Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!stewartw
From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: INDOOR: egg-laying unpaired cockatoo
Message-ID: <9267@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 91 22:51:46 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.203420.2785@cbnewsj.att.com> <27A096FC.1A77@intercon.com>
Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
Lines: 19

In article <27A096FC.1A77@intercon.com> ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry) writes:
>In article <1991Jan23.203420.2785@cbnewsj.att.com>, duane@cbnewsj.att.com
>(duane.galensky) writes:
>> 	- is there anything i should be replenish in the bird's
>> 	  diet after such an event?  calcium? sulphur?

>Calcium, vitamins, and minerals.  I use Nekton S and Vionate.  

   If your going to use Nekton, wouldn't you be better off to use
Nekton-MSA for an egg-laying bird?  In any case you can get good
calcium supplements off-the-shelf from the drugstore (I think the
vet recommends using about 10-15 drops per ounce of water).

  Stewart
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