SilverSage
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Also, I challenge you to read the ingredients list, most people would look at the ingredients of most pellets and notice that a lot of the ingredients are things that most of us see in seed mixes which are proclaimed to be mighty unhealthy! Also, keep in mind that most pellet bags are labeled according to size, not species. I say again, do a cockatiel and a conure (a canopy feeder from South America, and a ground feeder from Australia) have the same dietary needs? Absolutely not, yet the "pellet people" tout their pellets as a complete diet for both; idiotic, that's what I say. Now, is a completely pellet diet better than a completely seed diet? The evidence says yes, depending on the quality of the pellet and seed involved. Those of us who feed fresh do a lot of work to make. Sure our birds are getting the widest variety possible,many there are plenty of tricks up our sleeves for getting "picky eaters" to eat what's good for them.
I have to agree with Stephen that your accusations are deeply insulting, especially coming from someone who is shouting such a party line themselves. No, I'm not a vet, but unlike a vet I have only a few species to study. Want to know about how much I trust vets? My last three vet experiences with three different vets involved one vet not knowing what was going on with my birds until I told him (at which time he stopped scratching his head, agreed with me, and then prescribed the same treatment that my mentor, a breeder, already had),a vet KILLING a bird with a procedure she insisted was safe (geez wasn't that embarrassing for her!), and a vet insisting hand feeding chicks should always be done by crop tubing (hard on the bird and really bad for the, developmentally), and insisting that I should stop feeding formula as soon as the baby was able to eat on his own (we call this force weaning, and anyone who knows a little about birds knows it is bad). So yeah, I'm not a vet, or a scientist, and neither are you. You are welcome to state your opinion, but so are we.
I have to agree with Stephen that your accusations are deeply insulting, especially coming from someone who is shouting such a party line themselves. No, I'm not a vet, but unlike a vet I have only a few species to study. Want to know about how much I trust vets? My last three vet experiences with three different vets involved one vet not knowing what was going on with my birds until I told him (at which time he stopped scratching his head, agreed with me, and then prescribed the same treatment that my mentor, a breeder, already had),a vet KILLING a bird with a procedure she insisted was safe (geez wasn't that embarrassing for her!), and a vet insisting hand feeding chicks should always be done by crop tubing (hard on the bird and really bad for the, developmentally), and insisting that I should stop feeding formula as soon as the baby was able to eat on his own (we call this force weaning, and anyone who knows a little about birds knows it is bad). So yeah, I'm not a vet, or a scientist, and neither are you. You are welcome to state your opinion, but so are we.