![]() ![]() With regards to garlic, a small amount is fine and garlic does contain health giving properties, purchase specifically made for parrots garlic sticks to be safe. There is sometimes (depending what you buy) sugar added to dried fruit, which is not healthy, but not toxic. I have never understood why dried fruit has been on anyone's list of toxic foods. Most birds do not in any case eat the stone, they may pick around it but mostly they end up on the floor. The same with cherry pips, apricots stones. There is a substance called amygdalin in apple pips which releases cyanide into the body, however your bird would have to eat a cart load before it caused any harm. Then there are the items which many people say are toxic but which I would disagree with:Īpple pips, stones from cherries and peaches/apricots, raisins or other dried fruits, garlic. Please note though chocolate is proven to have toxic properties so please avoid. So however much he ingested, it did not affect him. However I have to say we have a rescue Umbrella cockatoo here which was fed chocolate daily and he still says 'chocolate, chocolate' sadly. These items spring to mind immediately - the first 3 do have toxic properties which could harm or kill if ingested. There are some items you should never give your bird:Īvocado, chocolate, rhubarb, alcohol. So we had to rely on books and the advice of our avian vet at that time and common sense. When we got our first cockatoos back in the late 1980's the internet was not invented - hard to believe but true. So on this page we hope we can clarify what is safe for cockatoos to eat and chew and what items are toxic. With so much information available on the internet it is hard to know what is factual and what is myth. ![]()
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