food allergies

[snoepgoed123]

so I feel like I'm making the rounds to all the forums asking questions... Do African Greys get food allergies... I'm asking because I'm planning on making chop in a few days so I can have it ready for when Archimedes comes home... and as I was making the list of what I wanna put in, I realized... what if he's allergic to something... not only would I have to throw out all the food (that would stink, but so be it)... but with all the chop mixed together, I wouldn't know what he is allergic to, and I would have to reintroduce that possible food again... then again, I could just be overanalyzing stuff like I normally do

 

so my questions...

1. Can greys be allergic to foods

2. if they are, what are foods that they can be allergic to

3. what symptoms would they show if they are allergic (food and nonfood)

4. are there any nonfood items they're allergic to?

 

now I'm not talking about the no-no list (chocolate, caffeine, etc) I'm talking about safe foods that they could be allergic to (peppers, brussel sprouts, broccoli)

[tesla]

I want to say that there is only a list of 'toxic' foods for a grey; not necessarily any allergies. They don't digest grapes and the cabbage family well. My first time eating brussel sprouts I was unaware that they were apart of the cabbage family, and sure enough 30 minutes after eating, Tango puked out a bit of his food and was in a stationary position for about an hour (I assume he had stomach pains and didn't feel like moving much?). They love peppers and they don't have pain receptors towards food in their beak so they can handle spicy peppers, and definitely try to feed your grey some broccoli and other leafy greens like kale and collard greens; they need the vitamin k!

[Dave007]

No, they're not allergic to any natural foods they normally eat. In the wild, they're well known scavengers and will eat anything that they can digest including what's on the forest floor.

[kins2321@yahoo.com]

Great ideas. Havent found an allergy yet for Sophie. Still hesitant to give her peppers. I HATE them! It shouldn't be about me.I think of giving Sophie a pepper, is like offering her... can't describe it! Nancy