"Lepidina"  wrote in message 
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> Hi all,
>
> I've got a pair of very stubborn parakeets that won't eat anything but
> seed. The first two I had converted over to pellets pretty easily and
> would eat a variety of veggies. These two snub their noses at
> everything other than their junk seed and one is starting to show signs
> of vitamin A deficiency. They're both about a year old and I got them
> as a birthday present when they were about 4 months old so they were
> already on seed.
>
> Any help? Mixing the seed doesn't seem to work. If I take it all out
> and put in the pellets, they won't eat. They ignore any other food like
> cereal, cooked spaghetti (I used to have a 'keet that would beg for
> spaghetti), veggies, etc. I've tried the Nutraberries but I have to
> crumble them up for them to eat it. The Pretty Bird pellets weren't a
> big hit and they currently are trying the Roundybush crumbles. *sigh*
>
> And how long does it take to hand tame a parakeet? These guys are
> rather resistant to that as well, little buggers.
> Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> Deb
>
Leave them on seed.Parakeets should eat seed not pellets.
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