garlic ok?

[harmar]

Today I was mincing some garlic for a steak marinade and sasha snatched a clove out of my hand and starting chowing down. He got in a couple bites (and ate it) but I took it away from him. He then tried getting it again.

he sure had a "garlic breath".. But was just wondering if it is ok for Sasha to eat a garlic clove or not?

[Barbara2]

I have read that a little bit of garlic is good for parrots. I have also read that garlic can cause anemia in parrots. So my answer would be I don't know.

[judygram]

I would be a little cautious of giving fresh garlic to your grey, we have a couple of threads here that have some information that it could be harmful, even one where the bird died from ingestion of fresh garlic, please do a search to find them. Sometimes it is best to err on the side of caution.

[harmar]

oh ok. I wont give him garlic cloves then. But if I make a pasta or a stir fry with some minced garlic probably don't have to worry about it

[Jayd]

As Judy said, "It's best to Err on the safe side!" A lot of things are accumulative... Garlic, Salt, to mention just a few...

[danmcq]

A note on Garlic as others have stated. It is not something you want you bird to ever have more than a hint of in a cooked food dish and certainly not a raw clove.

 

We had a member a few years ago whose grey ate a raw clove in it's entirety and he found the poor bird dead in his cage the next morning. He did take the grey to an avian vet for for a necropsy and it was determined the cause of death was from that raw Garlic clove. Be very careful of raw onions and potatoes as well.

[harmar]

oh thank you for that information. I am very glad I asked.. so now I definitely won't let him eat garlic clove again!

[Talon]

I Believe, real Garlic (not the powdered kind) can be deadly, it was on my no no list: Onions, Raw potatoes, Mushrooms and Garlic cloves... I am sure other more expert opinions will correct me if I am wrong.