banana question

[Capo]

Hi!

 

I have one short question.

My parrot likes to eat a banana in unlimited quantities.

Do I need to pay attention to the amount that I give her?

 

Thanx

[Dave007]

Bananas are fine but only in limited amounts-------1/8 to 1/4 inch slice-----at the most, 2x a week

[birdhouse]

What's in them that we'd want to keep to a limit, Dave?

[Dave007]

With some greys, it blocks a little calcium. That doesn't mean that it applies to every single grey. But the word *some,* is enough reason for me to say to lessen the amount of bananas. My feelings, better safe than sorry. There are certain birds that are heavy fruit eaters and those birds need a high fruit diet such as amazons. In general, most fruit is acidic and with some birds, that's good and with others it isn't. That's why it's recommended here by me and others that when people wanna change the diet of their bird ( greys), fruits aren't as important than veggies, pellets, human foods. Fruit is generally acidic and has lots of sugar in it and greys don't need it. Not a lot of nourishment in fruit.

[birdhouse]

Thanks, Dave. I was afraid you'd say they found some new problems with my fid's favorite fruit!

 

Everyone expects their share whenever I grab a one. It makes me laugh because they very neatly eat every spec. They never throw any around. They're banana junkies, too.

[judygram]

Josey will hardly touch a banana and never has, I think it might have something to do with the texture

[Greywings]

Our big Umbie Too loves bananas but the Greys are happy with out them.

[birdhouse]

Before Phenix would eat real food, he hated to get anything on his face. So I started to offer him greener bananas. Eventually, I found he'd eat them if they were pretty green by our standards. Now he's gotten to where he loves them no matter how ripe they are.