Jack Robinson 0 Posted September 11, 2010 Member ID: 6,166 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 145 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 965 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 17, 2011 Birthday: 15/02/1996 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I was just making popcorn and was wondering.. Is popped popcorn safe for budgie if dry?? like no butter ext. Link to comment
splat 0 Posted September 11, 2010 Member ID: 3,340 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 202 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 4,891 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 27,770 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 17/04/07 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19, 2014 Birthday: 13/05/1958 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I don't Know BUT I wouldn't give it to them, pigeons eat popping corn and corn. Link to comment
Catherine 0 Posted September 11, 2010 Member ID: 5,207 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 617 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,480 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 14/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I think they would like it and it should be fine when it is popped and has no salt or sugar. I had a bag of honey popcorn once. My cockatiels stole some and thoroughly enjoyed it. They have not gotten any since, however Link to comment
Jack Robinson 0 Posted September 11, 2010 Member ID: 6,166 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 145 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 965 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 17, 2011 Birthday: 15/02/1996 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 lol okay i will. Unless anyone else has any objections? Link to comment
Heath & Liam 0 Posted September 13, 2012 Member ID: 7,412 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 1 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 5 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/09/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 is it safe Link to comment
Neville 0 Posted September 14, 2012 Member ID: 4,610 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 714 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3,640 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 23/08/08 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 15, 2015 Birthday: 09/12/1940 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I can't see any reason why pop corn wouldn't be safe for budgies. They love fresh corn on the cob and cooked corn. Popping corn is usually too hard but they should be able to eat it when it's popped Link to comment
Martine 0 Posted September 16, 2012 Member ID: 2,020 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 75 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 570 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/02/06 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2012 If I may, not toxic does not make it good. Food with little nutrional value only take up the space of nutritious foods. If you take a 100 grams of popcorn, nothing added, bare plain popcorn, and put it in the microwave, all you get is 27 IU of vitamine A, carrots for example have 16700 IU dandilion even more. No B, E and D vitamines 10 Mg of calcium completely oblitared by a whooping 300 mg of phosphorus, I don't know if you know about the calcium phosphorous ratio, but this phosphorus cancels all calcium. Sesame seeds for example have 975 mg of calcium ans 639 phosphorus. Almost two to one, the perfect ratio for a parrot. When germinated, the fat is reduce considerably and fat is necessary to the métabolism of fat soluble vitamines. There are other benifits. The same 100 grams of sesame seeds will have lysine (580 mg) and méthionnine (570 mg) respectively while your popcorn has lysine (338 mg) and méthionnine (252 mg). Popcorn has no choline. Sesame seeds have 25.6 mg of choline per 100 gr. Other food have choline too, green peas, spinach, broccoli. In sesame seeds the carbs amount to 23gr and the fibers 12 gr almost the same as your pop corn. Your popcorn has 78 grams of carbohydrates of which only 15mg is fiber, the rest is starch to make your budgie fat and possibly contribute to fatty tumors has he ages. These are some of the nutrients your budgies need most. If you give them popcorn, don't forget their relative size and do not spoil their dinner. Treats are human concepts. Animal need nutritious food for good health. If you raise them to appreciate nutritious food as treats, then there is a benefit to it. When you give treats, you are treating yourself at the expense of their optimal health. Birds are too fragile for treats. Also, there is a lot of corn in most pellets, they do not need more corn, it is just bloody filler. I know I sound like a bore, but I really mean well. Martine. Link to comment
Finnie 0 Posted September 22, 2012 Member ID: 5,135 Group: Global Moderators Followers: 0 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,545 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 14,055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2020 Birthday: 06/08/1965 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Well, if it turned out to be a treat they loved, then it would make a very useful training aid. Sparingly, of course, because over use might make it less special, and less effective. Bird Junky uses pound cake for training. A tiny bit's probably not going to hurt. Link to comment
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