Record one week of baseline
Write down current products, amounts offered and left, and morning weight. Observe each bird separately.
- Current foods
- Weight under the same conditions
- Food actually swallowed
- Husks and discarded food
Begin with recognition
Offer the new food beside familiar food or through a comfortable foraging method. Never use hunger to force a choice.
Change ratios only after confirmed eating
Adjust familiar food gradually only after the bird eats the new food and maintains weight and activity. Ask a clinic first for young, older, or unwell birds.
Stop when intake or weight falls
Do not keep pushing a transition when weight, droppings, or activity decline. Secure the familiar safe diet and show the record to an avian clinic.