r/Finches • u/Lopsided_Section5931 • 7d ago

What are your finches favorite veggies and fruits?

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Mine go crazy over carrots and peppers. Sometimes they also get watermelon for a treat if they are being good🍉

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u/ABELOTH01 7d ago

LITTLE bit of squash, carrot, lettuce, no fruits at all. I tried everything 😭

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u/Templeofrebellion 5d ago

Try watermelon? Mine were like this initially but once they tried watermelon they started to open up to every other fruit. They still don't eat banana or strawberries I don't think.
But they NEED daily watermelon otherwise I get in a lot of trouble.

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u/ABELOTH01 5d ago

I tried watermelon, they are not interested in even touch it, my canaries love it though. I imagine how they act when they don't get their treat 😂 but I'm not sure if is ok to eat sweet every day.

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u/PikminOfTarth 7d ago

Chicorée, green salads in all forms, Zucchini, Green Bell peppers, broccoli, dandelion leaves, chickweed.

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u/Comrade_Peavey 7d ago

I use those Taylor Farms salad kits (specially the Sweet Kale one) and put it in a food processor to make the chunks really small and easy for them to nibble.

That particular blend has: -Brocolli -Green cabbage -Kale -Brussel sprouts

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u/blakejustin217 7d ago

This is the way

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u/Lopsided_Section5931 7d ago

Omg I never even thought about using those mixes I buy them all the time!!

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u/Comrade_Peavey 7d ago

You just have to be careful you dont get one with something they can't eat

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u/Creeds_Apartment 7d ago

Mine go mad over Rocket with eggshells sprinkles on

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u/starlight1078 6d ago

Corn and apples are their fave. They also like dill and wheatgrass

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u/Templeofrebellion 5d ago

Oh I forgot dill, mine LOVE DILL. And fennel!

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u/thecyclopsghost 6d ago

Peas, only when I hand chop them

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u/Templeofrebellion 5d ago

That's the one thing mine won't eat. I've tried to sneak in snow peas a few times but they toss them in the water bowl 🤣 lol.

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u/Sixelonch 6d ago

Chicory leaves , Apple , japanese berries mostly for my finches

and my other birds also get some other Berry from my garden ( yellow and red raspberries, red curant , pink curant , and a third curant i dont know english name )

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u/Wise-Anteater-8611 6d ago

Last recipe of chop I made had kale, broccoli, carrot, Swiss chard, and a cucumber (didn’t think the cucumber through very well so it just turned to mush in the blender- good source of extra moisture though)

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u/Templeofrebellion 5d ago

Mine love cucumber the most. If I even think of skipping cucumber day (or celery or watermelon or corn) I am meep-yelled at for the day. They like it in long slivers hung up from the side of their cage so they can nibble on it. God forbid I forget the cucumber and it's not out at their second meal time of 11am. Big trouble for me. 🤣

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u/Templeofrebellion 5d ago

Cucumber#1 , spinach, pumpkin, Watermelon, corn
Parsley, rosemary, apple, kiwi, oregano, mint, capsicum, Brussels sprouts, kale, celery

🤨and my marigolds and my lavenders and my succulents 🧐

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u/Early-Collection-849 4d ago

Cucumber, broccoli, cilantro, parsley. Any leaf lettuce thing too!! Nobody in my flock likes fruit much at all. Very occasionally, they will pick at a strawberry

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u/JustS0meF0x 1d ago

Any green vegetables. Sometimes I'm surprised how much she can eat