splenda as humming bird food ?
I do not want to harm them .I have diabetes, and have a lot of splenda on hand, and it does mix well with water
I do not want to harm them .I have diabetes, and have a lot of splenda on hand, and it does mix well with water
margecutter
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"SPLENDA® is the brand name for the ingredient sucralose. It is made through a patented, multi-step process that starts with sugar and converts it to a no calorie, non-carbohydrate sweetener. The process selectively replaces three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sugar molecule with three chlorine atoms. Chlorine is present naturally in many of the foods and beverages that we eat and drink every day ranging from lettuce, mushrooms and table salt. In the case of sucralose, its addition converts sucrose to sucralose, which is essentially inert. The result is an exceptionally stable sweetener that tastes like sugar, but without sugar's calories. After consumption, sucralose passes through the body without being broken down for energy, so it has no calories, and the body does not recognize it as a carbohydrate."
http://www.splenda.com/page.jhtml?id=splenda/faqs/nocalorie.inc#q1
Since Splenda has no calories, it has no food value for the birds. It would be like them trying to subsist on water. If you are going to feed the hummingbirds, please give them the commercially prepared nectar, or use real sugar to make your own nectar for them.
Anonymous
No it is not !!! What I do is I get the feeder out and fill the feeder up all the way then put sugar in the pitcher(1/4 a cup) or as much as you need to make sweet enough then get red or pink food coloring out and put 3-5 drops in then mix it up and ta da you have Humming bird food!!
cool chick
I wouldn't use splenda. I have found that if you go to your local Orchard Supply Hardware store and look in their bird feeders section you will find specific hummingbird nectar which is better than sugar water. I use it in my feeder and I attract several hummers. Hope that helps.
Anonymous
splenda??
hmm, well if you want to mix it in water and hang it in the feeder like you would sugar water, i would say don't. Splenda isn't sugar, and lacks the calories and sugar rush that the birds are coming for,and besides, it might be detrimental to them as well.
David
It will kill them.