Mixing your own seed

[cockatiela]

Hi

I need some help please, as one of my cockatiels keeps picking out all of the sunflower seeds from the bowl, I was advised that I should buy these seeds and reduce the amount of sunflower but I am unsure which ones I should give more or less to my cockatiels.

I was wondering if anyone could help me with how much to mix (perhaps percentage wise) to make a balanced diet for my cockatiels ?

The seeds I have are:
White French Millet
Panicum
Canary
Jap Millet
Grey Striped Sunflower
Safflower
Hulled Oats

On top of this I feed pellets and vegetables, so I just need to sort the seed out !

Thanks !

[avinet]

Mar 14, 2013 12:15:17 GMT 10 cockatiela said:

Hi


I was wondering if anyone could help me with how much to mix (perhaps percentage wise) to make a balanced diet for my cockatiels ?

The seeds I have are:
White French Millet
Panicum
Canary
Jap Millet
Grey Striped Sunflower
Safflower
Hulled Oats

I would suggest the following:

White French Millet ............ 30%
Panicum ........................... 25%
Canary ............................ 20%
Jap Millet ......................... 20%
Grey Striped Sunflower ...... 5%

Safflower ........................ nil - just another oil seed high in fat which many cockatiels don't like
Hulled Oats ..................... nil generally - it is a high fat seed but can be useful in cold weather if they are outside, or if a bird is recovering from illness as about a teaspoon each day.

cheers,

Mike