Re: 2 new budgies

Grit is used in the gizzard to grind seed making it easier to digest. All
seed eating birds eat grit in the wild and it has nothing to do with
de-husking seed.
There is little evidence to prove grit is harmful just hearsay.
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"Nightingale" <nightingale@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "daisybo" <lynnenuttall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi, thanks for the response, everything i've read up on budgies says
>> budgies need grit to help them digest their food, in the books and on the
>> internet search engines they all say the same. Is this not the case ?
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> Not true. Parrots shell their seeds before they eat them, so they don't
> need
> grit. Birds that eat their seeds whole require grit to grind through the
> seed coat. There is quite a bit of controversy surrounding the safety (not
> the necessity) of grit for budgies, so do your homework and decide for
> yourself what's best for you bird.
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