F.M. Brown's Tropical Carnival Zoo-Vital Cockatiel & Lovebird Pellet Daily Diet with Probiotics for Healthy Digestion, 2-lb Bag - Grain-Free, Rice-Based Formula, 100% Edible, Prevents Selective Eating

I don't know if this listing had changed somewhere in the past but the picture I see and the product I bought was of the parrot pellet for cockatiels and lovebirds.I feed all my birds a chop of whole foods everyday with seed as only a treat. THEY LOVE SEED! If they see the seed bag, they start freaking out!!! LOL Poor things... Like an addict seeing their next fix! Seed is too high in Phosphorus, not enough calcium and/or D3 or Vitamin A and all kinds of other things but they love it. I lost my lovely Cockatoo from eggbound because she was on a mostly seed diet. That was before I knew better.So now, like a crazy bird lady (and cat lady and dog lady, sigh... just crazy! LOL) I chop up a bunch of food everyday for all the critters. However, I felt like they needed some crunchies in life to take the place of their seed addiction but couldn't find a pellet with ingredients that I liked and that the little heathen parrots would eat.I stuck a bowl of these pellets in their cages. They hopped over like, "YES! SEED!" Peered in, and said, "NO! NOT SEED! I HATE YOU!" LOLI thought, well, another bunch of pellets I'll have to soften and mix in with their chop. (See? Crazy! LOL) But at least I liked all the whole vegetable and fruit ingredients... and rice instead of soy or corn or wheat! :)The next morning, all those chicklets were chowing down for breakfast in those bowls of pellets. The sun rised on a new day and they were hungry and there was crunchy food in their bowl! ALMOST LIKE SEED! LOLSo, that's how I got all my birdies on this pellet. I keep a small bowl in their cages and I can hear them crunching away at it throughout the day. Especially in the morning! A good balance for all the soft food that I feed them from their whole food chop.I had seen this product before, knew that it was a rice-based PELLET, but couldn't find it any store. In my research, I forgot about this one because Harrison's and TOP's (and a couple others) have better marketing. Tried all of those but more Expensive and though good, none of my birds would ever just eat a TOP's pellet, it being mostly alfalfa (like a rabbit pellet) or any of the other pellets. I had to mix it in their chop. This is the first one that they actually ate, (albeit, not at first!) but maybe it was because they've been on a soft diet for so long now? I don't know. But I know that I will be using THIS pellet from now on! :)

As someone with a Celiac partner having gluten free versions of pet food is critical. Most of the ingredients in other more notable bird food brands (Zupreem and Harrisons) all have wheat as the main ingredient despite most parrot species never eating wheat plants in the wild. FM Brown's food is a more well rounded pellet that still provides vitamin enrichment and are pressed and shaped like other pellets for birds like mine who like to make birdy soup

I attempted to feed this to my Sun Conure and my African Grey. Neither had much interest in it. Their normal diet consists of ZuPreem Fruit Blend but I decided to give this a try for variety reasons. Needless to say I still have this after they refused to eat it and I had to purchase other options. Maybe it is just my parrots, but this is a thumbs down in our household.

These were great. My bird took to them well, seemed to do very well on them. However, I won't be buying another bag until they remove the food coloring which makes my bird literally poop the rainbow. That's a deal breaker for me.

My lovebird seems healthier and is DEFINITELY HAPPIER with this food. We love this food for our bird and even bought our second bag! 😃👍🏻😃

This product was purchased for my Pineapple Green Cheek, however when I opened it the odor was so bad I couldn't believe that any bird would want to eat it. I did give it to my bird to see what he would do with it as I have a very keen sense of smell. My bird did not even try it. I wanted to return it so the company knows how bad it smells but they do not allow returns. I would like my money back at least this was a terrible product.

Plain and simply the best. I've used it for both cockatiels and parrotlets and it works great for both. Highly recommended.

Good stuff my lovebird love it!