Does Any One Feed Thier Quail Cat Food?

[_Randall_]

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One suggestion, find a thread on here with "in depth discussion" about this very subject (concerning chickens, that is).......print it out, and casually approach him/her with the printout, and say:

"Hey neighbor, ya know what, according to these folks on this massive forum (that happens to be the go-to place for anything we wanna know about raising poulty the right way

, feeding this cat food to our chickens is a bad thing..................."

 

[xchairity_casex]

my russian tortiose used to sneak in cat food all the time she loves it so eventually i bought her a huge cage and kept her away from the cat food. sorry randmomness...i know.
but i do have a question relevent to this!
i have 2 large goldfish who loves eating insects and i buy them what are known as "zoo med canned bugs" they are cooked in cans mainly for reptiles just bugs theres snails,meal worms,caterpillars,grasshoppers,crickets,ect and i was wondering if ground up if buttons could eat those as treats? i eman i know the meal worms but what about crickets or snails?

 

[mhwc56]

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definitely crickets but i don't know about the snails 1 way or the other, i should think they'd be safe as well...

 

[JJMR794]

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[joe125]

I have been raising one for about 10+ years now.
I always have a bag of cat food on hand. It is the single most readily accepted and well balanced nutrition available for...MY CAT!

My birds get game bird feed!

If I had any tootsie rolls....They are for the feed monster only.

 

[Robo]

And the quail are for the feed monster's only, NOT coons...

 

[JJMR794]

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CORRECT COONS DO BEST OFF A WELL BALANCED DIET OF COLD SPRING STEEL AND HOT SCREAMING LEAD

THO YOU CAN SUPPLIMENT THEM WITH CARBON OR ALUMINUM AS NEEDED

 

[Robo]

Mine are very healthy, they get a dose of aluminum arrows with turkey heads every time they visit. I wonder why they won't stick around and play? When they do they just set there.

 

[LuckyMotherhen]

my understanding is that some people give ground cat food as a protein boost but that it is VERY BAD for their livers (i think it said livers) And that the salts in catfood are harmful to quail. I have only heard of it being fed to the bigger quail.I would think it would be more dangerous to tiny little Buttons.

More likely kidneys ( I had a dog who kept eating cat food and it inflamed her kidneys horribly, there's just so much salt in cat food) although I don't know about dog food, I know that quails can't eat meat but my chickens love eating my dogs stale meat and kibble.

 

[Sammbalina]

If you want to add protein, tractor supply carries freeze dried mealworms and black soldier fly larvae in some pretty large bags and are safe for both chickens and quail. I gave my runt quail group bsfl to help catch them up with the bigger birds and it worked pretty good. Now I just give them as occasional treats.