by Pajarita » Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:37 am
Well, I don't use them. For one thing, I ONLY feed sprouts during breeding season because, in nature, they are only found during the growing season which is ALWAYS the same as their breeding season [evolution making sure that the species will survive by setting the breeding season when there is plenty of food to go around for everybody]. For another, although I do feed my birds sprouts, I use a grass seed soaking/sprouting mix and not beans for two reasons: 1] is that parrots don't eat them in the wild but, in reality, we feed a lot of stuff that's not part of their natural diets so this doesn't necessarily disqualify anything my book - what does is the fact that, unless you sprout them yourself, the ones you get in the supermarket are iffy as there have been many recalls due to bacteria and you never find out until after the fact. But the main reason I don't use them is that my parrots would pick them and throw them out without eating them so I use a more natural and practical option which is the grass seed sprouts. They are tiny grass seeds and so are their sprouts so I mix them in their gloop and everybody eats them. They are also VERY easy to germinate - and that's another plus for me.