Sorry if this has been covered before, I have searched and couldnt find what I needed.

 

Can someone tell me if a little bit of cabbage (green and/or red) is okay to give them now and then? Charley loves his greens and I like to vary them (not sure if he ever actually EATS any of it, he does love to tear it into little bits all over the floor!)

I did a little search and found Cabbage on the unsafe food list, so I would say that's a definate NO!

 

 

Unsafe Foods

Alcohol

Chocolate

Avocado

Apple seeds

Are TOXIC to budgies and should NEVER be fed.

Onion

Asparagus

Cabbage

Aubergine (eggplant)

Rhubarb (including leaves)

Dairy products

Raw potato

Crisps (Chips) or other high salt human foods

Human Breakfast cereals containing Zinc

Strawberries (or any highly perishable fruit) unless 100% organic

 

AVOID - 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.

 

Edited May 21, 200817 yr by maesie

Does that cover brussle sprouts?????

Does that cover brussle sprouts?????

 

I've done a bit of a google search... and the general consensis is yes to Brussel Sprouts (in moderation)... but I'd like to know what some of the more experienced members think on this

What about Cauliflower? is this safe to give to Budgies.

 

I'm talking more of te stem and the green leaves around it, had heaps left over today and was going to give it to my budgies.

I have given my birds Cauliflower and the leaves around it with no problems at all

( all has been washed and dried before given as per all fruit and veg should)

I have resisted giving them cabbage so far as I had a feeling it was kind of in the same league as onions, and other possible "tummy upsetting" foods. Then I thought perhaps I was thinking too "human" like.

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