OK this is my opening evidence for a 30% pelleted diet. Spot, Jack_Jack, Soentjie.
I have a cheap camera. Look at that feather quality!
Now to the debate:
qUOTE="clawnz, post: 2249955, member: 511"]Unless the ingredients are sourced from fully certified places well away from normal crops and GMO. There is every chance they have some contamination. They do not grow their own ingredients.
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Yes my pellet manufacturer ( a certified avian vet) does source his own ingredients. He cold presses them naturally.
Fruit Chunks | Animalzone
I am also in Africa. Far away from the chemically addicted US food suppliers.
Howevrr, it is TOTALLY unrealistic to expect, in today's urbanised society, all parrot owners to grow their own ingredients!. And to monitor their birds health for missing micronutrients.
So yes the food chain is exposed to risk. In some places more than others. For instance while food standard application is lower in South Africa, we do not have HUGE food corporations pouring massive amounts of dyes, chemicals, and colourants into the food chain.
And don't make me laugh about what is 'natural'. Ebola is 'natural'. Fungus and spores growing in a backyard garden are 'natural'. Mites and bugs, and slugs are natural. Sugar and salt are also natural and poisonous to birds in the wrong quantities.
Diet is a balance to be achieved, not an absolute unattainable standard to be adhered to, like a cult religion.
Maybe a 'natural' garden will make me 'FEEL' better. Sod that. I work on results, not emotions, feelings etc