Trill budgie food

Syrian Hammy · 08-06-2013, 10:32 AM

Just wanted to make sure Trill budgie food is ok for hammies? My hybrid loves small seeds.

Munchalot · 08-06-2013, 10:34 AM

Trill is fine for hammies.

Dwarfs do indeed love small seeds; my little Todd gets a budgie tonic mix with his food. When picking a budgie food make sure it does not have any sugar or honey in the composition, as a lot of budgie mixes do. I don't think Trill does so you should be fine.

I think it does have quite a nice vitamin level, but to make sure he does not get excessive amounts of certain nutrients and upsetting his dietary balance, I would limit it to a little sprinkle with his base mix.

linford27 · 08-06-2013, 11:05 AM

Trill is fine for hammies, but as a budgie owner i won't feed it to my birds because it repeatedly failed to sprout, (meaning it was poor quality and/or the majority of seeds were dead) and so i feed my birds on Beaphar Premium budgie mix, so while Trill shouldn't be relied on for the vitamins, it is fine for a treat!

**Silver** · 08-06-2013, 11:21 AM

Two fans of Trill budgie seed here!

Both Amy Campbell Dwarf Hammy & Tino Harvest Mouse love it

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**Axeria** · 08-06-2013, 12:22 PM

I use trill for Fenris

He seems to enjoy it

Anthorn · 08-06-2013, 06:12 PM

Trill has seed shaped extrusions which contain the vitamins and minerals. Try your hamsters with those first. Personally, i would go more for a tonic mix rather than a regular mix such as Trill.

**Silver** · 08-07-2013, 01:56 AM

If you wanted a mix that will seed then this one is great, though you have to spend £15 to be able to order from them.

Millet & Seeds and Other Bird Food Supplements at zooplus: JR Birds Germinating Seed Feed for Budgies

This one does germinate, but has no added vits & minerals that I know of

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racinghamster · 08-07-2013, 02:46 AM

I usually just buy Canary mix as it has hemp seed and linseed in the mix as well rather than just millet. My pet shop supplier does pre-weighted bags of 1kg for £1.10p.

Can anyone tell me what `tonic` mix actually is? I bought a bag of the tonic budgie mix myself and although my robo enjoyed it, I wondered if it had something added to it? Is it a tonic mix for birds that need conditioning or for birds that have been ill? Just curious really as I would like to be sure it is actually suitable for hamsters and not just for birds. If that was the case, I would just stick to the canary seed mixture.

racinghamster · 08-07-2013, 08:52 AM

Did a quick search on `Budgie Tonic Seed` and apparently, it contains IODINE which budgies need. Not sure hamsters do though? Not sure if Trill contains iodine but thought it worth mentioning here since different millet seed mixes seem to vary. I like the plain Canary seed mix for hamsters personally.

Syrian Hammy · 08-07-2013, 10:16 AM

Thanks for mentioning that RH, it appears to have iodine in it so niw I'm not so sure about feeding. Canary seed might be a better option. Would the pets at home brand be ok do you know? I'm beginning to have a stack of tubs for food etc just for the hams lol.