lisa 0 Posted March 2, 2008 Member ID: 1,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 97 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 885 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 27, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Is it safe to give dried fruit to budgies...ie. apricots, apple, banana, mango, sultanas etc and if so how often or is this a no no...thanks for your help. Link to comment
birdluv 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Member ID: 2,137 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,842 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 31,670 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/03/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 30, 2018 Birthday: 06/04/1978 Share Posted March 3, 2008 l searched the internet and l found this little article * Dried fruit preserved with sulfites may not be the best choice for your bird. People sometimes have acute hypersensitivity reactions to sulfites, so an animal as small as a bird may have an even greater sensitivity to them. In many cases, we have to rely on guidelines we use for ourselves until someone discovers that the ingredient affects birds as well. Link to comment
**KAZ** 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Member ID: 1,976 Group: Site Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 521 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 25,294 Content Per Day: 1.28 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 152,977 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 24/01/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/01/1956 Share Posted March 3, 2008 l searched the internet and l found this little article* Dried fruit preserved with sulfites may not be the best choice for your bird. People sometimes have acute hypersensitivity reactions to sulfites, so an animal as small as a bird may have an even greater sensitivity to them. In many cases, we have to rely on guidelines we use for ourselves until someone discovers that the ingredient affects birds as well. I totally agree with Birdluv here. Link to comment
**Liv** 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Member ID: 3,771 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,621 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 39,450 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/10/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 8, 2014 Birthday: 09/04/1911 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I agree too... you never know what is in the dried fruit. Fresh clean fruit is best Link to comment
Rainbow 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Member ID: 198 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2,028 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 15,290 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 25/03/04 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 15, 2009 Birthday: 24/04/1965 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Dried fruit is fine for your budgie if they will eat it. But as birdluv said, you need to choose dried fruits that are not preserved with sulfites. Many seed mixes also have dried fruits in them. If it is not expressly stated that the fruit does not contain sulfites, then it most likely does. Sulfites keep the color prettier and prolong shelf life and are inexpensive, that's why they are used even though they may not be good for you. You can get dried fruit from your local health food store, just look for 'sulfite-free' or something similar on the label. Sulfites cause issues with some people also. Fresh is best, but even with fresh fruit unless you are growing it yourself and know it has not been sprayed you will need to wash it very well before giving it to your bird. Scrub the peel with mild soap and water or a fruit and vegetable wash, or you can also contaminate the produce by transferring whatever was on the peel into the fruit with your hands if you don't wash it well first. If you are real industrious you can dry fruit yourself, although I've never tried it. My birds won't eat dried fruit. Link to comment
lisa 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Member ID: 1,557 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 97 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 885 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/09/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 :hap: By "Sulfites" do you mean Sulpur Dioxide? I have just looked and it's clearly labelled on the ingredients of the packet of dried Apricots we have....thanks for the warning...I didn't know this was dangerous to birds...makes you wonder what it's doing to us ...and bought from a health food shop aswell... Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted March 3, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2008 drying fruit is really quite easy you can do it in the oven or you can do it with a dehydrator which are fairly inexpensive we have one where Tim makes beef jerky. I bet if you do a google there are ways to do it that are very inexpensive. Link to comment
Elly 0 Posted March 4, 2008 Member ID: 1,641 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 414 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 15,350 Content Per Day: 2.23 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 99,335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/05 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 1, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I added this to the unsafe list :yellowhead: Link to comment
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