Dies Questions, Safe

[Chicklette]

Im just wondering if parrots can have the following?

- Blue Berries - Im pretty sure then can
- Rasberries
- Blackberry
- Cranberry
- Strawberries
- Mushrooms

I know all berries have to be washed really well to get the pesticides off.

[expressmailtome]

Mushrooms I am not sure about but the berries are fine. I have read that you should go organic on the berries for the pestasides. I also read that the berries have very porous skins so it is very hard to get rid of.

Matt

[Chicklette]

Thanks a lot! I will go organtic. I do think there is some kind of wash to make for the fruits and veggies.

[expressmailtome]

I believe that you are correct about the wash I just do not know the name. Also, this company: JUST TOMATOES by Bird Paradise (I know that this is just a store that sells them) makes dried fruits and vegetables including the berries if your birds like the taste for when fresh are out of season.

Matt

[Scritch]

Frozen works too :) My local grocery stores have actually started stocking frozen, organic berries which is nice come November or so.

[Valo's Moirana]

can't remember where but i heard somewhere to keep the mushrooms out of their diet

[Chicklette]

Oh I will have to check at the grocery store next time I go for organic frozen berries.

Thanks for the link Matt, I JUST put in a order for them after I read you post, LOL. I HAD to get some for my babies.

[tielfan]

The berries are fine. Not the mushrooms. They're a fungus, which is the same family that molds belong to. Mushrooms as a group tend to contain a lot of toxins too. In some species the level is low enough for humans to eat them safely, but some kinds will kill you dead.

[Nuesha]

mushrooms aren't good for parrots, since it's a fungus.

[Chicklette]

Okay, got it no mushrooms. Good thing I posted about that one. I didn’t know.