I noticed some pellets have herring in it, is herring a good food? I know you should avoid mammalian meats in pellets, but what about bird related pellets?
Lol, yeah my bad hahaha
Unfortunately there are fish pellets with hydrolyzed feather meal. Avoid these for our pet fish. (yeah I know there are some fish that eat birds, but most of the ones we keep don't)I know you should avoid mammalian meats in pellets, but what about bird related pellets?
Yep out of fairness to OP there are quite a few monster fish, freshwater too, that will happily eat birds if they have a chance; arowana are known to munch on them, I'm sure so do gar, arapaima etc. Here's a video (in Japanese) of a giant catfish that eats pigeons like popcorn:Well I was just reading that tiger sharks eat song birds....
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/05/baby-tiger-sharks-eat-songbirds/
I guess it fits the thread?
Cheer up Mike!
I know some people feed chicken, turkey, etc. to their fish. Only time I fed some sort of a bird to a fish was when I found a dead baby bird that was kicked out of it's nest, I put some pellets down it's throat to gutload it and then I froze it to kill any internal parasites or diseases, then I fed it to my Jardini (kept it in a 6 foot diameter 30 inch high inflatable pool, 500 gallons), he more than happily ate it. I know a lot of larger fish will eat birds, reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals, but I don't like feeding them to my fish now that I know better. I know mammals aren't healthy, I'm not sure about birds, reptiles, or amphibians though, I've just stuck to insects and fish. I will say though, I have witness muskies and pikes eat ducks while I've been fishing.Yep out of fairness to OP there are quite a few monster fish, freshwater too, that will happily eat birds if they have a chance; arowana are known to munch on them, I'm sure so do gar, arapaima etc. Here's a video (in Japanese) of a giant catfish that eats pigeons like popcorn: