Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcnc!gatech!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpdmd48!ellen From: ellen@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Ellen Osinski) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Re: INDOOR - Novice questions about pet birds Message-ID: <2730005@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Date: 14 Dec 90 20:44:14 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID Lines: 17 Subject: Re: INDOOR - Novice questions about pet birds > One other thing: always give your bird vegetables--fresh ones every day. Our bird REFUSES to eat veggies, fruit, rice,... And we have given up trying to force her. We tried the route of 'forcing' her by removing her other food for a few days. She would rather starve then eat soft, mushy, strange- looking stuff. She is 5 years old and very healthy and strong because she is free to fly around. She gets bird vitamins in her water every day. I have read that because wild cockatiels are so secretive in their behavior in the wild that not much is known about their diet. It is not known whether they are strict seed eaters or not. Ellen and Jasmine (Ruler of the roost)