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Re: Do Sun Conures use Gravel to aide digestion???
Posted by Lacey on 3/17/10

No gravel or grit should be fed to any psittacine (parrots) or
passerine (canaries, finches, starlings, mynahs) birds.

They do Not need it as they Hull their seeds Which is why you
see tons of seed shells.

For coves pigeons chickens those type birds They need it to
help as they do not hull their seeds.

When I worked as a Vet tech I can not tell you how many issues
I seen with either grit or that bird litter stuff(walnut
shells etc) they sell that had eaten it and it had impacted
the crop

there are some great articles online at Birds n ways
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww49e.htm
http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww58eii.htm

hope this helps


On 10/17/09, Pete wrote:
> I am adding a Sun Conure to my flock and have read at
> one website that they use gravel to aid digestion. I read
> several more websites and there was no mention of gravel?
> Please answer the gravel question for me. THANKS

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Do Sun Conures use Gravel to aide digestion???, 10/17/09, by Pete.
• Re: Do Sun Conures use Gravel to aide digestion???, 3/17/10, by Lacey.