"ukdontclip"  wrote in message
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> "Joanne"  wrote in message
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>> Do you think the vets who currently recommend pellets would continue to
>> recommend that same pellet if there were no personal profit motive?
>>
>> My argument for yes:
>>
>> 1.  The vet has a general awakening of the value of the ingredients in
>> this pellet compared to the awareness of a general nutritional value
>> decline and toxic incline of substances in real food.
>>
>> 2.  The vet has a belief that most clients don't understand nutrition or
>> are unwilling to provide the effort necessary to be sure the bird's diet
>> is rounded enough to include sufficient amounts of all nutrients
>> necessary to promote good health.
>>
>> My argument for no:
>>
>> 1.  The vet was only motivated by profit to recommend these pellets and
>> doesn't really give a rip about the health of the bird.  In fact, the
>> sicker the bird becomes, the more money there is in it for the vet.
>>
>> Personally, I use a combination of Roudybush, Large Hookbill Safflower
>> Mix and real food.  I rotate by day-of-the-week, and everyone is thrilled
>> when it's seed day, or pellet day or "good food" day.  I
believe they can
>> become bored with the same old menu day after day and they are as excited
>> about each of the three when it rotates back around.
>>
>> I know in humans, variety is the insurance that better nutrition will be
>> achieved.  I also believe that supplementation is necessary because the
>> ground doesn't grow what it did a century ago.  Meat sources have been
>> artificially stimulated to grow because of the profit incentive in that
>> industry, so careful selection of meat protein is the best I can do short
>> of raising my own. And that would be laughable because we'd just end up
>> with a new collection of pets.
>>
>> So, what do you think?
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Joanne
>>
>>
> NO to pellets.

You missed the question.  I'd love to hear your answer to the question I
posed in the first paragraph.

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Sincerely,
Joanne

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