Samples got here

[shellbeme]

I e mailed lafeber, roudybush, prettybird, tropican. I have recieved roudybush-which chico dove into, and lafeber who were also very nice in their response. Lafeber is generous with their samples, but we didn't get any pellets :p which is what I was hoping for as I'm trying to find which Chico prefers. I did get a response from hagen-they said they would be sending samples but none at the moment.

Chico has been on Harrisons for the past 10 years or so and I know he's a picker-but I'm still not overly impressed with it. Poops are great for clean up-but he's still picking and I just recently read that one bag is only suppose to last you a month? I'd have to purchase one pound bags and I'd go broke doing that. I use to purchase 5lb at a time, that lasted us 2.5 to 3 months, food never went rancid but I'm assuming the vitamin quality wen't way down as there are no preservatives from what I understand. That and they recomend high potency for greys-and now I'm reading about so many greys having high cholesterol on it? Not to put it down-I'm sure it's still the best for some people but I want to try something else now, maybe mix a couple brands that he likes.

[Greycloud]

Shellbeme, It took 1 month to get my samples from Tropican. But boy, when it came, it was alot. PRIME vitamens, Parrot Life mag, 3 issues, 3 lbs of different pellets, parrot treat bisquits, 4 pks each of fruit and nut and bean mix. I wrote and thanked them. I thought they had just ignored my request.

[shellbeme]

Originally Posted by Greycloud

Shellbeme, It took 1 month to get my samples from Tropican. But boy, when it came, it was alot. PRIME vitamens, Parrot Life mag, 3 issues, 3 lbs of different pellets, parrot treat bisquits, 4 pks each of fruit and nut and bean mix. I wrote and thanked them. I thought they had just ignored my request.

I shall practice patience if that's the case as it sounds well worth the wait. I'm kinda excited to see what he thinks of those, I had, in the past thought they were a lower quality food but after taking more time to read they sound really good.

[KGWatkins]

Okay, I sent emails to all the ones you sent yours to Shellbeme. I guess all I can do now is wait wait wait.... VERY impatiently... But I'm sure Zephyr will keep me busy enough I won't be concentrating too much on it.

[Chicklette]

I ordered some. I cannot believe all the stuff I got. Im from Canada and they even sent it to Canada, amazing. I bet there is $30 worth of Nutri-berries, I put it in a big container and it’s totally flied up with them. I got Nutri-meals, Avi-cakes, Nutri-forage. I cannot believe all the stuff I got, it’s amazing. They really like the foraging noodles. I have to get some noodles to keep putting them in there.

So thanks for this post, I sure got a lot of stuff.

[KGWatkins]

I got my pretty bird and harrison's today, they sent two tiny bags each, harrison's sent two of the nigh potency fine and pretty bird sent their gold small and then the fruity tiny kind, they were in little ziplock baggie deals and so I don't know what they are... The birds aren't impressed with either yet, but my dog on the other hand =.=;; lol. They all smell similar though, and they smell like fruity pebbles.

[Monica]

There's a list of most manufacturers on this page, at the bottom...
Cockatiel Sized Pellet Comparison - Artemis Aviary: African Lovebirds; North Carolina, USA

Not all will give free samples, although some of those guys will have a money back guarantee.

[KGWatkins]

=O My ball python's name is Artemis! And thanks for the link, btw, lol.

[diljaa]

Anyone in Europe tried getting samples? I'm so shy about asking for stuff, especially since it would be expensive to ship

[chinniechantel]

I just got a small bag of pellets from Roudybush, but was grateful for anything. Lafebar was great and sent quite a few treats as well as pellets.