Hi there, Charlie my beautiful cockatiel will eat prepared shop seed but will not try anything else. I've tried fruit both fresh and dried also various veggies boiled egg. crackers.almost everything I can think of. I thought maybe I wasn't leaving it with him for long enough so I put a dried apricot on a clip, this is the second day now and he hasn't as much as sniffed at it. I am lost now on what to do, any ideas. He is 5 months old and comes onto my finger and will eat millet from my hand. I let him out every day he is vocal and energetic and has lots of toys in his cage and also has a play gym. Any help would be great.

Try short periods without a seed supply...not long though.If the bird doesn't want to try other foods there's not much you can do.Just make sure you offer a range of seeds that have the varied vitamins for a healthy diet.Any bird food specialist on google should be able to help you with a bit of searching.

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Hi, sometimes the smaller birds are lazy or struggle with fresh food, try cooked veg, mashed or grated so it is small and easy to eat, my budgies love spinach, i hang this on a clip in their cage and it is gone every day, they also like water cress and cress ( including foraging through the soil) very messy but they love it.
Fruit i usually hang very small pieces on a skewer in the cage but they dont always eat the fruit.
Hope this helps
Emma