Tropican Bird Food, Hagen Parrot Food Biscuits with Vitamins & Minerals for Birds Needing Extra Nutrition, High Performance Formula, 20 lb Bag

Title of this review says it all! So glad I can find it here on Amazon. Can't find it locally.

Our Umbrella Cockatoo loves this food and is about the only thing she will eat.

He's a picky bird, getting on in the years and cranky as always. My dad [his favorite, he only tolerates me since I usually feed him] changed his food and this one didn't come with the usual vitamin biscuits the previous one did. So I bought these in hopes that he'd eat them since they are a bit pricier than expected, he loved them though! They oddly smell like bubblegum to me but I guess he loves them because they'll always be gone when I check on his food later.

So the scent is natural, supposedly, but d*mn is that some strong scent. Apparently natural banana and orange oil smells like a mix of juicy fruit and classic bubblegum.I have 32 small parrots, including American and English budgies, linnies, cockatiels, and Bourke’s. My birds are not picky eaters at all and they have been on a number of different pellets based on availability and my budget at the time. Their favorite by far is Harrison’s high potency superfine (excellent quality but expensive) and Caitec they seemed to like okay but I think the size was a little too big for the smaller budgies. They gave me confused looks at first but otherwise no complaining.They like Mazuri (least expensive option without colors) less than Harrison’s and Caitec, and a little complaining at first - but this Tropican is by far the least favorite. They literally yell at me all day when this is the last pellet in their dish. The only other pellet they probably like as little as this one is TOPs - same issue.I also feed sprouted seeds, veggies, hard boiled egg, etc., and try to focus on a mostly whole food diet, so maybe that makes a difference since they have something to compare by daily, but they don’t mind most other pellets nearly as much as this one. Bummer.

Had to buy for cockatiels as the 2mm granules were out of stock everywhere. I just crushed them up smaller, left some sticks as they can hold in their feet. They love it, it’s great to change up shapes of food for them as it encouraged them to eat more of the "good stuff". Best Buy date was over a year out and has a wonderful smell.

My baby bird went right to this pellet over all others! Highly recommend!

Having several parrots, food is bought is as large a quantity as possible. It's expensive up front but save me about $90 a year. Wasn't able to put in the usual order for a number of months - just using smaller bags and feeding fresh fruits, veggies and nuts. When my macaws saw that bowl of Hagen Tropican coming towards them & they got a whiff of it they both immediately began blushing, their eyes began pinning (a sign of excitement) and saying, "Want some? Want some?" Neither of them wasted any time getting their head in the bowl. As they began eating they were bobbing their heads up & down saying, "Ummm good. Yummy! Yummy!"They've gotten this excited over a new toy or some special comfort food I whipped up for them but none of the other name brand parrot food I'd been getting when we ran out of Hagen Tropican.I feed my parrots everything healthy thing under the sun that's appropriate for them but the Tropican Parrot sticks are the icing on the nutrition "cake".

My B&G macaw would not touch them at all, unless you include when she tossed them to the bottom of her cage. I was really hoping she would eventually take to them but no luck. They do have a strange bubblegum like smell, makes me wonder if that’s what is the issue?!

Good large bag of pellets, my birds like it. And can last a good year. Depending on how many birds you have… only I remember buying this 2 years ago and the price has almost doubled.

Arrived fast, good quality, cheapy than buying small bags each month

LOve being able to get a large (25lb) bag of our trusted tropican pellets. I raise cockatiels and go through a lot of pellets. This size bag is a great value, it is basically like getting one of the smaller bags for free. My bag arrived cut but amazon was quick to fix the issue and i will order again once they are back in stock. Highly recommend.

Best formula out there

My AG still doesn't care for them, but..still smell the same as their pellet sized but