Pet & Wild Birds : How Do I Make Hummingbird Food?

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Uploaded by on Jul 18, 2009

Hummingbird food can be made simply by boiling 4 cups of water for five minutes, adding 1 cup of sugar and waiting for it to dissolve. Create a batch of hummingbird food with tips from a pet store employee in this free video on wild birds.

Expert: Jennica
Bio: Jennica is an employee at Pet Planet in Riverton, Utah. She works with pets on a daily basis.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

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  • no red food coloring!!!

  • Do not add red food coloring or dye to the hummingbird food. It has no nutritional value and can cause damage to their kidneys. If you have a good hummingbird feeder, there is no need to have red hummingbird food to attract hummingbirds.

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  • @dmoney1dm8512

    You know nothing about birds, it's not toxic if you use organic ones. She is more knowledgeable so stop barking.

  • can someone answer this question please?

    can i use cane sugar, like regular cane sugar for coffee for my nectar?

  • she say also you can also

  • Typo: "what would BOILING DO to take our minerals? "

  • We have decent well water here and I have no concerns about pesticides in it, but minerals are something I never thought about. I wonder if this sugar water is REALLY good for them. There has to be other nutrients in their natural foods besides plain table sugar, no? At the very least, I would suspect there are trace minerals that they need.. Anybody know? Should I switch to distilled water from our excellent Catskill mountain well water? What would BOILING to to take out minerals, anyway?

  • How about ONLY use FILTERED water??  I have had birds my whole life, and they ONLY get distilled water with vitamins added ....wonder why my parakeets are out living anyone else's ?

  • NO FOOD COLORING!!!!!!!!!

  • i wanna be ugly but i wont...... but jeez THEY NEED TO STOP TELLING PEOPLE TO ADD FOOD COLORING!!!

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