Top 10 Common Foods that Can Poison Your Bird

[jessdecutie18]

Bread is fine Hamar... Yoshi likes penut butter toast

[harmar]

thats what I thought, but for some reason the breeder said bread makes african greys sick which kind of shocked me since I didn't read anything about it. Kinda had me worried about the breeder, but all other questions I had I verified and they were all correct. Except for maybe the clipping, but just reading on it a lot of people debate, although now I kind of wish he didn't clip it.

 

Heard a lot of good things about this place though. Unless I misheard him and he said a different food, but I don't think so.

[Cattalina]

I also have a question as if it is okay for CAG to have strawberries, broccoli, and cauliflower? Raw or cooked?

[danmcq]

Those are all fine foods raw or cooked. Just ensure you wash them well before serving.

[pfcarquejo]

Where is the Top10 List?? I can't see it! :unsure:

[JillyBeanz]

It's right at the start ~ you are obviously viewing "last post first". So, you need to press "end". Hope this helps x

[pat]

thanks for that post were many i didnt know about,i was surprised at apple seeds.

[carriekinz]

Very informative, thanks!

[rosidragon_98]

thank you i didn't know apple seeds are bad for parrots

[quilter43]

This has been very helpful to me, a new Grey owner. Thanks!

[msasser]

Thank you for the info!!!

[craftsmaster]

I tried to feed my african grey a small amount of chocolate out of curiosity. Hopefully, he's still alive. Thanks for sharing the don't lists.

[Birdnut]

I tried to feed my african grey a small amount of chocolate out of curiosity. Hopefully, he's still alive.

 

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[Kimberley Jane Fernandes]

Thanks timotian this is what is good to know to prevent any accidents

[abbie21187]

This was very informative, I did not know about mushrooms or uncooked beans. How about plain hummus, no garlic of course, or red pepper hummus? I eat it with carrots all the time, my grey is not home yet, but I share it with my BB as well, he seems to love it. Also, regarding caffeine, I am an avid coffee drinker, and again my BB is obsessed, I know its bad so I try to keep it from him, but once in awhile he manages to sneak a couple sips. Maybe I should not drink coffee with the birds out? any thoughts?

[DinoUndies]

Thank you so much for the list!!

[Popsicle]

Thanks for the list. How about green beans? I always fed them raw to my birds. Is it ok?

[Baird]

Hi Dear,

You share very valuable information about the foods that can poison the birds. I thank for your sharing. Now I have known the poison foods for the birds, and I will try to keep away these foods from my birds.

Edited November 5, 2011 by Baird

[petite0ne]

Being new to being a CAG owner, I really appreciate this list!

Popsicle asked about raw green beans in the post above. I would also like to know if raw green beans are acceptable. I have been giving them to my grey and he eats the inside bean discarding the the outer shell. Is this ok or should I stop giving raw green beans to him?

[Dave007]

Just about every vegetable that a bird eats is raw. The reason that a bird may only eat the internals of a certain vegetable is that the bird simple likes it. Many birds like only cooked veggies. Some like only raw veggies and some like both.

Many chop/mash mixes are made with raw veggies as well as other raw items so raw veggies and other raw foods are fine.

[Koekie]

appleseeds! Thank you, I didn't knew that...

[dejavu022597]

Wow Timotian. I knew almost all of them. I missed the tomatoes. I thought the whole fruit/veggie was off limits. I didn't know about the stems and leaves. Same with apple cores. I had no clue the seeds were bad and I definitely didn't know about dried beans. So far she hasn't experienced any of the bad foods except apple seeds. That is just a hit or miss opportunity, now it will always be a miss!

[aerial.2000]

great info

[mariagarcia495]

I used to give tomato leaves and mushroom to birds as I was unaware about these facts, really thanks!

[lycraloon]

Wow. Thanks so much for this information. I was blown away by some of the things that are toxic to my young lady.

 

I joined this forum because I recently learned that Peanuts are bad for Grays and wanted to check out what else might not be good for my bird.

 

I have taken peanuts out of her diet no matter how much she loves them. Apparently, they can get some kind of fungus on them that is bad news for grays.

Edited February 4, 2013 by lycraloon