Meat also provides a good protein source. You may substitute beans and legumes for meat as excellent protein sources. Avoid feeding your bird any foods high in fat. Avocados are toxic to pet birds. Many owners object to changing their birds' diets because they have offered a variety of foods only to have them ignored or refused by their pets.
Birds are creatures of habit and are highly suspicious of new foods.
Count on taking approximately one year to modify your bird's diet. The trick to changing eating habits is in how you offer the new diet. Located in the breast area, the crop is an enlargement of the esophagus. Birds in the wild use this storage system daily. They forage for food in the early hours of the morning and again late in the afternoon to avoid the heat of day.