Sunflower seeds & peanuts for birds

In the past I have used the UK site for MedicAnimal for my purchases of sunflower seeds (20kg for £24.95) & peanuts (25kg for £49.92). I can no longer contact them by phone from France and when I e-mail them, I am quoted the prices from the French site: sunflower seed @ 35.03€ and peanuts @ 75.17€!!. Even taking into account the exchange rate from sterling to euro, this is a whopping mark-up. Has anyone else had the same problem and, if so, have you managed to find a way round it?

Alternatively, does anyone know a cheap source of the above, please?

It may pay you to buy those 5kilo bags from Cora that they have with the Halal stuff. They do big bags of nuts there. Peanuts of any type are really expensive now.

Hi.
These any good?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wild-Bird-Peanuts-Premium-Quality-Food-aflatoxin-tested-25KG-/130883359527?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Birds&hash=item1e79419327

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Sunflower-Seeds-20kg-98-purity-Wild-Bird-Food-Wild-Bird-Seed-/221330085765?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Birds&hash=item33884d1785

You will have to ask the sunflower seed seller if they will send to france, but if not, there are plenty of suppliers on fleabay uk. The french site is a lot more expensive.

Pogo

Hi Pogo
Thanks a lot for the link. I've just made an order and the total delivery charge for the whole order was £9.99. Sunflower seeds were £23.95 for 25kg and peanuts were an incredible £30.99 for 25kg.

Ive got a table full of food and wine, if thebirds will eat it, they can have it.
Saves me having it cold for the next 2 months.

Pogo

Funnily enough, the birds did say that they wouldn't mind a bit of that roulade with a large portion of Christmas cake.

 

I bought some wild bird seed last winter then mixed it with duck fat from a tin of Confit de Canard and left it in the fridge to set. I put it in the little nets you get the wild bird food in and hung them up.

Mind you the cats can smell the duck fat and are really keen to get at it - so far without success!

Amber wrote:I bought some wild bird seed last winter then mixed it with duck fat from a tin of Confit de Canard !

Blimey! You've got some right poncey birds where you live, Amber.

tocyvi wrote:Funnily enough, the birds did say that they wouldn't mind a bit of that roulade with a large portion of Christmas cake.

Roulade has gone, do you think they'll take turkey, or is that canibalism? Got a couple of hundredweight of turkey. My good lady wife insists that we should have the Cyril Smith of turkeys, even though shes the only one who eats it. Mind you, the dog is looking hopeful!!

Pogo

pogo wrote:the Cyril Smith of turkeys,

Careful !!

when I worked in Rochdale I saw him walking/waddling across the road he was even bigger than on the telly!!!!  

lady of leisure wrote:when I worked in Rochdale I saw him walking/waddling across the road  he was even bigger than on the telly!!!!  

Who? Cyril Smith or the turkey?

tocyvi wrote:

Amber wrote:I bought some wild bird seed last winter then mixed it with duck fat from a tin of Confit de Canard !

Blimey! You've got some right poncey birds where you live, Amber.

I do the same..........  

The turkey  

tocyvi wrote:

pogo wrote:the Cyril Smith of turkeys,

Careful !!

My apologies. I am not aware of the turkey's political leanings.