Is food coloring safe for birds

[featheredangels]

Someone told me when making toys that I could soak the rope and wood in food coloring to make differnet colors to attract the birds attention. Does anyone else do this and is it safe? I soaked some rope overnight to color it and when I opened the jar it had a very strong smell to it. It bothered me and I haven't made anything with it so I had to ask for advise.

[lcbrink]

Thie bigger question is: Does it color bird poop like it colors human pee?

That could lead up to an very interesting and amusing vet visit.

[Lisa B]

Originally Posted by lcbrink

Thie bigger question is: Does it color bird poop like it colors human pee?

That could lead up to an very interesting and amusing vet visit.

**LMAO**

[The Outlaw]

Food coloring on non edible things is fine. However, I wouldn't suggest adding artificially colored foods to your bird's diet. I have seen photos of Ekkies who had been fed colored pellets that were the craziest things I'd ever seen. Some literally had a polka dotted appearance. You can check some of them out on WWW.LANDOFVOS.COM. I think its under the category Birds of a Different Color.

[kp_in_scott]

Hey, I ordered the trial size sampler of the Vitacritter dye and I loved it. I bought 16 oz bottles of alcohol and poured out 1 oz then added the dye to the bottle and put the provided label on. I have colored blocks several times and still have MUCH dye left. I think it is a wonderful investment.

[featheredangels]

Thanks all for your replies and thanks Outlaw for answering my question. I can't remember who had told me that it was ok to use food coloring but I wanted to make sure before I actually placed the toys in the cages.