Hi,
To the best of my knowledge, Nektar Plus is what some rehabbers and zoological
institutions use. Problem is it does settle to bottom and needs to be shook up
and replaced often. It's also rather expensive.
Recently joined and enjoying reading past as well as current posts!
Mickey O'Connor
Avian Zookeeper
Milwaukee County Zoo
Milwaukee, WI
214 980 3103
-----Original Message-----
From: ajmoran <ajmoran@xxxxxxxxx>
To: humband <humband@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Jan 6, 2017 9:04 am
Subject: [humband] Re: concerning promotion of protein in nectar
Scott - thanks for the information on Gerber contents. The inclusion of iron is
very concerning, although like you, I don't know what level is actually toxic.
The internet is definitely not our friend with respect to circulation of
misinformation. I'm going to try to get ahead of this locally and will compose
an information piece about this topic for the RPBO web site, so with luck, any
locals who look there for more information will have a rebuttal.
Thanks to all for their comments and thoughts,
Alison
RPBO, Victoria, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Weidensaul <scottweidensaul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: humband@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 05:34:49 -0700 (MST)
Subject: [humband] Re: concerning promotion of protein in nectar
Looking at the ingredients list for this brand of baby formula
(https://medical.gerber.com/products/formulas/good-start-soothe; click on ;
"Medical Professional"), it contains 7.7mg of iron per 100g of powder. Whether
that represents a dangerous level of iron intake for hummers I can't say, but
it's an indication that focusing on the type of whey, as Davis did, is missing
the bigger picture.
Scott Weidensaul
Schuylkill Haven, PA
On Jan 6, 2017, at 7:15 AM, Nancy Newfield wrote:
Bravo! Yes, this is going to be a problem for all of us and we appreciateHumband is a private forum restricted solely to licensed hummingbird banders.
having strong rebuttal points.
