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cindy wrote: No worries Stuart.

There are a ton of products out there and weeding through them at times is a challenge.

There is one type of pellet soak that has come over from Europe to the states.... it makes claims to replace germinated seed and prevent black spot..neither claims I buy based on the ingredients since nothing can replace sprouted/chitted seed and black spot is a liver bleed typically caused by internal parasites or bacteria.I avoided that particular product.

Want to clarify... as far as fruits and vegetable served in captivity. some of what is given is not common for certain finches to find or eat on their own in their native lands. Not sure how many finches search out cucumbers, cabbage, kale, broccoli, carrots romaine, etc.

And yes egg replaces bugs.... again it is not what they would eat in the wild the way it is/we serve in captivity.

Dogs and cats are fed kibble, no one blinks an eye at that.... but good kibble has been designed to meet the nutritional and health needs of dogs and cats.

Stuart whiting wrote:

cindy wrote: No worries Stuart.

There are a ton of products out there and weeding through them at times is a challenge.

There is one type of pellet soak that has come over from Europe to the states.... it makes claims to replace germinated seed and prevent black spot..neither claims I buy based on the ingredients since nothing can replace sprouted/chitted seed and black spot is a liver bleed typically caused by internal parasites or bacteria.I avoided that particular product.

Want to clarify... as far as fruits and vegetable served in captivity. some of what is given is not common for certain finches to find or eat on their own in their native lands. Not sure how many finches search out cucumbers, cabbage, kale, broccoli, carrots romaine, etc.

And yes egg replaces bugs.... again it is not what they would eat in the wild the way it is/we serve in captivity.

Dogs and cats are fed kibble, no one blinks an eye at that.... but good kibble has been designed to meet the nutritional and health needs of dogs and cats.

Can see where yer coming from Cindy,

The vegetables was mainly meant that the birds would possibly more so eat any of the seeding heads IE broccoli etc

I've often seen linnets, goldfinches and greenfinches out on our local vegetable fields literally at the back of my house

Yea the soak pellets you mention I've been in discussions with for about the last 1 year on a British finch forum,

This particular pellet is known as PEARL, some luv it and some hate it,
I've actually tried it last year and can onestly say that it's total pants

Another pellet formulas that Went into the bin,

This will never duplicate soaked seed

cindy wrote: This is Roudybush Nibbles size. It is tiny like a seed. The finches and grasskeet as well as my GCConure all manage this. The Java out of all the finches eat the most of it. Roudybush push is all natural and provides different sizes and formulas for different stages, special needs and species

Sheather wrote: I fed Roudybush as a staple for a while but I have too many birds again now to offer it as the main diet and am using more seed now. My birds of all species readily take the Roudybush and it seems palatable. I also occasionally feed a colored pellet to my cockatiels, Zupreem brand, I don't think it's as good for them but it's vitamin enriched and they absolutely love it so it's a treat.

cindy wrote: Roudybush bird bread