TOP's Parrot Food Mini Pellets Bird Food for Budgies, Cockatiels, Parrotlets, Lovebirds, Parakeets - Non-GMO, Peanut Soy & Corn Free, USDA Organic Certified - 4LBS

Long expiry. Understand good food but smell like rabbit pellets. My parrots not keen at first.

It's a great pellet and is cold pressed

It is a little expensive but it’s hard to find good food that is also good for your bird so I’m not complaining especially considering that the 4 pound bag last me 4 months. It does smell funny but it’s animal food sooo. At first I thought the pellets may be too big for my budgie because he wasn’t eating it only pecking at it but after a couple weeks of wetting the pellets and slowly letting them dry over the next few weeks he got to where he is comfortable breaking them up completely dry. He came off a hard millet based seed diet when I got him from the pet store so it was hard getting him to eat this new food but now it’s all he eats and I also love the Tops bird seed and so does he. I love how there’s no color to the pellets and that they’re cold pressed rather than baked. I sleep much better at night knowing my budgie is eating healthy.

I really wanted to love TOP’s Mini Pellets—the ingredients are fantastic (USDA organic, corn/soy/peanut-free) and my cockatiels go nuts for the taste. The problem is the shape: these “mini” pellets are long (¼" or longer). My birds grab one end and 50–70 % sails straight to the cage floor (or the room floor… or my face). I honestly don’t know how parakeets are supposed to eat them without turning them into toys. Other brands (Harrison’s Fine, Roudybush Small, Lafeber’s) solved this years ago by simply making short pellets that stay in the beak. TOP’s could fix this overnight and have a near-perfect product—just cut the Mini pellets shorter. Until then, the waste is frustrating and one bag disappears way too fast. I have to supplement heavily with fresh veggies and seeds to make sure my birds aren’t going hungry.

After multiple vet visits, we found out that this formula does not meet the necessary requirements for budgies. It took forever to train my birds to eat this, but the training was for nothing. My bird had issues with feathers not coming in because this did not have the nutrients he needed. We had to test for so many things, and it was truly a scary time. Save yourself the trouble, give them harrisons superfine. Not only is it better for them, but I didn't need to train them to eat it, they genuinely love it as much as seeds, and you don't need to crush it or anything.