FINCHforum

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:11 pm**

are dandelion greens nutritous for breeding finches? I have read that spinach is bad for breeding birds because it binds calcium in a hens body. Is it the same thing with dandelion greens?

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:41 pm**

Dandelion Greens are an great source of Calcium and Vitamin A. So go ahead and feed them all they want! My finches love the dandelions!

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:55 pm**

thanks a bunch because i had already fed them the greens when i read about the spinach

Posted: **Sun Nov 02, 2008 5:50 pm**

Watch that white fluid in the dandelion stems...got some in my eyes earlier in the year...finished up in casualty and the eye hospital.

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:48 pm**

Good heavens PoohBear....you will have to start wearing goggles when you handle dandelion greens!

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2008 4:28 pm**

I happened to rub my eyes while chopping them up...within 5 minutes I was totally blind...a passing window cleaner spotted me staggering about and phoned ambulance....
Doc. at the eye hospital said it was toxic sap and I should have washed my hands before rubbing my eyes....I said..."I KNOW NOW!!!!!"

Nasty stuff.....