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Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
The list for the grains, legumes, veggies, and fruits are mostly from the Feeding Feathers YH-group. The list of foods to avoid is from Buffalo Parrots. List of seeds, well I just looked at a few packages of bird food to get the ingredients off of. I did add a few things to the lists but didn't remove anything.
FF recommends feeding 1 part legumes to 2 part grains, and for this to consist of 45% of the fresh diet. Another 45% would be a variety of veggies, and the last 10% fruits. All of this can be mixed together as a 'mash' diet. Fresh foods should take up a minimum of 25% of the diet, but can take up as much as 90% with treats, pellets, nuts, and seeds taking up the rest. Sprouted seeds are healthier than dry seeds. *Some pellet companies may only recommend no more than 10% fresh foods as having any more may "unbalance" their 'balanced' diets* Cooked grains - can also be sprouted
Cooked legumes - or sprouted with 1/4" tails
Vegetables - Fed fresh, lightly steamed, or even frozen (thawed) out of the frozen section in grocery store
Fruits
Other Foods
Avoid the following foods -Avocados -Dairy Products(Except Yogurt) -Fruit Rinds -Rhubarb -Raw Meats -Onions -Garlic -Chocolate -Salty/Sugary Foods -Alcohol -Fruit Pits -Peanuts -Uncooked Rice -Uncooked Beans -Seeds of: Pears, Oranges, Papaya, Grapefruit, Grapes, Apples & some Melons -Mayonnaise products -Caffeine And here's an imcomplete list of seeds you could feed: safflower seed, white millet, oat groats, buckwheat, canary grass seed, sunflower seeds, hemp seed (human grade), whole wheat, rolled barley, pumpkin seeds, shelled peanuts, almonds, pine nuts, pistachios, red millet, nyger 
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10-21-2012, 08:40 PM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
Please note, some of the links in this post may be dead. My apologies for not cleaning them up!
List of Suppliers who sell sprouts!!!
Sprouting Information & Diets
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Here's a little guideline I put together based on resources found on sprouting .. I order my seeds and stuff individually, and make mixes based on spouting times .. not of the information is my own .. just reorganized to put similar sprouting times together ...
Sprouting Reference List 1 – 2 Day Sprouts Broccoli: Soak 8 hours, rinse 2-3 times a day, ready in 1-2 days. Oats, hulled: Vitamin E. Good for immune system and skin disorders unless bird is sensitive to gluten. Soak 8 hours, ready in 1-2 days. Pumpkin seed: B complex, E, phosphorus, iron, zinc, protein. Soak 8 hours, ready in 1 day. Quinoa: Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, folacin, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and protein. Soak 3-4 hours, harvest 1-2 days. Sunflower hulled: B complex, D, E, calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and unsaturated fatty acids and protein. Soak 6-8 hours, harvest in 1-2 days 2 – 3 Day Sprouts Barley, hulless type: Vitamins A, B complex, E, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus. Glucans to help lower cholesterol and build the immune system. Soak 6 hours, harvest 2-3 days Millet, unhulled: Vitamin B, E, protein. Soak 8 hours, ready in 2-3 days. Peas: Vitamin A, iron, potassium, magnesium. Contain all 8 essential amino acids and 22 percent protein. Soak time: 8 hours, harvest in 2-3 days. Wheat: B complex, E, folacin, iron, magnesium, manganese, protein and omega-6. Flavor is sweetest when tail first appears. Soak for 12 hours, harvest in 2-3 days. 3 – 5 Day Sprouts Adzuki bean: Vitamin C, iron, protein. Soak 5 hours, harvest 3-5 days Amaranth: Soak 3-5 hours, harvest 2-3 days. Soak 3-5 hours, ready in 3-5 days. Buckwheat, hulled: soak 6 hours (no longer) Harvest 3-4 days Lentil sprouts:The richest source sprout of high quality protein, approximately 24 % protein. Folic acid, C, E, iron, phosphorus, potassium. 4-12 hours of soaking. Harvest in 3-5 days. Radish:Vitamins A,C (more than 29 times the vitamin C and 4 times the vitamin A of milk), calcium and protein. Soak 6 hours, harvest 3-5 days Fenugreek: Iron, phosphorus, trace elements. Soak 6 hours, ready in 2-5 days. 4 – 5 Day Sprouts Mung bean sprouts: Vitamin A, C, phosphorus, iron. Soak 12 hours and take about 5 days to get those long tails. It may be best to avoid mung beans if a bird has candida or any other yeast type of infection. Mustard seeds sprouts can add some zesty flavor but when seeds come into contact with water allyl isothiocyanate is formed. Mustard seed sprouts are likely safe but some people prefer to avoid them for their birds. Soak 4-6 hours and harvest in 4-5 days. Misc Sprouts Alfalfa sprouts are not only a good source of vitamin C but also beta carotene ( vitamin A). If you decide to sprout alfalfa be sure not to feed dormant seeds as the dormant seed contains canavanine, a natural toxin and carcinogen but when the seed sprouts, any amount is miniscule. Soak 4-6 hours and they should be ready in 4-6 days. Other sprout sources of beta carotene are sprouted peas and cabbage. Almond:B complex, E, calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium, protein and fatty acids. Soak 8-10 