Can birds eat oatmeal?

Uncooked oatmeal is an excellent source of nutrition for birds, and it also helps you get rid of the oatmeal you are not going to eat. While you can simply scatter uncooked oatmeal on the ground, take the time to put it into a suet cake, which gives birds a fatty treat in the winter. read more

Logic tells me a bird should not eat too much oatmeal in one sitting for fear of it absorbing the bird's fluids, swelling and clogging the digestive tract That's an urban legend, and totally untrue. Birds have been eating dry seeds for millions of years with no problems at all. read more