Many animal care professionals have frequently maintained backyard-feeding sites for wild birds. Our approaches to this activity were rather nonchalant at best. Our feed choices were based on cost and effectiveness in attracting birds for personal pleasure. The nutritional value of the feed was irrelevant. Doesn't sound very professional does it?
The first thing professional animal keepers do is research the natural history of the animals in their care. What are their nutritional, habitat, and behavioral requirements for optimum health? In regard to nutrition, our attention was first drawn to suet cakes. They didn't seem like a very healthful option - all that fat, and even worse - saturated fat. Nearly all, if not all, commercial fat cakes are made with suet (beef fat). The suggestion that vegetable fat might be a more healthful alternative has been consistently rejected. What are the nutritional implications of using vegetable fat instead of suet in avian food cakes? What are the relevant issues to be considered? To begin with, there are two major issues of nutritional concern in all organisms - energy and nutrients.
Read more: Backyard Bird Feeding - Suet Vs Vegetable Fat
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