Re: Birds eat clay
In eating unripe fruit, Macaws suffer similar as a person would after eating unripe fruit. They get stomach aches.
ACCORDING TO WHAT I CALL THE SITZ BATH BOOK, THE AUTHOR USED UNRIPE FRUITS TO CLEANSE THE BODY OF WASTE AND CLAIMED THEY ACTUALLY HAD MORE HEALING POWER THAN RIPE FRUITS.
[7] Like parrots, macaws have a unique way with dealing with this problem, by eating clay,
BIRDS EAT DIRT TO HELP DIGEST THEIR SEEDS/GRAINS....IF YOU DON'T GIVE CHICKENS ROCK/DIRT THEY CAN'T DIGEST THEIR FOODS...THEIR 'CRAWL' KEEPS THE ROCK/DIRT IN IT AND IT MIXED WITH THEIR FOODS LIKE A GRINDER TO BREAK DOWN THE SEEDS.
which is believed to work as an
antidote
I DOUBT THIS, ALL BIRDS NEEDS DIRT/ROCKS FOR DIGESTION ABILITY, THEIR CRAWL DOES NOT HAVE THE ACIDS TO DISSOLVE THEIR FOODS LIKE MAMMAL STOMACHS.
to the poisonous seeds they eat.
WHY ARE THE SEEDS POISONOUS? IN NATURE THE BIRDS EAT RAW SEEDS AND NOT DRIED ONES LIKE HUMANS FEED THEM.
[7][8][9] The chemicals in the clay
SUCH AS? CLAY IS VOLANIC ASH THAT HAS CIRCLES THE EARTH AND "FELL OUT" INTO LAYERS ONTO THE GROUND/OCEANS AND THEN COVERED UP OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS....IN FACT, IT IS ROCK. YES, IT WOULD HAVE BACTERIA, LIKE ALL SUBSTANCES DO.
mix with the poison allowing it to pass through the bird's digestive system without harming the bird.
I WOULD SUGGEST MORE A DIGESTIVE SUPPLEMNET THAN MEDICINE, BUT EITHER WAY, BIRDS NEED ROCK, HUMANS DON'T.
JUST MY THEORY. I RAISED CHICKENS AS A LITTLE KID AND IF THOSE CHICKENS DIDN'T GET THEIR OYSTER SHELL THEIR EGGS TURNED SKIN THIN......., MAYBE YOUR BIRDS ARE JUST GETTING READY FOR LAYING THEIR EGGS.
MH