STILL THINK PELLETS ARE PURE???

[The Bird Junky]

STILL THINK PELLETS ARE PURE?

After the recent ongoing revelations in the Newspapers & TV,

since January 2013, about contaminated meat in the human food 

chain worldwide.  Not to mention the none disclosure of all

ingredients.   

The bird feed industry use only vegetable protein in their pet bird

pellets.

Full disclosure of pkt, contents is not compulsory on the grounds 

of patent protection. 

Also in a mixed bag of ingredients, any one of which is up to 40% 

of the total, can be used to name the product. 

For instance, "Vegetable Protein" can be 40% Veg & 60% Offal &.

fillers 

Hiding a perfectly good source of protein but one not so acceptable 

to the general public.

Why would you take the word of someone you don't know, who's 

trying to sell you a product in a very competitive market.....B.J.

All info is on the www. You just have to ask the right questions 

[nat]

Theres no telling what gos into any processed food! I feed seed base and fresh organic veg with my own free range eggs only. But who knows what they put into the layers pellets that feed my chickens! Think I can hazard a guess :-O

[Rachael Kellett]

You'll find that there are very few budgie owners in the U.K that feed their birds pellets BJ, I don't know of anyone that gives them, just seed and other essentials.

[BudgiesBuddy]

This pellets craze is more in the US, than anywhere else.

[rose]

The avian vet wanted me to put Ian & Marshall on pellets (he said they were too fat! poor boyz ...) but, after investigating on the internet/getting feedback on the forum, I decided against.

I am now extremely glad I did!

[nat]

Hey Rose, I bet Ian and Marshall are very happy with your decision :-)

[rose]

I'm sure they are! Though they ARE not so happy with my decision to ban them from eating Trill Toppers and re-sell the packets I had on EBay in an attempt to get them to chub down!

[stace]

Americans are really keen on pellets. Many American vets recommend them and make owners feel like they are doing the wrong thing if they don't feed their birds pellets.

Maybe they're okay for the bigger birds. Maybe some reputable brands are okay. I don't really know. The regulations around what goes in to pet food is really lax, so who knows what is in there. It's bad enough with human food.

Budgies hate them. Smart little things, as we know.

[BudgiesBuddy]

That's very right Stace

[Deleted]

pellets are no good for budgies ....
how many times do we have to say ...
budgies are seed and veg eaters ..

these pellets companes should stick them where the sun dont shine .. .

[Deleted]

It's the same for parrots. There is always someone trying to force you to feed them pellets. I could never get to grips with the idea of feeding any bird, manufactured food when there is a perfectly good seed supply and fresh food, even free food out in the garden via weeds etc

[sdavies]

there could be anything in anything!!! though our pellets don't have protein in so can rule that out they love boiled chicken treat

[Nani]

Interesting. We've been pushed to feed our budgies pellets and I did some research and added it to their diet, not too often but we did feed them it. I haven't in awhile (several months) simply because we've just been feeding them veggies and rice and seeds....I'd be interested in some links regarding the cons of pellet feeding as I didn't find any reliable sources when I researched it back then.

[Deleted]

If your got time here is a long read about them.

EDITED by Marianne.

Sorry Corie, we do not allow links to other budgie forums.

[Nani]

thank you corie