Bird Behavior

Birds absorb numerous sources of nutrition everyday and oatmeal counts as one of them. As we all know, birds have been eating dry seeds for million years without causing a threat to their health. So don’t throw away your leftover oatmeal, it’s a tasty treat and could be a very appealing food to your backyard birds.  Can birds eat oatmeals?   Oatmeal is a very popular breakfast favorite with its great source of vitamins, fibre as well as plant-based proteins. It is well-known as one of the most healthiest grains on earth because it helps your digestive system to function properly and feeds the good bacteria in your gut.  However, there is a common misunderstanding about how uncooked oatmeal could be unbeneficial for bird’s digestive system since people seem to believe that it would swell up too much inside the bird’s stomach. Thus, uncooked oats are quite dry, tough and gritty to chew so there is always a debate about whether birds can eat uncooked oats or not.  So, can