Parrots and People Food—3 Foods to Avoid Giving Your Parrot

A large part of keeping your pet parrot healthy depends on the food you feed it. The old adage--“You are what you eat” is true for birds as well. There are lots of great foods that your parrot will thrive on.

Organic foods such as fruits, leafy green vegetables, as well as foods that are high in beta carotene will yield a happy healthy parrot that is energetic with dazzling plumage. And of course parrots are more than willing to tell you what foods they prefer when they exclaim, “Polly wants a cracker”!

However, there are foods that are extremely harmful when ingested by parrots, and here a 3 to be sure to avoid.

Avocado—Is great for guacamole for humans, but the persin in avocados has been shown to be fatal to birds.

Chocolate—This yummy sweet for humans contains Theobromine which in birds causes hyperactivity, heart arrhythmias, and ultimately death.

Peanuts—These don’t often make the list of harmful bird foods, but beware. There is a fungus that grows on some unshelled peanuts that cause death within 24 to 48 hours. It is hard to know which peanuts have the fungus, and once your bird eats them there is very little the vet can do.

Because birds are programmed to hide illnesses often it is too late to save them by the time the symptoms are evident.

Be sure to put these foods in a place that your bird cannot get into. And if your bird is enjoying time outside the cage, be careful that you put any of these foods away before leaving the room for even the shortest time. This will help keep your bird safe, and healthy.

Another way to keep your bird healthy is to clear the air of the increased amount of airborne particulates that result from having a bird in your home. Clear air passages are one of the best ways for your bird to avoid disease and infections.

The Bird Dander Air Purifier is designed to remove airborne pollutants such as bird dust, feathers, and bird dander leaving the air clean for your parrot 24 hours a day.

Clean air means clear air passages for your parrot which will help insure that you spend many happy, healthy years together. See it now at http://purerair.com/bird_dander_air_purifier.html

Take good care,
Debbie Davis, President
PurerAir.com
(800) 997-2989