ZuPreem FruitBlend Bird Pellets, Daily Bird Food for Canaries, Finches, Core Nutrition for Very Small Birds, Made in USA, Finch Food, Canary Food (XS, 2 lb)

Best for My Birds!!!
My Parakeets don’t like Zupreem – they devour it!!!!As per my Vet’s recommendation I switched my birds (Parakeets) from a seed diet to Zupreem; it is healthier for them as seeds contain a lot of fat, which can be difficult for their tiny livers to process. Some small birds can develop life-threatening Xanthomas from seeds as my one Parakeet had and hence my introduction to this product.Parakeets can be exceedingly difficult to convert to a non-seed diet; in fact I had begun to think it was impossible when I went through the process.Suggestion:After almost giving up on converting my birds (the ill one’s life depended on it!!) I decided to make a “bird smoothie” to aid the process. I added some Zupreem and fruit juice to the blender and made a baby food consistency slurry. I made enough to last a few days – I refrigerated the surplus. I spread the slurry out on a saucer and embedded my birds regular seeds into it. This way the birds had no choice but to pick through the mix and in so doing developed a taste for and recognition of the Zupreem mash as food.I repeated this process over several days – each day reducing the amount of the seeds and replacing with dry Zupreem pellets. After 4-5 days, I fed my birds 100% Zupreem with a bit of fruit juice. Finally, on the 5th day, I went 100% dry Zupreem and my birds are hooked! They love this stuff and my formerly ill Parakeet is not only 100% back to normal – he is the healthiest I’ve ever seen him!!Also please note: If you have regular sized Parakeets, get the X-Small bird size; Parakeets don’t like the larger pellets – trust me on this!!FYI: If you wet your Zupreem as I’ve described, it will perish after about 4 hours. Please be sure to replace with fresh – refrigerate any pre-made slurry. It lasted me several days.

Nutritious and helped get them off seed!
My vet recommended this product for my two parakeets because they wouldn’t eat anything but seed and they were overweight. One of them even had a fatty liver – evidenced by an excessively long beak that I had to have the vet trim. With this product I was able to get them off seed. I mixed a little zuPreem with their seed. A couple of days later I completely stopped the seed. They were hesitant at first, but now they love it. To get them to eat greens, I sprinkled some zuPreem on wet kale that I had placed in their bathing bowl. They have a large flight cage and I place their feeding, water and bath bowls at the bottom of the cage out of the way of perches, so no pooping in the bowls, lol. I had tried many times before to hang seed-coated kale from the top and sides of the cages, but they wouldn’t go near it, as if it was some predator, lol. Now they rip into the kale. Note that their heavy, shallow, ceramic bowls (the kind that you can bake in) all look the same, about the diameter and depth of a personal pan pizza or tarte. I added a fourth that holds only the greens, which I no longer add ZuPreem to because they eat their greens without it. So there is a water bowl, a greens bowl, a bath bowl, and a ZuPreem bowl. Their diet is balanced now. Their energy levels are up, as evidenced by more movement, both flight and exploring the environment in and around their cage. This product has added longevity and birdy contentment to their lives. Thanks ZuPreem!!!

High in Sugar
Did you buy this because a vet recommended it to you? I was, and I bought this thinking I was doing my bird a huge favor and helping them get a better diet until I looked at the ingredients. BOTH the natural and flavored/colorful pellets by Zupreem have sugar within the first ten ingredients. With how cheap it is I advise you to take caution. As for why vets recommend it? Sure, it works and is giving your birds vitamins but sugar in large quantities is bad for birds. Your birds eat pellets everyday. This will do more harm then good please don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.

Works Well as a Supplemental Treat for Larger Birds
This company’s products are fairly expensive. I have 3 birds (2 Amazons and 1 African Grey). I feed them a brown pellet diet plus some soft food. I found that that sprinkling about a 1/4 teaspoon of these very small pellets on top of the regular food works quite well. They always eat these mini-pellets as well as the regular diet. I think it provides some variety and stimulation. I keep the 10 pound bag in the freezer with a smaller container for daily use to keep it fresh. It lasts quite a long time that way.

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The FruitBlend Flavor for Extra Small Birds has been an absolute favorite for our canaries! They eat it enthusiastically, and it’s clear they enjoy the variety of flavors. The pellets are the perfect size for them, and it provides balanced nutrition to keep them healthy and active. The 2lb pack lasts a good amount of time, making it a great value. Highly recommend this for any small bird owners – your feathered friends will love it!