Edible perches?

Kiwibird

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1 BFA- Kiwi. Hatch circa 98', forever home with us Dec. 08'
I got Kiwi an edible perch once unknowingly. I thought it was a concrete pedi perch. I was horrified to see him merrily chomping his way through "concrete":eek: Boy did I feel stupid when I realized it was a mineral perch:rolleyes:

I haven't gotten him one since. He gets a manu block. I'm sure he was ingesting some of the perch, but mostly, he was just ripping it up and making a HUGE POWDERY MESS. He doesn't seem to do the same to the mineral blocks, he just nibbles them occasionally.
 
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In doing searches, it appears there are at least two types, mineral based(yours), and the 'snak shak' type. Honey and alfalfa based. I realy haven't seen any negative reviews. Except as you noted, made a mess!
 

MikeyTN

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Not only do they make a mess, not very sanitary either!!!! They do poop on it occasionally, walk on them (who knows what they've walked on prior) then eat it....nah!
 

Emilymaggie

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The Snak Shak one didn't last the day with my grey! The mineral perch didn't either. My mini Mac hasn't notices his mineral one is edible yet (been a few months now).
 

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