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| pianoharp |
On a slightly different turn from the previous discussion of live food:
Something I've always been curious about but never done. I wonder if you
can put a small flat in the bottom of the canary's cage with seed sprout
growing in it. I don't mean growing on towels, but in actual soil, like
potting mix you get from the store, and the canary would ... well, sort of
mow it. I don't know if there are any risks and I know next to nothing
about growing plants, but it seems the situation could be quite nourishing
for him and rather aesthetic unless he took to throwing out the dirt.
Anyone done anything like this? Is the idea totally off the wall? Is there
risk to my Handel I should look out for?
- pianoharp
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| Owly |
I love your nickname; my mother was a harpist and I'm a pianist...speaking
of Handel, I could play or listen to Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 24/7 for
a week and not tire of it...
Anyway, yes it's been done. Some have concerns about molds growing in the
soil. See also http://www.beakappetit.com/grasscafe.html .
--
owly
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"pianoharp" <pianoharp@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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> On a slightly different turn from the previous discussion of live food:
>
> Something I've always been curious about but never done. I wonder if you
> can put a small flat in the bottom of the canary's cage with seed sprout
> growing in it. I don't mean growing on towels, but in actual soil, like
> potting mix you get from the store, and the canary would ... well, sort of
> mow it. I don't know if there are any risks and I know next to nothing
> about growing plants, but it seems the situation could be quite nourishing
> for him and rather aesthetic unless he took to throwing out the dirt.
>
> Anyone done anything like this? Is the idea totally off the wall? Is
there
> risk to my Handel I should look out for?
>
> - pianoharp
>
> - No trees were destroyed in sending this message;
> however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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| Kays |
I buy the Cosmic kitty herbs and grow them for my budgies. They're just oat
groats and a sterile growing medium. I also grow out the budgie seed mixes
(the cheap ones that don't have the added bits of dried fruit and
pellets....those things just end up rotting). I only offer the greens when
I'm there to supervise, so they (the birds) don't get into the soil. I don't
think putting it in the cage bottom is wise, as the droppings and stray food
will quickly foul it.
-Kays
"pianoharp" <pianoharp@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:iS_Mb.17964$ei6.462@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> On a slightly different turn from the previous discussion of live food:
>
> Something I've always been curious about but never done. I wonder if you
> can put a small flat in the bottom of the canary's cage with seed sprout
> growing in it. I don't mean growing on towels, but in actual soil, like
> potting mix you get from the store, and the canary would ... well, sort of
> mow it. I don't know if there are any risks and I know next to nothing
> about growing plants, but it seems the situation could be quite nourishing
> for him and rather aesthetic unless he took to throwing out the dirt.
>
> Anyone done anything like this? Is the idea totally off the wall? Is
there
> risk to my Handel I should look out for?
>
> - pianoharp
>
> - No trees were destroyed in sending this message;
> however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>
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