Posted By: Anonymous
Iron in baby foods - 02/22/07 08:20 PM
My vet just called me with the histopath results for Rocket and I found it rather interesting. There were 3 things found: cystic gallbladder (insignificant in most species), bile duct adenomas, and the one they believe killed him, hemochromatosis. Apparently, hemochromatosis, also called iron storage disease, has been previously documented in sugar gliders and captive exotic birds and is the result of too much iron in the diet. She gave me the name of a guy who has been doing some research with this, Jeff Pie (?) and he has found that the main culprit is iron supplemented baby foods. One can purchase bird food that's low in iron, but I know a lot of us feed baby foods to our guys, both the rice cereal that's part of the BML mix, and jarred varieties for licky treats. Has anyone ever heard of this or done any research on this?
Michelle
Michelle