Can see where yer coming from Cindy,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.
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 and also baring in mind Cindy that I did specialise in breeding and exhibiting British finches for over 30 odd years and kept the very same birds that I see every day flying about all around me over the fields etc
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 formula that Went into the bin,
This will never duplicate soaked seed