Can budgerigars eat pancakes?

Image (c) Dan Lacey

Yes, they can! You just have to modify the recipe a little, to make it more healthy for your feathered friends.

Here's what you need:

chopped apples and/or berries
small pancake mix
3/4 cup (6 ounces) organic oat, almond or hazelnut milk (this can be found in any health food store or in your grocery store)
2 eggs
crushed pellets and/or petamine
budgie seeds
olive oil

Make a nice pancake batter with the fruit pieces and seeds. Use milk and eggs to mix it together. Fry mini pancakes with a little bit of olive oil and let them cool down a little. Only give small servings to your budgies, don't make them used to it or they'll never want to eat seeds again :) you can save the leftovers (freeze them in single servings) and heat them up again later. Enjoy!

Budgie Breakfast Recipes

Wild budgies barely eat anything else than grass seeds, but for a pet budgie it's best that you supply their diet of seeds with food such as fresh fruit or vegetables, pasta, bread and minerals. It's all good for humans too!

I found some budgie breakfast recipes to give your budgie a great start of the day:

Sweet Potato French Toast

2 eggs
1/2 jar sweet potato baby food
4 slices whole wheat bread

1. Mix eggs and sweet potatoes together
2. Dip bread into mixture and cook in a frying pan til both sides are golden brown
3. Cut bread in small pieces and sprinkle sliced almonds on top. Mmmmm.

Birdie Waffles

Waffle battergrated apples
carrots
broccoli
veggies + fruit of choice

Mix everything together and freeze in for later, or pop in toaster for breakfast!

Eight Grain Cereal

1 part oats
1 part brown rice
1 part corn
1 part soybeans
1 part hulled millet
1 part barley
1 part sunflower
1 part flaxseed

Mix the grains together.
Heat three cups boiling water and add one cup for the mixture.
Cook the mixture til consistency of oatmeal.
Sprinkle avian vitamins over cereal to make it extra good for your budgies.

(photo: parakeetcare.com)

More recipes on Budgie Recipe Cookbook!