Pet grass from petsmart

metinemre · Post by **metinemre** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:56 am

I purchased this from petsmart tonight. Haven`t put in cage yet. Can i give this to my green singers and ob waxbills? To play or eat? Would it be harmful in anyway?

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:30 am

They will most likely LOVE it

Not harmful at all

cindy · Post by **cindy** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 8:19 am

I agree!!!! Try it out and keep us posted!!

metinemre · Post by **metinemre** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:42 am

I read some stuff around, people`s birds dying after eating grass etc. So i`m kinda suspicious for everything i didn`t prepare myself. Do i need to wash it with water or vinegar water before i put it in or any kind of disinfection?

Post by **Sally** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:56 am

It says on the package that it is 100% USDA certified organic, so it should be fine to feed to your birds, it should be free of harmful pesticides.

debbie276 · Post by **debbie276** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:01 am

Wow, I've never heard they would die from grass before, wonder how that could happen. My birds love to eat, play with and build nests from any and all grass piece I put in their aviary.
It does say 100% organic so I'm sure there are no chemicals and/or pesticides mixed it.

paul-inAZ · Post by **paul-inAZ** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:29 am

Why not grow your own? I do.
Instead of emptying mostly eaten seed dishes into the trash I pitch them onto a couple of areas that get regular water. Wild birds get some of it. Some uneaten seed will sprout. I have a constant supply of mostly millets plus a couple of other seed grasses I haven't identified.
In my case I plant into the soil and clip the plants off when they get almost ripe seed heads [past green but not fully yellow yet]. Hang them in the cages. The birds love both the leaves and the seeds.
You could plant in pots outdoors and bring them in at whatever stage you choose.

Sunbay · Post by **Sunbay** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:36 am

Perfectly safe, and they LOVE it! My Purple Grenadiers love to 'get right in' and roll around in it. Very, very cute.

DO NOT get the "Cat Nip" - that is toxic to birds.

You CAN grow it yourself. See my topic at:
Growing Wheat Grass
in Diet and Nutrition

Have fun - take photos and share them!

chirpy · Post by **chirpy** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:36 pm

I should try this also!

...... i should probably get my cat one too since its really for cats i guess

metinemre · Post by **metinemre** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:04 am

Green singers ate it

OB waxbills pooped on it. No interest from wax bills they didn`t pick eat or even touch. Actually our wax bills aren`t eating anything rather than seeds. Not greens or fruits nothing!! Our wax bills are super wild aswell they panic when we stand up or sit down or pass by cage or change water food cups.

I guess they will never adapt cage life.

Ginene · Post by **Ginene** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:59 am

metinemre
I'm so glad you posted this thread...I'm going to pick this up for my finches too. Btw...how is your sweet baby singer doing???

metinemre · Post by **metinemre** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:10 pm

Ginene wrote: metinemre
I'm so glad you posted this thread...I'm going to pick this up for my finches too. Btw...how is your sweet baby singer doing???

We lost the crippled one

Other baby is growing up.
, yesterday we witnessed first bites from spray millet.

Lylwhen · Post by **Lylwhen** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:28 pm

I got a couple of them myself and my birds won't touch the stuff. I thought it would be a great treat for them. Oh wells, the grass sure looks nice sitting on the cage floor though

Pukasand · Post by **Pukasand** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:21 am

I got that for my birds.. they picked at it, but not crazy about it. The other day I got some Pea Sprouts from a health food store.. they went nuts over that.. all of them. And they love the Orchard Hay from PetSmart. I just toss a couple handfulls on the aviary floor and they rummage and peck and play with it. I think they like the variety.

metinemre · Post by **metinemre** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:05 am

Pea Sprouts

Trader joe`s has a product name pea shoots, is it pea sprouts that i can give to my birds?
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