I have 2 pairs of linnies and I dont feed them with pellets. I prepare a mix
of veggies, fruits, beans and grains. They love it and they have the
oportunity to choose what they like in the mix according to their like. Only
in the eveinings i offer a seed mix.
So far, i got babies with better appeareance than the parents!


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Paulo
"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
>
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