Hi, since i´ve found out that my youngest budgie is having too much of lyphoma blood cells in his blood, ive found an article online that says that leukemia in people can be helped by drinking green tea.

Ive also read in a few places online that tea is dangerous for budgies. But I would like to try it on my budgie, hoping that it will help him with his blood cancer in this early stage.

 

 

Can you guys tell me if you have tried using tea (green tea especially) in your birds drinking water?? Is tea dangerous or not? My budgie vet, when i asked her, didnt say its dangerous she thought i could try it. So im confused.

 

 

 

/Desperate

Hi Zingo. There probably isn't a lot of knowledge out there about feeding budgies tea, or else you might have gotten some responses to your question. I know that sometimes we use a wet tea bag as a compress over a budgies eye, if it is swollen. That seems to help them. But I don't know anything about feeding it to them, or how much.

 

Is your budgies vet an actual avian vet? Because if so, then I would follow her advice.

Hi Zingo. There probably isn't a lot of knowledge out there about feeding budgies tea, or else you might have gotten some responses to your question. I know that sometimes we use a wet tea bag as a compress over a budgies eye, if it is swollen. That seems to help them. But I don't know anything about feeding it to them, or how much.

 

Is your budgies vet an actual avian vet? Because if so, then I would follow her advice.

 

Thank you for your answer. I read somewhere on the net a few days ago that someone gave green tea to their budgies....and perhaps one more person. But im still quite afraid. Yes she is a vet for exotic birds and other little pets, one of the few exotic bird vets in Sweden. We now moved away from their clinic but still keeping email contact, as we are awating some more results tests, virus tests for the budgie i would like to give tea. Im not 100 % confident in her..

 

P.S. 10 minutes ago I noticed that green tea is a part of Aloe Detox. I dont know who members here are familiar with Aloe Detox, this is very new information even for me. One can try it when a bird doesnt respond to medication, especially when the liver and kidney are ill. I dont know if it works, havent got it home yet, but just informing.

 

http://www.vitacost.com/lily-of-the-desert-aloe-vera-80-detoxifying-formula

Edited April 17, 201213 yr by Zingo

I've never heard of giving budgies green tea, and never had an avian vet recommend it. You need to be careful with things like tea, as they could contain plants harmful to budgies.

 

You can give budgies weak chamomile tea and weak black tea. Make sure they are straight up chamomile or black teas, and not with any additives like jasmine or flavours or anything else.

 

Chamomile is good for stressed budgies as it calms them down and makes them sleepy. It also works as a bowl stimulant - helping to protect against strep and staph infections. I'm giving my budgie weak chamomile twice a week as part of an immunity boosting treatment, as he's been ill.

 

Weak black tea with a little sugar in it, can be used as a temporary energy booster if a bird is ill and you need to buy time before getting it off to the vet.

I've never heard of giving budgies green tea, and never had an avian vet recommend it. You need to be careful with things like tea, as they could contain plants harmful to budgies.

 

You can give budgies weak chamomile tea and weak black tea. Make sure they are straight up chamomile or black teas, and not with any additives like jasmine or flavours or anything else.

 

Chamomile is good for stressed budgies as it calms them down and makes them sleepy. It also works as a bowl stimulant - helping to protect against strep and staph infections. I'm giving my budgie weak chamomile twice a week as part of an immunity boosting treatment, as he's been ill.

 

Weak black tea with a little sugar in it, can be used as a temporary energy booster if a bird is ill and you need to buy time before getting it off to the vet.

 

Ive read a bit about chamomile tea, that its as you say for stressed budgies.. Suppose theres none coffein in there.

Ive read that black tea has about twice as coffein (that is the dangerous part..?) as green tea, so if black tea is not toxic to them green tea perhaps isnt either..? Just thinking loud. Can you tell me how you dilute the tea, you say you give them weak chamomile, do you dilute it with water?

hello if your budgie has cancer give it carrot celery and beetroot all victimized juice and all you can try adding tomato juice to that but it may not like that mixed in too giving it a slice fresh toms also good idea on the side

i just treated my birds with a natural herb treatment worked a treat ive since been researching into different herbs safe for your birds and why

here is something i found useful i was giving this as an aid to help me

just be warned budgies are small birds and build up toxins fast even good things can be bad eg to much vit a so on so with all treatments i recomend two days on one day off

with my birds i did three days on one day off with added citric acid then 5 days probiotics then 3 days on again so on for few weeks only herb they getting right now is a cinnamon stick in their water every second day

 

but if i was you stick to the carrot celery in beet juice every two days and a peace tom every opiset day

you need to work with a holistic vet to really know whats safe as im positive even some things listed their are toxic i for one would not feed snt johns wort

spelt wrong , i belive its not good much for us or is verivain also spelyt wrong

 

good luck and make sure he get heaps natural sunlight

hello if your budgie has cancer give it carrot celery and beetroot all victimized juice and all you can try adding tomato juice to that but it may not like that mixed in too giving it a slice fresh toms also good idea on the side

i just treated my birds with a natural herb treatment worked a treat ive since been researching into different herbs safe for your birds and why

here is something i found useful i was giving this as an aid to help me

just be warned budgies are small birds and build up toxins fast even good things can be bad eg to much vit a so on so with all treatments i recomend two days on one day off

with my birds i did three days on one day off with added citric acid then 5 days probiotics then 3 days on again so on for few weeks only herb they getting right now is a cinnamon stick in their water every second day

 

but if i was you stick to the carrot celery in beet juice every two days and a peace tom every opiset day

you need to work with a holistic vet to really know whats safe as im positive even some things listed their are toxic i for one would not feed snt johns wort

spelt wrong , i belive its not good much for us or is verivain also spelyt wrong

 

good luck and make sure he get heaps natural sunlight

 

 

Thank you. Unfortunately my budgies cant get natural sunlight, its freezing spring weather here in Sweden. What is carrot and sellery good for? I dont know where to find that juice in organic form for them, but i´ll give him carrots now more often. Fresh carrots.

 

Now the vet isnt 100 % sure its blood cancer he got. Getting him to the vet next week to another avian vet for a check up of his blood.

But wish me luck, Ive finally found an organic decaffeinated green tea for him. Will give him today.

 

Edited April 20, 201213 yr by Zingo