Originally Posted by
Dragonlady2
My Ekkie does not eat any pellets. He is on a fresh food diet with added sprouts and mashed sweet potato. Because of their longer digestive tracts, ekkies are very efficient in getting their required nutrients from an all natural diet. The problem with pellets are that most of them are enriched/fortified which can lead to an overload in vitamins which can result in toe tapping and wing flipping. My Ekkie has experienced both of these issues when I attempted pellets. The other issue with pellets is the sugar content in some. Spirulina is reportedly another concern. The only pellet that I would feed Willie, if he would eat them, is TOPs (Totally Organic Pellets). Lots of people feed their Ekkie pellets with no probems.
If you can, I would redirect her from your other bird's pellets.
Great job on getting her to eat her greens!