Description
Collection only, £5.99 , 100gm
Cuttlefish bone is a 100% natural, mineral-rich dietary supplement used widely across the UK to support the health of caged birds. Rather than being an actual bone, it is the chalky internal shell of the cuttlefish, a marine mollusc.
Key Nutritional Benefits
- High Calcium Content: It consists of roughly 85% calcium carbonate. This mineral is essential for strong bone formation, feather growth, and healthy blood clotting.
- Crucial for Breeding: It provides vital calcium required by egg-laying female birds to build strong eggshell integrity and prevent shell-less eggs.
- Trace Minerals: It contains vital marine trace elements. These include magnesium, potassium, iron, and zinc.
Physical Attributes & Beak Care
- Dual-Texture Surface: Cuttlebone features a hard, smooth outer backing and a soft, powdery, chalk-like inner texture.
- Beak Conditioning: Gnawing on the tougher side helps smaller birds safely trim, polish, and sharpen their beaks. This curbs overgrowth naturally.
- Boredom Buster: The natural texture encourages instinctive pecking behavior, offering vital exercise and mental stimulation
- Suitable Birds: Best suited for smaller to medium cage birds like budgies, cockatiels, canaries, finches, and lovebirds.
- Large Parrots Warning: Larger parrots can easily crush and destroy soft cuttlebone. For them, it can form a choking or crop impaction hazard, meaning hard mineral blocks are preferred.
- Alternative Serving Method: For tiny birds like finches that struggle to peck the bone directly, you can scrape the soft side with a knife to create a fine powder and sprinkle it over their standard seed mix.
The size and weight of each individual cuttlefish bone may vary.
Cuttlefish weighed in store
