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Post by sebzpets on Aug 21, 2007 5:21:27 GMT 10
Ok well seeing aas the season is upon us I thought I'd check out what everyone uses for H/Raising.
So come on guys let us know what you use and perhaps why....please!
I've used Roudybush before (been a few years though) for everything from Lorikeets to Sulphurs.
Last year I raised canaries on egg and biscuit that was made nice and sloppy for the syringe.
No doubt I'll be raising some poor baby again this season,but plan of using Roudybush again if I can find it here in Sydney.
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Post by Phill on Aug 21, 2007 10:18:17 GMT 10
I here alot of people use Kaytee exact???
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Post by silvercloud on Aug 21, 2007 10:49:38 GMT 10
I use Vetafarm Neocare mostly because there isn't much else for sale around here and the few other h/r foods here are ridiculously expensive,
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 21, 2007 11:12:14 GMT 10
I like Roudy bush but had trouble getting it for Rani so put her on Avian Science...........I will never buy that brand again, it went straight through her and she did not put on weight, so I then swapped her to Kaytee Exact and she went ahead in leaps and bounds.
I kept Takoda on the formula he was raised on by Pauline (Petiel) before I got him at 4.5 weeks and that was also Kaytee Exact. I had no problems with it. My choice would be Roudy Bush and Kaytee Exact. I also would put baby forumula mixed in with it too. Sometimes veges, sometimes apples, sometimes veges and meat. I only used the real mushy stuff for babies under 6 months.
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Post by silvercloud on Aug 21, 2007 13:01:50 GMT 10
Yeah I used to put a bit of baby food in the mix as well.
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Post by sebzpets on Aug 22, 2007 6:33:55 GMT 10
Just spotted someone selling a bucket of Kaytee on petlink for $160 for 11+ kg
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Post by Jane on Aug 23, 2007 20:14:21 GMT 10
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Post by Phill on Aug 25, 2007 15:48:46 GMT 10
I just bought the vetafarm from today, was trying to find Kaytee but no one in my are sell's it.
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Post by petiel on Aug 25, 2007 17:34:06 GMT 10
I use Katee Excact for feeding all my babies and found it to be the best I have used. I have tryed just about every handrearing mix on the market and after trying Kaytee i won't use anythink else. I have found using Kaytee the birds wean faster onto solid foods and their colour is much brighter and their feathers seen to be much stronger also.
I buy my mix in the 11 kg bucket.
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Post by sebzpets on Aug 25, 2007 21:23:46 GMT 10
Having never used Kaytee or a pile of the others for that matter I'd be keen so know what the diff ingredient and constituent lists (protein,crude fat etc etc etc lists) are like is these products. Normally higher protein/crude fat content gives better feathering/coat etc. As I have never heard of Kaytee until I started this thread perhaps we should move to the next step and see whats actually in these products. Just a thought...or am I being a pain in the pin feather?
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Post by Minna on Aug 26, 2007 8:56:17 GMT 10
Observe my copy/paste powers!
Kaytee Exact:
Ingredients
Ground Corn, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Oat Groats, Ground Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Corn Oil, Dried Whole Egg, Soy Protein Isolate, Dried Beet Pulp, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine, Wheat Germ Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Corn Sugar, Vitamin A Supplement, Salt, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Potassium Chloride, Propionic Acid (a preservative), Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Ferrous Carbonate, Zinc Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Ethoxyquin (a preservative), Manganous Oxide, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of vitamin K), Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Oxide, D-Activated Animal Sterol (source of vitamin D3), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Dried A. oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Beta-Carotene, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Whey, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min.)....22.0%
Crude Fat (min.)...........9.0%
Crude Fiber (max.).......5.0%
Moisture (max.)..........10.0%
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Post by Minna on Aug 26, 2007 8:57:44 GMT 10
Also, for those in the brisbane area: PetCity in Mt Gravatt now has every different brand of baby food and pellet known to man. Kaytee, Vetafarm, Roudybush, you name it.
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Post by sebzpets on Aug 26, 2007 9:00:29 GMT 10
Minna your copy and paste skills are amazing ROFLMAO
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Post by vankarhi on Aug 26, 2007 9:09:07 GMT 10
Yes I agree with Seb about your copy and paste skills ... Minna. LOL
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Post by Phill on Aug 26, 2007 10:30:42 GMT 10
Minna, do they have Zupreem fruit blend?
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Post by Minna on Aug 26, 2007 14:42:03 GMT 10
They had avicakes and nutriberries, but I didn't see any Zupreem. :C
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Post by petiel on Aug 26, 2007 14:42:14 GMT 10
Thanks Minna, Thats where I buy my Kaytee from.
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