Pig?

[scottr02919]

Is it possible that my sun conure is just a pig, he seems to have started eating recently a lot more than normal. He's 7 months old now and looks a bit chunky. Other than put him on a treadmill what advice can anyone give.

[sowilu]

I wonder the same thing about my Yoltzin. Always looking for whats inside the food bowl I think he even sleeps there .

[gbird]

Get yourself a gram scale. Sun's should be between 110 - 120gr. Pita's at 115g.

There are days when thats all Pita does, is eat, then there are days when he just picks.

What are you feeding him?

[scottr02919]

He eats a lot of pellets. Thanks for the info.

[SunConure1]

Besley & Bonnie my sun conures weigh around the 118grams my guys get feed cockatiel seed, vetafarm south american pellet mix,corn,snowpeas,broccli,carrots,cauliflower,bean s,soup mix which contains barley,peas & lentils, They also get baby spinage leaves occassionally as to much iron can be bad and spinage can cause the runs. In fruit apple,pear,cherries,blueberries,strawberries,orang e,manderine,mango,peaches & grapes. I also give all my birds mealworms once or twice a week, They also have a calcium perch and cuttlefish bone in there cage at all times. I give them treats like potato chips and fruit juice every so often.

[ROYJOY]

if you dont have a gram scale, but have a regular scale, around 4 oz. is good.