"ex WGS Hamm"  wrote in message
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> "msterspy"  wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:48:25 -0500, "Paulo"
 wrote:
>>
>> >Arent you missing fruits an veggies? What kind of bird do you have?
>>
>> I have a male parakeet. We try giving him fruits and vegetables. He is
>> a very picky eater like my kids. He will eat beet greens, kale, dark
>> green lettuce, apple, bannana, but not very much of this. I know that
>> these birds eat seeds "in the wild" but they must eat
other things.
>
> Why *must* they? They live in vast arid areas and live mainly on seeding
> grasses. That's why one of their names is 'grass parrakeet'

Here is the link to the budgie page in the Lexicon of Parrots.  There are
descriptions of their natural diet and their diets fed in aviculture:

http://arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E150.htm&Pic=150_1.JPG

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