What percentage of the diet you feed your Eclectus is fresh? What do the fresh foods consist of?

Do you feed seeds, pellets or both for your non-fresh foods?

I ask this, as so many new people who come into the store have no clue about the importance of an Eclectus diet. A good percentage don't even feed fresh foods!!!

Thought this may be a good opportunity to discuss it and get the word out there...

my avain vet, who has 4 Ekkies, told me to feed a 80/20 diet. 80% pellet and 20% fresh. none of them pluck, tap or flip. The breeder I got Sophie from also told the same thing. Well unfortunately I like searching stuff out on line. So in the end I feed my birds 80/20. Maybe its 90/10 as to how they eat it. Thats 90 fresh fruit and veggies, sprouts, and what ever we happen to be eating for dinner. 10% pellet mix.
I don't see any reason to play with fire.

Mine prefer fresh over anything, but due to my work schedule, it's not in the cards to feed all fresh.

I guess I just wanted to stress the importance of lots of fresh foods daily - it's an absolute must with these fids.

Mikey would take fresh over anything else any day...but he isn't too picky. I try to feed atleast a 70/30 fresh/pelletandseed daily

Dani

Mikey is gorgeous, Dani!!! Is he a SI?