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It would appear the birds were only fed a seed diet and aren't used to getting any other foods offered. You will just have to keep trying with fresh foods. It can take weeks for them to adjust. A seed diet is very unhealthy for birds. Seed should only make up 30% of a birds diet. Until you can get them to vary their diet, give them vitamins for birds and a calcium supplement from your pet store to keep them healthy. Try feeding them cooked rice or cream of wheat. Most birds will eat those. Mine loves grapes. Since they're not used to eating them, cut the grapes in half. Mine will not eat the outer skin of a grape. When they get used to them they will peel the grape themselves. Gives them something to occupy themselves with during their day. Keep offering them a variety of different foods til they get used to it. One thing you may want to try is to take a bowl of chopped fruits to the cage. Give part of it to the birds and stand there and eat the other part yourself, just to get the bird interested. My cockatoo always thinks what I'm eating is more interesting than what she may be getting. Birds are very social animals and parrots especially like to mimic what they see.

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Q: You just adopted two older birds When you feed them fruits broccoli or eggs they do not touch them They will only eat seeds What should you do?
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