okay Spoke to Avain Vet as I wanted to confirm a few plats before i put them in the Aviary

So Wattle

IS NON TOXIC - But they won't eat it as apparently they do not like the taste

 

and Grevillea

Is safe too

 

Few

 

So we can add these to the toxic plants

I would have thought it would be okay...... BUT

 

From Wikipedia.

Cyanogenic glycosides

Nineteen different species of Acacia in the Americas contain cyanogenic glycosides, which, if exposed to an enzyme which specifically splits glycosides, can release hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in the acacia "leaves."^[58] This sometimes results in the poisoning death of livestock.

 

If fresh plant material spontaneously produces 200 ppm or more HCN, then it is potentially toxic. This corresponds to about 7.5 μmol HCN per gram of fresh plant material. It turns out that, if acacia "leaves" lack the specific glycoside-splitting enzyme, then they may be less toxic than otherwise, even those containing significant quantities of cyanic glycosides.^[29]

 

Some Acacia species containing cyanogens:

 

• Acacia erioloba
  
• Acacia cunninghamii
  
• Acacia obtusifolia
  
• Acacia sieberiana
  
• Acacia sieberiana var. woodii^[59]
  

 

Mine love wattle and grevillea, some of their favorites. Probably depends on the species as to whether they like it.

 

Those species arefrom overseas where they have to contend with large herbivores ( think Giraffe in Africa). A few of them are now in Aus as garden plants but the vast majority of species here are fine.

Edited July 22, 200816 yr by melbournebudgies

Yes, you are right about the over seas varieties MB, but unless you 100% know what variety of wattle you have, I feel its best to er on the side of caution.

Edited July 22, 200816 yr by **Liv**

I'll see if I can find out which species we have here as garden plants and post some photosof them

 

Do you have a full list from that site?

Yeah I agree MB, with the type of wattle - So I wasn't 100% sure if it was okay as some sotes say it's toxic some don't so i rang the Avain vet and they are FINE