A balanced diet provides some of each of the four major food groups. You can still offer seeds, but they should make up no more than 50 percent of your bird's total diet. 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.