Birds and peanut butter

[werdnal]

Watched an old Christmas edition of Gardeners World on one of the Sky channels last night, and there was a demo of how to make bird feeders with pine cones "stuffed" with peanut butter, then rolled in bird seed and hung up. Looked a good idea, but I was just concerned about the salt content of the peanut butter? Looked on the label of a jar I have and it definately has added salt - would this do any harm?

[jcyprus]

Although peanut butter contains a large amount of salt i'm sure this wouldn't be lethal to the birds, The fat content is very high so there are more pro's than cons.
I have produced the pine cone feeders before and i used suet instead .

[Kayleigh]

Not sure as I dont buy it but I think you can get some without the salt or reduced salt..
I dont think salt is good for birds so dont I use it.

[stigofthedump]

Glad you asked this werdnal. My better half asked me about salt in food and feeding birds.....I said I thought it was not good for them......she then asked what about the birds we see foraging on the shore-line on Brine shrimps etc.....stumped!



merry Cheistmas.

Vince

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by stigofthedump

Glad you asked this werdnal. My better half asked me about salt in food and feeding birds.....I said I thought it was not good for them......she then asked what about the birds we see foraging on the shore-line on Brine shrimps etc.....stumped!



merry Cheistmas.

Vince

I think sea birds snot the access salt out of their nostrils so are adapted to those conditions not like the sparrows in the garden..

[stigofthedump]

Ahh, Cheers Kayleigh. I'm gonna pretend to Mrs Stig that I worked that out all by my self and gloat about how smart I am



Dont stay awake too late otherwise Santa wont visit



Vince

[SuzieandFlo]

Peanut butter is a blend of peanuts, vegetable oil and salt. Why not try making your own ? Put some peanuts in a blender and crush them finely. Add a little vegetable oil at a time and mix to form a paste = salt free peanut butter .