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Food for keet with deformed beak2007-11-24 17:07:14

actually Kiichou(his name, means precious) when he was a small baby got his beak injured somehow or another to the point that his top beak section points down instead of curving and his bottom beak section is unusually small ,his beak is also very weak.

he can eat regular bird food but thats pretty much it.

he cant even open a sunflower seed (i open one or two for him everynow and then ^^)

any ideas on what kinds of fruits and other foods thats would be easy for him to eat?

(it cant be too hard or too soft, it also cant make him work to get it like nuts, AND it must be small or break into small peices)

long lists would be appericated

and please dont try an educate me about parakeets,

because i have been a tamer and breeder for years now

,and also his beak will always be this way because he is a year old and it grows that way now

(btw hes tame enough to hop on my finger and whatnot but i cant take him out of the cage yet)

anyones help would be most appericiated!

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Answers:

I am surprised that you would expect a parakeet to be able to open a sunflower seed even with a normal beak. Most of my parakeets (in over 20 years of owning them) have beaks too small to open a sunflower seed anyway!

I have had a couple of birds who've had injured beaks like what you describe and they seem to do well on the spray millet.

I have over 50 birds right now so I also like to cook up a large bag of "Success" rice (brown or white) 10 minutes in the microwave. Remove the bag of rice and allow it to drain and while its draining, throw about one cup of frozen mixed veggies into the still hot water to defrost. Once the veggies are defrosted, drain the water and mix in the drained rice. (Sometimes the green beans are a bit too large for my smaller birds so I cut those up a little more while they are still frozen).