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--- are_milk_and_cheese_actually_okay_for_birds [2025/10/31 16:42] – administrator
+++ are_milk_and_cheese_actually_okay_for_birds [2026/02/04 16:00] (current) – administrator
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-====== Are Milk And Cheese Okay For Birds? ======
+====== Are Milk and Cheese Okay for Birds? ======
 {{ :juvenile_swan.jpg?200|}}Birds are not mammals and do not possess the enzyme necessary to break down lactose that is in milk and its diary byproducts, such as cheese. Therefore birds will get some degree of indigestion when being fed dairy products!
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 This might not be such a big problem with adult birds, but only when small amounts of dairy products are being given occasionally. Adult carrion crows seem to tolerate cheese relatively well, and in fact, they quite often actually enjoy a cheese snack. This is most likely due to the fact that as carrion eaters these birds are better adapted to the broad variety of man made food sources, and are therefore more tolerant than other bird species.
-All in all it is better to remain on the safe side. Therefore we feel that the mammalian product ‘milk’ should only be given to the species it is being designed for – cows milk to cows and human milk to humans.
+All in all it is better to remain on the safe side. Therefore we feel that the mammalian product ‘milk’ should only be given to the species it is being designed for – cows milk to cows and human milk to humans