new here! weird question?

[tropicaljenn]

I have an amazon and was just looking over the ingredients in many of the commercial foods. I also happen to raise crested geckos the are feed a mush like food that is a powder you add water to. below is a list of ingredients please look them over. I would like to know if this is safe to add to birdie bread or to feed as a top dressing over one of the daily meals. Is there anything wrong you can see with this food source????? please all opinions welcome. it just occurred to me it may be beneficial to supplement my feathered friend with this.

NGREDIENTS: Pea Protein Isolate, Germinated Brown Rice Protein Concentrate, Stabilized Rice Bran, Dried Honey, Fructose, Flax Seed Meal, Schizochytrium Algae (source of DHA), Dried Fig, Dried Date, Alfalfa Leaf Meal, Dried Kelp, Spirulina Algae, Calcium Carbonate, Malic Acid, Taurine, Natural Fruit Flavors, RoseHips, Calendula Flower, Marigold Flower Extract, Phaffia Rhodozyma Yeast, Paprika Extract, Turmeric, Potassium Citrate, Guar Gum, Salt, Magnesium Gluconate, Canthaxanthin, Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate (as mold inhibitors), Rosemary Extract and Mixed Tocopherols (as preservatives), Lecithin, Vitamins (Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D Supplement, Choline Chloride, Ascorbic Acid Phosphate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Beta Carotene, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement).

 

 

 

Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein min. 27%, Crude Fat min. 7%, Crude Fat max. 9%, Crude Fiber max. 6%, Moisture max. 8%, Ash max. 5%, Calcium min. 1.2%, Calcium max. 1.4%, Phosphorus min. 0.6%, Vitamin E min. 100 IU/lb, Vitamin D min. 1000 IU/lb, Vitamin A min. 10,000 IU/lb.

[Jayd]

Hi and welcome, we have a great Amazon room, check it out. It's really advisable not to supplement any vitamins to any parrots with out orders from a vet. The protein is extremely high, then the sugars and salts which are harmful to parrots. Fresh veggies, seeds [no sunflower seeds or raw peanuts in the shell ] plus pellets nuts etc supply our Zons with what they need for a healthy life. Check out the Zon room for diets and all things related to Zons, Thanks Jayd

[Greywings]

This is not a weird question but a sensible one. The easiest way to think of the differences between the reptiles and our feathered dinosaurs is that metabolisms are so different. Reptiles have slow metabolisms and birds are on high speed internally. The requirements for a high speed sports car are much different than that car "that little old lady from Pasadena" drove only to church once a week.

Edited February 20, 2013 by Greywings