STOP using Gatorade for your birds.

[casportpony]

@KikisGirls , are you talking about people filling their waterers with Gatorade or people treating sick birds with it?

 

[RodNTN]

IMNSHO that's how it should be, but if one has a bird that needs fluids tubed, it's okay to give Gatorade.

Gatorade has probably save a few of mine.

In my humble opinion, I think chicken keepers should give their birds what has worked in the past. And if you don't feel comfortable doing so, simply don't

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls , are you talking about people filling their waterers with Gatorade or people treating sick birds with it?

I'm talking about using it regularly.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I have never gave my chickens Gatorade. I never thought people would be dumb enough to do that! ( no offense to the people who do)

Thanks for saying what I was thinking.

 

[Kiki]

Gatorade Thirst Quencher contains water, sucrose (table sugar), dextrose, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium chloride (table salt), sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, and flavoring/coloring ingredients; some Gatorade flavor variations use brominated vegetable oil as a stabilizer.

Dextrose and sucrose are two different type of sugar.

 

[Blooie]

I’m another one who is a firm believer in clean, fresh, plain water. A healthy chick (or chicken) wouldn’t be that way if electrolytes or probiotics were out of whack. So it just makes sense to me that adding all that stuff is not only unnecessary, but can throw healthy birds off. Even most of the packages for those additives tell people that they are to be used short term, and that fresh, plain water should also be available at all times.

I do use a little Nutri-Dench for stressed or sick chicks. Briefly. Very briefly, and usually just the chick that is stressed gets it.

 

[CayugaJana]

I'm talking about using it regularly.

That’s bizarre to use Gatorade regularly for your birds. Heck I couldn’t afford it for my kids, let alone my birds.

 

[casportpony]

I'm talking about using it regularly.

Okay, well I am in 100% agreement with you on that.

 

[casportpony]

That’s bizarre to use Gatorade regularly for your birds. Heck I couldn’t afford it for my kids, let alone my birds.

88 cents at Walmart, 79 cents at Smart and Final

 

[h2oratt]

The thing I have saved the most animals with is the water from a young Thai coconut. The eltrolytes are the same as in our blood. The actually used it in the Philippines dude ww2. They used it IV. It is sterile until you open the coconut. I always keep a few in my fridge. Available at asian stores.