Cockatiel eating millet spray

“birdie” has been with us for around a week or so, shes slowly starting to open up to me. …she really loves millet
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my new cockatiel is only eating millet?

Question by jeherohaku: my new cockatiel is only eating millet?
we got her (at least i think its a her) yesterday. she is a 22 month old cockatiel that we adopted from petco, and she has never been hand trained or had her wings clipped.

well, she hadn’t been eating until we moved her to a more populated room, but then she ate almost all of the millet spray we put in her cage, and none of her actual food. is this normal? does she need to be shown where the food is?
and they had millet in her cage at the store and she is on the exact same food – i checked with one of the employees.
and i tried to give her some apple, because i read it was ok and it was the only fruit in the house, but she didn’t want anything to do with it.

and its weird because i had her in an upstairs bedroom before and she didn’t seem happy and so we moved her into the basement and now she seems really happy. she is eating the millet and she also nibbled on the cuttlebone i had in there for her and she has been drinking a lot and preening herself and chirping very quietly, almost like the doves i had once… it was like night and day.

Best answer:

Answer by Michele
She probably hasn’t been given a lot of millet spray in her life at the pet store. It is considered a treat in most homes, and the pet stores aren’t keen on giving treats. When my cockatiels are given millet, they eat all of it before moving on to their regular food. She might not be used to the regular food you are giving her, or it may not be what she wants. Try giving her fresh fruits and veggies, and perhaps try a different brand of bird seed if she isn’t into the kind you have.

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