Another item that should be kept in your parakeet's cage is either a cuttlebone or a mineral block. |
The bird should also be provided with fresh cuttlebone and fresh water. |
Each species' cuttlebone has a distinct shape, size, and pattern of ridges or texture. |
Of such is the cuttlebone of commerce, which is a calcareous leaf-like body obtained from Sepia, the cuttlefish. |
Fresh drinking water, oystershell grit, and cuttlebone were available ad libitum. |
Age studies on daily increments in statoliths and growth lamellae in cuttlebone of cultured Sepia officinalis. |