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Post by lisamarie on Jan 17, 2014 4:08:28 GMT
So i got the dr foster & smith catalog in the mail for birds. I was looking at their food selection one. They carry almost every brand of bird food. They also have 5 icons to describe each food. They are: real fruit, no artificial coloring, guaranteed omega fatty acid levels, and guaranteed vitamin levels. Now, here is the question. Their name brand food has 4 icons. All except the no artificial coloring. Other brands like zupreem and rodybush only have 2 or 3. Is this them possibly embellishing some things to sell their name, or is it true? Their name brand cockatiel has both seeds and pellets, not just pellets. There were no other brands of pellets with these markings
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Post by Sarah on Jan 17, 2014 4:33:11 GMT
Well, 'real fruit' isn't particularly worth it. Shriveled bits of freeze dried fruits do not make up for fresh food in the diet - so that's silly. The majority of the fruit's goodness are lost in that preservation process. Same goes for vitamins and fatty acids: I am highly suspicious of any diet that says 'complete' or 'guaranteed levels.' First off, there is no way to know the needs of an individual bird, and any food that claims to be good enough for the full diet of a bird is lying. We all know fresh food is as if not more important. If the food doesn't suggest fresh food in addition to the pellet or seed mix, I am suspicious. (BTW, Roudybush suggests fresh fruits and veg, as does Lafabers. Zupreem does not.)
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