OMG I am so happy I tried making chop for the first time (I used to served chopped up or whole veggies) to my caique….and he actually ate it. Not just the banana and carrot (his favorite), but also the broccoli and spinach. Thank you so much for this article I have been trying to get my caique, Nemo on pellets and veggies.

My Amazons Prefer Veges over fruit , but after several years of watching our Macaws eat fruit, our Amazon will eat grapes, melon, Apple, lemon, peach….just a bit at a time since they can be high in calories. She has a slice of apple and several string beans in the bowl with many healthy new ones helped get all of our birds used to different tastes. Macaws are very inquisitive so are pretty open to try new foods, especially if we seems to be eating it. I think tying Veges to their cage or trees is a great idea as a toy. They love destroying their toys so if they perceive it as a toy it should be fun. I find their differences funny too. Most of our birds prefer room temp or slightly warm food, but our Galah is perfectly happy eating his Mash of Veges, greens, beans, pasta, grains just out of the fridge. Our avian vet said sweet potatos are so full of nutrients that they are great to feed regularly. All of our birds except the titles love it cooked, but none will eat it cooked and mixed into their mash! Thanks for the suggestions Patty.

I put my Galahs food in a strawberry container and snap it shut. Sometimes it takes him a good while to open it and get the treats that I put there for him. Keeps him busy for a time.

As per usual, great info. my friend; I must try a bagged breakie with Alex, especially since she loves shredding them up. I also weave greens through the bars of her cage. She wouldn’t eat carrots, so I bought some organic carrot juice, sprinkled some avi greens into it, and voila, success!!! I also tried this with Kirby, my GCC and he loved it. That’s one way of getting carrots into them, huh? ;-D

Thanks for the post i will try some of these tricks and see if it works.Thanks u guys.

Thank you for some really cool ways of getting our birds to try different or new foods. I am going to try some of these things on my Cockatoo she wont eat very many veg. at all so its always a surprise when she does. Maybe if I try some of these ways she will at least try the veg. more often.

I love this post – I’m going to try this with newly surrendered birds many of which have never had fresh fruit and veggies. Thank you!

My parrot likes his veggies cooked and room temp to warm. Of course corn is his favorite but he also like sweet potatos and sometimes carrots. He prefers his broccoli cooked with just a touch of butter (which he doesnt get very often) and I try to sneak in some greens by mixing it with corn. hes a lightly overweight blue fronted amazon so he doesnt get much in the way of nuts or seeds or fattening foods. He gets multigrain cheerios as a treat and occasionally the crust from 15 grain bread which has the nuts and grains on top.

Love these ideas. My Ekkie loves foot foods and foods hidden in his draws more than food in a bowl. I also smear a small amount of peanut butter or yogurt around the inside of a plastic bottle cap. he spends ages holding this in his foot and licking it clean.

I liked the ideas and pictures but I had to ask about the cabbage..no offence intended.