Good boy Billy eating your veg

 

Yay! It seems like it takes forever for the lightbulb to go on, doesn't it?

 

The only way mine will realize anything is food is if I "eat" it first. Normally if I do that for Cinnamon she can get the others to eat it. So maybe by Billy eating his veggies, if Ernie sees that he'll realize they're good for him too?

 

So maybe by Billy eating his veggies, if Ernie sees that he'll realize they're good for him too?

That is what we are hoping for now. Billy is nearly 6 so we are not really surprised he took a while. Of course we don't know how old Ernie is, so he might just be a stubborn old codger!

 

yay for billy eating his veggies im still in the process of trying to get Aero to eat his veggies, he wont touch veggies....but im sprouting some beans for him so hopefully **** eat them.

 

Arnie eats vegies, but it's still a constant struggle sometimes she'll be like "nup, not today, not gonna eat it, gonna eat millet today mum, ok?" and I'll be like "no I don't think so" so she'll begrudgingly eat her vegies but spit most of them on the floor. It's annoying when you lovingly prepare a healthy meal only for it to end up in the vacuum cleaner instead of in your tiel. *sigh* don't they know we're doing it for their health?

Well done on getting them to eat their vegies! Hopefully they'll keep eating them for you!

 

The red pepper stains are so funny XD, that's the way I new my boy was eating them too. It's great that you managed to get an older bird onto a healthier diet. I highly recommend using a mirror to get them to try new foods, they can't help but peck at the shiny surface and pick up whatever's on there. I hope he continues to do well.
My bird looked at me like I was stupid when I first offered him veggies - he was kinda scared of them too XD. He's only a baby though so after playing around with them for a week he decided he actually liked them and was gonna eat 'em.
But when there's seed hanging around it's much more appealing. So now I prepare the veggies the night before and give them too him in morning without any seed then when I come home from school he gets his two table spoons of seed and he's happy. This way he eats most all his veg but still gets what he needs.

 

It's sort of like humans getting used to vegetables. Woodstock loves potatoes, oatmeal, bananas and other cooked vegetables. But he always has to check out my plate first.