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GMO/GE Foods and How They May Affect BirD-elicious!
Monsanto is at it still, again, more…Please read this article and then sign the petition to keep GMO/GE (Genetically Modified Organisms/Genetically Engineered) foods out of our markets! Research has indicated that the DNA of the people/animals/pets consuming these foods may permanently be changed. These foods are already on grocery shelves across our Nation. If Monsanto [...]
When NOT to Use Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar has been touted as one of Nature’s most reliable bird room cleaners for many, many years because it’s “natural” and doesn’t contain harmful chemicals, dyes, or preservatives. However if you have a companion feathered friend in your bird room that exhibits signs of feather plucking, skin mutilation or generalized picking you may [...]
Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) – Its Many Uses
We’ve heard a little bit about grapefruit seed extract, and it is gaining notice, but not enough is being said about all of its wonderful properties. So I want to discuss just how wonderful this product from Nature is and how keeping it in your house at all times should be considered absolutely necessary! First [...]
Oranges
Another food found to be high in L-Arginine, the non-essential amino acid that may be responsible for feather plucking, skin mutilation and generalized picking, when used in overabundance in our birds’ diets, are oranges. For this reason I will be adding them to the “Do not feed list” for birds who are suffering a food [...]
Breaking news: Alfalfa is High in Lysine!
While most bird food manufacturers use corn as their base ingredient in their foods, or maybe soy or wheat, BirD-elicious! foods used alfalfa as our base ingredient, not some cheap filler. Why is this such good news? Because as we have been discussing in “The Mutilation Syndrome” series, foods high in Arginine, which corn, wheat [...]
Kelp-Radiation Prevention-A Good Iodine Source
Our U.S. officials assure all citizens here in the homeland that we have nothing to be worried about regarding nuclear radiation entering our airwaves from the Fukushima nuclear explosions in Japan. You may, or may not, be concerned about radiation poisoning due to the catastrophe in Japan, but for those who are concerned, I thought [...]
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