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?

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Joanne

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