alfalfa sprouts

[katie_fleming]

Hello,

I purchased a small container of organic alfalfa sprouts from the grocery store. Are these safe to give to Jasper?

I haven't ever found any seeds to try sprouting, but figured if they're already sprouted it might be ok.

Please let me know!

 

[Allee]

I've bought organic alfalfa sprouts for my birds, they love them. I can't think of any reason why they wouldn't be safe.

 

[katie_fleming]

Great, thank you! I had read some sites where they were saying they weren't so I wanted to double check.

 

[weco]

Here's a link that might be interesting reading for the beginning sprouter and though I agree with most of Carolyn Swicegood's thoughts, I believe her views on grapefruit seed extract to be adulterated & suggest newbies read a forum sticky on GSE: http://www.parrotforums.com/general-parrot-information/47378-gse-grapefruit-seed-extract.html

There are other threads on the forums about grapefruit seed extract in the archives & if you search "grapefruit seed extract" instead of GSE (with or without the quotation marks) will get you the links.....the forums' search parameters need 10 characters to effect a search, instead of just 3.....

 

[katie_fleming]

Fantastic, thanks! I'll have a look