet is not horrible food and it is a good thing to give to them but when you do just give them a small chunk of it and not he big huge spray because they do need to eat other things as well.
Fly Free Boomer, we will forever love you. I would encourage a bird to eat seeds and pellets, if you feed pellets, together, because pellets are man made foods and tend to dehydrate birds. Birds on pellet diets need tons of water! Personally, I don't feed pellets, but rather seeds, fresh veggies, and other good foods.
Millet can be used as a treat, but it does have fat content. And too much fat can cause liver problems in birds. However, I would not completely eliminate the millet. My opinion is that it does have good nutrition. There are humans that eat millet every day. They use it as a cooked cereal. So a small amount yes! Keep track of the grams. They should ideally gain a little weight each day if they are baby birds, or very young birds.
Once they are about 12 weeks old they should hold their weight. Genes do contribute somewhat to their overall body mass, but you don't want to have a too fat bird, nor a too thin bird. The middle of the road in weight is ideal!
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