Re: Aspartame in hummingbird feeders?

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"jadel" <delcolja@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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 Apr 30, 1:27 pm, me <grammynih...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 29, 5:51 pm, Lucifer Sam <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Will using a solution of aspartame in a hummingbird feeder instead of
> > sugar prevent mould and fermentation? Will thehummingbirdsnotice the
> > difference?
>
> I needed a good laugh this morning. I woke up with sinus problems
> (further signs of being 49?) and had a horrible night. I sure needed
> that this morning.
> Aspartame in feeders is even funnier than all the plastic fruit
> feeders that look great but that is it. You can't wash them and the
> hummers don't like them. But it does give ideas to people for gifts
> when all else fails. My Mom was so cheap that she tried to get the
> hummers to drink marichine juice after she had eaten the cherries. I
> think they actually laughed at her.
> Isn't aspartame more expensive than sugar?
> Has anyone seen a fat hummer?


Yes.  Before they migrate in the fall they put on so much fat they
look absolutely rotund.

J. Del Col