Subject: [Tweeters] seed-eating wren/suet free dough
Date: Feb 3 11:07:41 2006
From: Diane Weinstein - diane_weinstein at msn.com


Re: [Tweeters] seed-eating wren/suet free doughThe ingredients in suet-free dough are healthy enough. The risk of mad cow disease is probably small although very real. Scientists really don't know a lot the prions and the disease.

There is an article in today's King County Journal about mad cow disease. It says that in a 2005 audit by the Agriculture Department, "investigators could not determine whether beef slaughterhouses and packing plants obeyed safeguards designed to keep mad cow disease from reaching humans".

Animal parts not fit for human consumption are used for animal food. If the government can't even ensure the meat for human consumption is safe, then I certainly do not want to be handling suet or putting it out in my yard.

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah
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From: Kathryn Hornbein<mailto:kurlew at earthlink.net>
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu<mailto:Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] seed-eating wren/suet free dough


Hmm, how well do birds metabolize vegetable oil? And, is there mad cow disease in SUET??? thanks


kathryn hornbein
bellevue WA
kurlew at earthlink.net<mailto:kurlew at earthlink.net>


I only use "suet free" dough. The birds love it and I don't want to introduce Mad Cow Disease to my birds or yard. I purchase it from Wild Birds Unlimited and it contains vegetable oil, peanuts, corn and oats.

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah

----- Original Message -----
From: Kathryn Hornbein<mailto:kurlew at earthlink.net>
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu<mailto:Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] seed-eating wren


Our family Bewick of the last several years has for the first time joined the juncos on our deck, and he appears to be pecking at sfs bits. I also use shelled sfs pieces. When I just couldn't keep the suet I had on the deck away from four-footed mammals whose identity beyond the obese grey squ. I'd hate to speculate on, I didn't replace it. And lo! my wren now goes to the hanging suet, AND a junco at the hanging seed feeder--both new observations. Thank god for adaptability, it's the only thing that'll save'em.


BTW, anyone wi any thoughts about this hot pepper suet dough? What's the difference between suet and dough? The mammals are definitely less enthusiastic than the birds re the pepper suet dough....





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