On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:59:43 -0500, "David G Fisher"

wrote:

>

>Try substituting kale for the lettuce leaves. Lettuce has almost no
>nutritional value for a bird. Kale though is an excellent source of calcium,
>which is very important for a bird.
>

It sounded as though the OP is referring to romaine lettuce, since he
did say dark green.    Romaine is healthy for birds, contains calcium,
Vit A and C.   Iceberg, on the other hand, has essentially no
nutritional value.

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