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Can birds read?

Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
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I was very amused when I went to open a packed of dried mealworms for the blackbirds and robins. It had the usual blurb of keeping it away from children. wasn't edible etc etc - and at the bottom it said "May Contain Nuts" .   So?! 
North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Some people are so allergic to nuts that just the smell or touch could trigger an anaphylactic episode so if nuts might be in anything it’s as well to have an alert on the container. 
     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Yes, Dove, that did occur to me after I'd posted. That must a terrible allergy to live with - how come it wasn't heard of when we were little?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    The OP's question reminds me of a similar question I posted on my garden site at http://www.rezeau.org/wp-garden/en/food-for-birds-who-can-read/
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    My elder daughter has a nut allergy, diagnosed at 15 after eating a cashew for the first time . She's not as bad as some, she can be in the same room as nuts, sit beside someone else eating them etc, but she has to carry an epipen .
    Devon.
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    re nut allergy........some airplane carriers have topped serving/selling nuts.  On my last flight, back in May the air stewardess made an announcement that one of the people onboard had a nut allergy and could we please refrain from opening any packets we might have.
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    We had a run in in work with a nut allergy person a couple of years ago. Signs went up and there was a total ban on anything nutty the world over! It seems clerical staff can over-react slightly (dozey bint!!!).
    On world aids day one of our chaps makes and sells crepes and there was a contraband jar of Nute!!a under the sink in the kitchen! 🤣
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It probably wasn’t an over reaction ... a child I worked with nearly died because someone on the school bus ate a peanut butter sandwich  ... fortunately a member of staff realised and administered the pipes ... he was still very ill and had to be rushed to hospital and was kept in for several days. 
    A lot of people just do not understand how deadly serious an anaphylactic reaction can be to what seems like a very small trigger. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    I understand completely and make it my business to ensure everyone's safety to the best of my ability because if he drops dead he does so at my feet.
    I had the wit to talk to the person in question rather than Dr Google and we were able to take down the rather hysterical "big red signs" that she had plastered everywhere and come to a more sensible and less embarrassing (for him) arrangement.
    The poor chap was mortified!
    My niece's primary school was a totally "nut free zone" (apart from her of course) as one of the children was severely allergic. Clearly someone had bothered to check their facts and act accordingly.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    Ah! I get you ... not so much what you do ... rather it’s the way that you do it!   :)

    it it is amazing tho, the way some people will find a way to circumvent the necessary anti-nut measures ... I once had to explain ‘very clearly’ to someone that anaphylaxis wasn’t a “mainly psychosomatic condition and that a little of what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them”.  😫

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Thank you for such an informative post.
    I have always thought that the allergy occurred when nuts were eaten and never realised that even being near them can have such an affect.
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