nofearengineer
New member
- Sep 8, 2010
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- Parrots
- Gandalf - CAG (1997-2010) R.I.P. my baby boy.
Bitty - CAG (2 yrs old? and working on spoiling her rotten)
I found a good read on the web.
http://www.palsvetlab.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/63uvb.pdf
To summarize...he took two groups of African Greys, fed one a poor diet, and fed the other a Calcium and Vitamin D rich diet. The poor diet group had poor plumage, but when given UV light, they became visually indiscernable from the good diet group. Probably because it stimulated them to preen more.
UV light did seem to boost the blood concentrations of beneficial minerals, even in those birds already having a good diet.
Food for thought.
http://www.palsvetlab.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/63uvb.pdf
To summarize...he took two groups of African Greys, fed one a poor diet, and fed the other a Calcium and Vitamin D rich diet. The poor diet group had poor plumage, but when given UV light, they became visually indiscernable from the good diet group. Probably because it stimulated them to preen more.
UV light did seem to boost the blood concentrations of beneficial minerals, even in those birds already having a good diet.
Food for thought.
