Birdie Pets

LAFEBER "Nutri-Berries"

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My birds all eat Nutri-berries and Avi-Cakes. My amazon LOVES the cakes especially, although he eats the berries also. My tiels and lovebirds eat both but you have to break the berries up for them a little since they can’t hold them like the amazon can. My vet highly recommends all the Lafaber products, including their handfeeding formula, which I used for my last cluth of baby tiels. It has a nice smooth consistency. The babies ate it well, it didn’t make such a mess on their faces and was easier to clean off. And they were beautiful, healthy babies. He said he has never yet seen a baby with crop statis that was on this formula. I am very pleased with all of their products. Hope this helps. Robin

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Greetings Mike!     I bought some Nutri-Berries for my Umbrella Cockatoo, Ernie a few weeks ago and he will not give them the time of day!!  He seems to think that they are only some sort of toy to pick up and toss to me.  I am glad to hear that most people in Australia have birds on mostly seed diet….I was beginning to feel like a bad parent because Ernie isn’t very interested in pellets no matter what brand they may be.  Just wanted to let you know what my bird thought of Nutri-Berries.  I have heard several people here say that their birds loved them.        Cathy Gessner in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Can anyone give me some information about the company Lafeber, and its >product Nutri-Berries.  They are apparently going to import into >Australia and I would like to find out more before deciding whether to >stock and sell to my customers.  At the likely price here it would have >to be something exceptional to justify recommending the product.   >Note that in Australia, pellet style foods have a very small market >share.  99% of breeders and probably 99.99% of pet owners are happy with, >and obtain excellent breeding results, with dry seed and fresh food >diets. >Thanks in advance for any information. >cheers, Mike Owen,  Queensland, Australia

Well, NutriBerries are not pellets.  They are rather balls of hulled seeds held together by a nutrative coating. They are still seeds, so I wouldn’t recommend feeding ONLY NB’s, but I know my lovebird, who can be a picky eater, just LOVES these things, and eats every last bit.  Although he’s normally a spaz, he goes BONKERS when he sees me with the tub, and he is in excellent condition.  He eats basically parrot version NutriBerries (he PREFERS there) with some additional people food.   I sometimes throw one or two to my conure, but she gets a more varied mix of dried fruits and veggies because as for seed, all she’ll eat is sunflower.  She’ll pick the rest out in any mix I give her.   I like the product, and I’ve found the company to be very pleasant to deal with. I am glad to give them my business. amy —                    http://nickel.ucs.indiana.edu/~alyoung             These ideas and opinions are my own. Big surprise, eh?       Dying is easy it’s living that scares me to death — Annie Lennox

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> Can anyone give me some information about the company Lafeber, and its > product Nutri-Berries.  They are apparently going to import into > Australia and I would like to find out more before deciding whether to > stock and sell to my customers.  At the likely price here it would have > to be something exceptional to justify recommending the product.  

The Nutri-Berries are supposed to be as nutritious as pellets. That info is from Lafeber themselves.  Our birds, a severe macaw and a Timneh grey, love Nutri-Berries.  It sounds like you would be able to obtain info from Lafeber themselves, but in case you can’t: Newsgroups: rec.pets.birds Organization: American Information Systems, Inc. Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: mc-host02.dialup.ais.net X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) The Lafeber Company, manufacturer of pet bird food products such as Nutri-Berries, Avi-Cakes and Premium Diet pelleted food, is pleased to be part of the rec.pets.birds newsgroup. Your questions and comments about our food are important and Also, if your bird has never had the opportunity to try Lafeber’s Nutri-Berries or Avi-Cakes, we will be happy to send you a FREE sample (absolutely no obligations or gimmicks). Just e-mail your name, street address, city, state, zip and daytime phone number to us. And, to make sure we send you the correct item, please include the type of bird you own, too. Thanks for being concerned about the welfare of pet birds. Jim <=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>     Lafeber Company              Phone:   (800) 842-6445                      "Working for the health of birds"                 <=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=>-<=> —

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Can anyone give me some information about the company Lafeber, and its product Nutri-Berries.  They are apparently going to import into Australia and I would like to find out more before deciding whether to stock and sell to my customers.  At the likely price here it would have to be something exceptional to justify recommending the product.   Note that in Australia, pellet style foods have a very small market share.  99% of breeders and probably 99.99% of pet owners are happy with, and obtain excellent breeding results, with dry seed and fresh food diets. Thanks in advance for any information. cheers, Mike Owen,  Queensland, Australia

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I have an african grey, Goffin, Umbrella and Moluccan cockatoo…….they all love these treats but I only give them a couple a day. They come in different qualities for smaller birds but I find the large bird size is loved by all. My 2 cents! marilyn

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writes: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Can anyone give me some information about the company Lafeber, and its >product Nutri-Berries.  They are apparently going to import into >Australia and I would like to find out more before deciding whether to >stock and sell to my customers.  At the likely price here it would have >to be something exceptional to justify recommending the product.   >Note that in Australia, pellet style foods have a very small market >share.  99% of breeders and probably 99.99% of pet owners are happy with, >and obtain excellent breeding results, with dry seed and fresh food >diets. >Thanks in advance for any information. >cheers, Mike Owen,  Queensland, Australia

    Greetings Mike! I think you’ve answered your own question.:) If you are already having excellent breeding results on seeds and fresh foods, stick with it. It’s the best diet in the world for birds! This is what we serve our birds and also have excellent results. Our babies receive an all natural fresh formula too. The thought of feeding the adults the good stuff and then feeding the babies a fabricated powdered formula mixed with water from a canister or bag makes me shudder. We don’t like the idea of bagged, jarred, canister type diets. They contain some unwanted additives and preservatives in their ingredients and are at best a short-term convenience.       So long for now… Alicia — Alicia & Bruce McWatters    Organically raised parrots Pionus Plus Aviaries            6 Species Pionus Parrots Edgewood, New Mexico            Congo & Timneh African Greys Ph (505)281-5168 9am-5pm MDT    African Red Bellied Parrots Fax (505)281-0751 anytime      

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