Trivia: Food that are Toxic to Parrots

Posted by Alex in Animal, Daily Trivia on January 22, 2008 at 4:53 am


African grey parrotChocolate, coffee, onions and avocados are highly toxic to parrots and can be fatal.



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4 comments to "Trivia: Food that are Toxic to Parrots"

  1. Steve
    January 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    My day would not have been complete without this earth-shaking information. I’ve cancelled plans to get a parrot as a result.

  2. Zookeeper
    January 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    Avocados are only theorized to be poisonous to parrots - and not all kinds. Most believe it’s the nut, close to laetril (sic) in peaches. The main problem is the cooking method…if you burn your teflon pot or pan, say goodbye to Paulie within 2 minutes.
    Love the blog….it’s my lunchtime reading at my desk.
    Zookeeper

  3. anon
    January 22nd, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    You forgot apple seeds. The cyanide in them isn’t enough to kill a human(you’d have to eat a LOT of them), but parrots are much smaller, and thus only need to eat about 5-7, I think.

  4. carla
    March 27th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    i have just inherited a nanday conure parrot, i have a baytree and would love to know if it is poisonous to a parrot, nobody seems to know, please help.


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