I was wondering. Is there any kind that is poisonous, cause i have eucalypts in my back yard.

I just found this post. I'm trying to get Eucalyptus tree to grow for my budgies. I used to have one (long time ago), but now I can't find it in any shop . Can you buy Eucalyptus tree seeds in Australia? I'm thinking about ordering some maybe if I don't find it here. I hope it would grow here (inside maybe)

 

Did someone already found out which kinds are safe for budgies? I've looked, but can't find it.

 

And is gum tree and eucalyptus tree the same tree?

 

 

 

okay, I did find one place, which sells them. They have 3 kinds, do you know any of them?

 

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Eucalyptus globulus

Eucalyptus gunii

 

okay , I actually googled the first type and it's the one I'm looking for I think

 

http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/WfHC/Eucalyptu...nsis/index.html

Edited March 10, 200718 yr by Zebra

Hi everyone - great topic.

 

All my perches in my aviary are made from branches from gum trees. I have used the grey gum trees and the red gum trees. The birds prefer the grey i have found, but mainly as it is a soft wood, and the red seems to be a harder type of wood that when it dies goes very hard - but they love stripping the bark, and I would imagine it is good for their beaks as well.

 

You can see from the picture below the reserve i back onto.

 

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/dm...es/P1010093.jpg

 

 

 

You can see at the top of this picture some gum trees. i go out scavenging every once in a while, and get all the fallen branches and put them into my aviary.

 

My birds love them, they love the fresh leaves, and when you look at the branch a week later, you can see all the little nibble marks.

 

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/dm...dgies/group.jpg

 

The other thing that i put in this week was some branches from some natives i trimmed. In the first picture above you can see some callistemans (they are similar to grevillias but callistemans are less "woody"). these flower alot, and a lot of native birds always come in an eat them like rainbow lorikeets. As can be seen in the picture below.

 

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/dm...es/P1010110.jpg

 

 

 

Anyway, i trimmed some of these back, just to tidy things up. I was about to throw them out when i thought i bet my bugies would love them. i put them in a few big heaps, tied them together, and hung them in my aviary. My birds loved them. they have been nibbling at them for a week, and it is only now that i need to remove them, not because they do not like them or they are toxic, but they are getting woody as they are dead branches and leaves.

 

I give my birds seed, they get veges such as spinach, grated carrot, brocolli (although they did not like this), corn and I am going to try bok choy next weekend. they also get native branches to perch on, chew and dismantle. I believe that my budgies should get access to a range of treats and flavours. Food should be for nutrition, but also for fun. We eat for pleasure, and I am no expert, but I would say they do to. I mean, any breeder we tell you that budgies do things not just as they have to, but for pleasure as well.

 

I say give them gum (eucalypt) branches if you have them, if not, give them fruits and veges. A happy pet has variety, simple as that.

 

Dave

 

 

 

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Edited March 11, 200718 yr by Daz

yes because all fruit produce is either imported or grown from trees and plants that were imported when us migrated, immigrants and convicts came over here.

 

By The Way someone pm me can i feed them just any eucalyptus leaves or do i have to choose a certain species?

They also go mad over peppermint tree branches and leaves....

 

http://forums.budgiebreeders.asn.au/index....peppermint+tree

I've never heard of a peppermint tree! we have pepper trees here, the kind you get peppercorns from! i will have to do homework to find one!

My husband and I went to a zoo today and I found a eucalyptus tree there, I think (at the elephants, so it smells like elephants ). So I took a small branch and I'm trying to grow it. But I'm going to buy a couple of small trees from the shop I found yesterday - I hope they are safe eucalyptus'. I'll try to find out.

 

Do the eucalyptus branches you have in Australia have strong eucalypty smell? The one I got from the zoo doesn't smell eucalypty and it was leaking white sticky liquid of the stick I got. Do you think it's eucalyptus? (I'm not going to give it to my birds till I'm sure it's safe)

I don't think a eucalyptus would grow very well from cutting, even if it does regrow roots naturally it'll take years to grow.

 

I have 8 gum trees in the front and back yards but i can't reach there leaves since they're about 15-30 metres high

I have time . No I'm just trying to grow it. I'm also going to buy a couple of them

Do the eucalyptus branches you have in Australia have strong eucalypty smell? The one I got from the zoo doesn't smell eucalypty and it was leaking white sticky liquid of the stick I got. Do you think it's eucalyptus? (I'm not going to give it to my birds till I'm sure it's safe)

 

There are some trees that look like eucalypts but arent. Crush the leaves up with your fingers you can usually smell it.

 

Mine don't like salmon gums which are everywhere here but the more 'normal' eucalypt/gums they love. Also get saltbush, seeding bushes, spinifex. The wild mulga parrots love a certain type of bush towards the end of the year- still not sure why its a weird spiky bush!!

There are some trees that look like eucalypts but arent. Crush the leaves up with your fingers you can usually smell it.

 

Mine don't like salmon gums which are everywhere here but the more 'normal' eucalypt/gums they love. Also get saltbush, seeding bushes, spinifex. The wild mulga parrots love a certain type of bush towards the end of the year- still not sure why its a weird spiky bush!!

 

(saltbush, seeding bushes, spinifex) - I've never heard of these . I think I would need a latin name, so I could ask for them. But I don't really think I can get them here. They sell eucalyptus here, because people use it for respiration problems, etc.

I think the branch I got from the zoo is not eucalyptus

The latin name would be helpful. Bubbles, do you think you can find it for the eucalyptus and the peppermint tree? I would be interested to see if I can get them here.

That would be cool Bubbles :hap: . I would love to get peppermint tree too.

 

I think "eucalyptus camaldulensis" might be the common one in australia (looks similar to the trees I've seen on some australian pictures with budgies sitting on it). But there are so many kinds, so I'm not sure about it.