| Title: | Captive Breeding for Conservation--and FUN! |
| Notice: | INTROS 6.X / FOR SALE 13.X / Buying a Bird 900.* |
| Moderator: | VIDEO::PULSIFER |
| Created: | Mon Oct 10 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 942 |
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I was wondering if any of you give your birds Iron Supplements?
When I bought my Grey, the owner had a powder that was an Iron
supplement that was given once a week. You just sprinkle it over
her food. She told me that Greys are known for iron deficiency
and suggested that I keep her on it until she was over a year old.
Are any of you aware of this? Are there Grey owners out there that
do not use Iron Supplements?
I would think that if you feed a balanced diet you wouldn't need
to do this.
What do you think?
Thanks,
Mark
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| 66.1 | CSC32::K_WORKMAN | P.I.A.S.O.M. | Wed Dec 07 1988 12:52 | 10 | |
Hi Mark,
I was using AVAMIN (sp?) in my Grey's water for a few months. This
is a liquid mineral supplement. I was told by my vet that SUPER PREEN
has both the vitamins and minerals in it combined together and that
my grey should be getting approximately an 1/8th of a teaspoon a
day to be complete in his vitamin and mineral needs. I know this
has Iron in it so apparently this is sufficient for him.
Karen
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| 66.2 | calcium too | FSTTOO::WIMMER | Wed Dec 07 1988 13:13 | 3 | |
I also read in Bird Talk in a couple of different issues, that Greys
are PARTICULARLY susceptible to calcium deficiency.
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| 66.3 | AKOV13::LAJEUNESSE | Wed Dec 07 1988 13:43 | 9 | ||
I went to the vets office today. It's down the street from where
I work and I had to pick up some Topper Diet. Dr. Kilgore was there
and I asked her. She said that Iron was not a problem but Calcium
was. What I'm giving her is Necton MSA and Dr. Kilgore said that
was fine.
Mark
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