Aussie Finch Forum

Haven't had any cake disasters (yet) but have done the egg trick. I've also been filling a fish tank while the washing machine was going, answered the phone, come back a little while later to check, not realising the washing machine had finished, all pressure back to the hose, and a 3 meter square swimming carpet. Got one hell of an ass kicking over that.

My computer disasters happen when the "not to be trusted " princess Milly goes out the back to relieve herself , I quickly jump on to check emails , forget the princess only to find my gawjus little tan girl is up to the armpits in red mud ...every time.

This sounds like fun...

But in all seriousness, in answer to the original question, no you should not be feeding your birds Madeira cake, except perhaps as a rare treat.

There's really no reason to give birds something so unhealthy as sugar (think: fungal infections that kill birds!) and processed white flour when they are happy to eat so many other things that are much more nutritious/less detrimental. It's odd that this habit ever got started in domestic aviculture - but even odder why it continues when we know better.

Yes thats true finchy ....processed sugar and flour are the bane of the modern world . Mine rarely get it only because I eat too much of it therefore I try not to have it in the house .
We kill our pets with kindness sometimes . My parents beer drinking , biscuit eating Aussie Terrier had a shocking time with diabetes and died early due to kidney problems all bought about bu eating human food , can only assume the same problems would arise in birds also, only may not be easily diagnosed .
Thanks for your post , made me remember quarrions dont eat Kettle chips or scotch finger biscuits in the wild. Bad bird mama.