How often can I feed millet sprays?

[RainbowBrite]

Sprite will strip a millet spray in one day. How often would it be safe for me to give him one? I assume he is horading it but I am unsure how often it is safe to feed.

 

[elusive]

How much are you giving as one spray? Is it the really dense foxtail millet or the looser type of spray?
I think with the foxtail millet one piece once or twice a week would be enough, it won’t hurt him to eat more of it though, just unbalances the diet a bit. If he has millet in his mix you could reduce that a bit so he can enjoy more of picking it off the sprays.
Does he have other sprays too?

 

[RainbowBrite]

How much are you giving as one spray? Is it the really dense foxtail millet or the looser type of spray?
I think with the foxtail millet one piece once or twice a week would be enough, it won’t hurt him to eat more of it though, just unbalances the diet a bit. If he has millet in his mix you could reduce that a bit so he can enjoy more of picking it off the sprays.
Does he have other sprays too?

They are golden millet sprays. I am allergic to any other sprays so do not feed them. He has three different types of millet in his seed mix.

 

[elusive]

I think that will be foxtail millet than, they are really dense with a lot of seeds on one piece so I would go with one or two a week then.
Are you allergic to flax?

 

[RainbowBrite]

I think that will be foxtail millet than, they are really dense with a lot of seeds on one piece so I would go with one or two a week then.
Are you allergic to flax?

No they are not foxtail millet. This is what they look like but I did not buy them from here.

https://www.amazon.com/California-Golden-Spray-Millet-Birds/dp/B005OCXJ48

Yes I am allergic to flax sprays but Sprite has a pinch of ground flax every morning which he loves.

 

[RainbowBrite]

I just realised some sources say golden millet is another name for foxtail millet. Oops. Sorry about that.

 

[elusive]

That’s a shame you’re allergic to flax.
Those are very similar to foxtail millet, the same sort of densely packed seeds anyway.

 

[elusive]

Missed your last post sorry! It can be a bit confusing with so many different tyes of millet that get called all sorts.

 

[RainbowBrite]

That’s a shame you’re allergic to flax.
Those are very similar to foxtail millet, the same sort of densely packed seeds anyway.

Thank you. Yes it is a shame, flax really sets of my asthma.

 

[elusive]

What about amaranth or quinoa, do you think you migh tbe ok with those or are they a no go too.
Asthma is a pain, I have it too.

 

[RainbowBrite]

What about amaranth or quinoa, do you think you migh tbe ok with those or are they a no go too.
Asthma is a pain, I have it too.

I react to all those too but actually my partner has the worst reaction. He has tons of allergies and he struggles to breathe. What I do is give Sprite forage and flowers which he loves. I do realise he is missing out by not having a variety of sprays but hopefully the forage and flowers makes up for it a little bit.

I once spent £60 on a huge variety of sprays and we both got so ill I thought we would need to go to hospital. Allergies are a pain.

 

[elusive]

He’s not missing out, he has plenty of enrichment with his boredom breakers, forage, dig boxes and all the other things in his cage & play pen, sprays aren’t essential.

 

[Maz]

I wish my hamsters would strip millet! Neither of them show any interest at all!

 

[RainbowBrite]

I wish my hamsters would strip millet! Neither of them show any interest at all!

It is interesting how they both do not show any interest in sprays.

 

[Maz]

It is. Raffy I can understand because he’s a Syrian! But you think a Robo would want to. He sniffed them and investigated them once then ignored them.

 

[RainbowBrite]

It is. Raffy I can understand because he’s a Syrian! But you think a Robo would want to. He sniffed them and investigated them once then ignored them.

I guess millet is not as interesting as a teaspoon.