Jason Crean's raw food diet

[Mjhandy]

We've been looking into what Jason Crean's doing with raw food. Sprouts, and soaking and so forth.

Has anyone here bought one of his food boxes, or follow his recommendations?

We want to improve the birds diet, but there is so much conflicting information, it seem logical to take advice from a Dr. of biology.

Cheers!

 

[chris-md]

It’s a sound diet, but nothing unique. Many of us, but especially eclectus owners, do this for a living (as it were). Feed fresh fruit and veg (which includes sprouting), hardly the novel concept you would assume if he’s your first introduction to it.

Where I get my heckles up with him and the C4AW movement is the inclusion of a significant amount of mealworms into the diet. I’ve seen people posting pictures and there are mealworms everywhere, which is terrible for an avian diet

 

[Mjhandy]

It’s a sound diet, but nothing unique. Many of us, but especially eclectus owners, do this for a living (as it were). Feed fresh fruit and veg (which includes sprouting), hardly the novel concept you would assume if he’s your first introduction to it.

Where I get my heckles up with him and the C4AW movement is the inclusion of a significant amount of mealworms into the diet. I’ve seen people posting pictures and there are mealworms everywhere, which is terrible for an avian diet

Thanks Chris,

I read your post. Is the mealworms, or the volume of them that you don't like. I understand they are a protein source, but we're not too hung up on feeding the birds these, but the sprouting.

Our plan will probably be a mix of sprouts, veggies and tops.

 

[Joon]

... it seem logical to take advice from a Dr. of biology.

Jason Crean has a masters in biology and doctoral degree in education leadership.



I keep coming back to: I don't think anyone, expert or not, really knows what to feed them, or how to configure a optimal diet. Most of what we know and do is based on chicken/turkey/duck science and not so much on going out in the field to observe them in the wild.



I think one of the mistakes the raw food people make is the idea birds can "self balance" their diet, but there is research that shows wild birds are nutritionally deficient just like many of their captive cousins.



I don't know what the answer is and some days think I should go back to school to get biology degree along with one in chemistry, and another in nutrition to try and wade through it all.



I worry about salmonella, listeria, e. coli with sprouting so I don't give it.