Green food for goldfinch

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Green food for goldfinch

Post by Elsidewe » Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:45 am

should i continue providing my goldfinch with greens such as kale /lettuce /radish papers if they have a diarrhea??
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Re: Green food for goldfinch

Post by Sally » Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:55 am

If they have diarrhea, yes I would cut back on the amount/frequency of greens they are getting. If the lettuce you are offering is iceberg, that is mostly water anyway and not very much nutritional value to it. Romaine or cos lettuce is better.
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Re: Green food for goldfinch

Post by Elsidewe » Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:46 am

thank sally,
mainly im giving them radish leaves and romaine lettuce...
ill be cutting it back to twice a week.
cheers...!
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