WYSIWYG 0 Posted January 2, 2014 Member ID: 7,826 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Coming from a cold wintery area in the US all our cuttlebone was shop purchased with the birds I had growing up since no self respecting cuttlefish would have been anywhere near us outside a zoo maybe. Now I am in Australia and we have cuttlefish bones washing up on shore in ample quantities. When I'm walking dogs I could easily pick up a lifetime supply for one little budgie and then some. Would some of those be safe to give or do they require any special treatment to be made safe before giving to birds? (ie let them sunbleach for a time or pop them in an oven at a certain temp to nuke any bacteria or such that might be in the sand? Link to comment
Flip 0 Posted January 2, 2014 Member ID: 7,490 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 88 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 510 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 26, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hi. I use cuttlefish that I collect on the beach for all my birds. I don't wash them but I do sunbleach them. Link to comment
Budgie_Mad 0 Posted January 3, 2014 Member ID: 7,367 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 400 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,860 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 15/07/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 4, 2023 Birthday: 29/04/1997 Device: Windows Share Posted January 3, 2014 Yes, I have used mine, you can just wash the sand off and rinse the salt water off. But I have used them numerous times and know others that have used them for over 20 years. Link to comment
WYSIWYG 0 Posted January 3, 2014 Member ID: 7,826 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 Awesome! We'll be spoiled for choice then. Link to comment
Phoebes 0 Posted January 3, 2014 Member ID: 7,514 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 335 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,065 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/12/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 23, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 You are lucky I can't imagine having that much cuttlebone for free. Link to comment
A'SHAAR 0 Posted January 4, 2014 Member ID: 7,301 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 32 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 170 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 21/05/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 15, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hi I also collect mine from the beach and once I get them home I rinse them off and place in a bucket of hot salted water for a day or two. Once they have soaked I will just rince off again and let dry in the sun. My birds just can't get enough of them. Link to comment
rachelm 0 Posted January 5, 2014 Member ID: 6,042 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 740 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 4,045 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29, 2014 Birthday: 15/06/1977 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I collect cuttlebone from the beach but once I brought home more than I needed and it all went green and stinky. Link to comment
robyn 0 Posted January 6, 2014 Member ID: 5,241 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,887 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10,750 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 19, 2018 Birthday: 21/12/1946 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My neighbour collects cuttlefish for me when they go on holidays, I have a plastic bucket full at the moment. They are washed then rinsed in cold water and left to sun dry. Then I put them into the bucket for use.I have never had a problem with mine. Even better when it's free, about $1.00/$3.00 a piece to buy. BUT check to see if you can legally take them from the beach as I have been told you can't in some places, same goes for shell grit from the beach. Link to comment
WYSIWYG 0 Posted January 8, 2014 Member ID: 7,826 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 85 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/01/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Robyn do you know whom you'd check with? I have checked on the shire council page for the beaches where I'd usually see them and haven't been able to find anything related to the matter and google reveals nothing specific about beach collecting either. I expect it's not a query they have come up too often - just us mad bird people! lol I don't think I've ever seen a ranger either, so it'd be hard to ask them directly. They are huge though, so they must come from some very healthy cuttlefish originally... way bigger than the ones I see in the petshops and such by at least double if not triple! I'll let everyone know how I go. Link to comment
snowy 0 Posted June 16, 2014 Member ID: 3,436 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 53 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/05/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 22, 2023 Birthday: 15/07/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted June 16, 2014 cuttlefish has been collected from beaches everyware. try the back beaches, the surf areas. happy collecting. Link to comment
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