Daily Maintenance Diet Poll

[Tiel Feathers]

TOPS' FAQ page says that rather than adding artificial vitamin D the seaweed and alfalfa in their pellets has natural vitamin D.

I meant to mention that a family member has a tree nut allergy, which limits the pellets and seed mixes we can use.

So although seaweed and alfalfa have vitamin D3, I think that a bird would have to consume basically an impossible amount of them in order to get the amount of vitamin D3 they need. You might have to add a supplement if you use TOPS.

 

[Vincent]

So although seaweed and alfalfa have vitamin D3, I think that a bird would have to consume basically an impossible amount of them in order to get the amount of vitamin D3 they need. You might have to add a supplement if you use TOPS.

This was being discussed in another thread, and somebody made that same point.

TOPS does say they won't claim their pellets are a complete diet, because they don't believe any pellet can be a complete diet. Still, their FAQ about vitamin D could be more complete.