How to Feed Parakeets With Wild Bird Food

Parakeets are popular birds to be kept as a pet. They are social and bond with humans and other pets quickly. Like most domestic birds, parakeets are usually fed packaged birdseed. To help balance the parakeet's diet, offer it wild food such as fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.

• Feed the parakeet food that is found in the wild such as natural seeds, fruits and vegetables. Parakeets should be fed a well-balanced diet if you wish to keep them healthy and happy.


• Feed the parakeets each day. Even if there appears to be food in the bowl, remove it and change it. Parakeets can leave behind the hulls or shells of nuts and seeds. This may appear to you as whole seeds. Parakeets prefer to graze throughout the day instead of eating a lot of food at one time. Make sure there is always food in the bird's bowl so it can eat it when it wants to.


• Introduce wild types of seeds to the parakeet with its normal diet. Begin by adding the wild seeds to the food every other day in small amounts. If the bird seems to be eating it well, add more food more often until you have integrated the wild seeds into the daily food source.


• Consider offering the parakeet wild food as a treat instead of a daily food source. Offer non-acidic fruits, uncooked vegetables and wild seeds every other day. Try small amounts of each food to find out whether the parakeet likes it and can digest it well.