hours, ready to eat. CAUTION: Large beans: Anasazi, Black, Fava, Kidney, Lima, Navy, Pinto, Soy, are not suggested for sprouting. These legumes can cause toxicity and remain difficult to digest. Their raw flavor is also very bad. If choose to serve these to your bird they MUST be soaked for a minimum of 8 hours, water drained and beans rinsed well, and then cooked by bringing them to a full boil, boiling uncovered for 10 minutes, covered and simmered for another 20 minutes. Let’s Sprout!! Getting Started: Now that you have some background information you can try some sprouting. There are different methods that you may want to try in order to find one that you are the most comfortable with or is the most convenient for you. To start choose which sprouts you want to try. You can sprout one type of seed at a time or combine seeds. By looking at the list you may choose sprouts that have similar soaking and sprouting times. You can also choose items that may not sprout at exactly the same time and let those faster sprout tails grow a little longer while you wait for the slower sprouts. The easiest sprouting seeds to start for beginners are: wheat, sunflower, lentil, mung and quinoa. Some possible combinations to try: #1 Sunflower seeds and quinoa #2 Mung, wheat, amaranth #3 Buckwheat, quinoa, sesame seed #4 Millet, sprouting pea, chickpea, wheat Cookable Foods
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04-17-2013, 01:38 PM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
can I say thank you times 4, one for each of my birds. Great info, Thanks so much for sharing
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04-18-2013, 01:03 AM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
You are welcome!
Kind of helps to have a list of safe foods when you go grocery shopping for them!!!!
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04-18-2013, 02:03 AM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
Here you go Monica.....you can add these several things to your card file too:
DISCLAIMER: This list has been compiled from several sources, including the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council Avian Reference Manual and is included as a service. This is not medical advice and is not intended to replace competent medical advice. Although the following items are considered to be safe and non-toxic to most humans and animals, each owner must make their own informed decision as to any specific dangers to themselves and/or their parrots or other pets You should keep in mind that just because an item is considered to be safe, that determination probably did not come from any credible study to that effect as it regards companion parrots. The majority of the items on this Safe list have never crossed the path of Pesky Parrot or his ancestors, so as with their human companions, an item that is safe for John might cause hives in Sam and diarrhea in Patrick. My point is that Pesky Parrot may not be phased by a particular item, but Pollyanna may develop nausea and loose droppings from it. In researching the information contained in this Safe list, along with the Toxic and Questionable lists, sources were found that listed a particular item as safe, while another may have listed it as toxic. Some of the conflicts are attributable to hearsay and mis-information. In those instances where I was able to list a questionable item (on someone else’s list) as safe, I did so. If I was unable to confirm that an item was non-toxic, it was either left to the toxic or questionable lists. You should check with an avian veterinarian for accuracy of this information and any potential use thereof. Plants, Branches & Eats Acacia Achira Acorn squash Action plant Adder’s fern African daisy African violet Ailanthus Airplane plant Alder Alfalfa Algarroba Alice du Pont Almonds, salt free Aluminum plant Alumroot Alyssum American bittersweet American rubber plant Angel’s tears Anise root Antelope ears Anthericum Comosum Antirrhinum multiflorum Apricots - except pits are toxic Arabian gentian Arbutus Areca palm Aregelia Ash Aspen Asparagus fern Aspidistra Aspidium falcatum Assam robber plant Aster Astragalus (Chinese herb) Aubepine Australian ivy palm Australian pine Autumn olive Baby jade Baby rubber plant Baby’s breath Baby’s tears Bachelor’s buttons Ball fern Balloon flower Balsa wood Bamboo palm Bamboo vine Banana –fruit only (skin is OK, but not leaves) Banana squash Barberry Bean sprouts Bee palm Beech tree Beet greens Beets Begonia Bellflower Belmont sentry palm Belmore sentry plant Benjamin tree Bilbergia Big shellbark hickory Birch Bird’s nest fern Bitter pecan Bitternut Black beans - cooked Black eyed susan Black haw Black hawthorn Blackberries Blacking plant Bladdemut Blaspheme vine Bloodleaf plant Blooming sally Bluebottle Blue bead Blue daisy Blue echeveria Blue eyed daisy Blue Marguerite Blueberries Bluebottle Blue-dick Blunt leaf peperomia Blushing bromeliad Blushing cup Bois d’arc Bold sword fern Borage Boston fern Bottle palm Bottlebrush Bougainvillea Braided ficus Brake fern Brazilian orchid Bride’s bonnet Bristly greenbrier Broad-leaved lady palm Broccoli Brodiaca pulchella Bromeliad Broom hickory Brown rice Brush cherry Brussels sprouts Buckwheat Bullbrier Bur gourd Burro’s tail Buttercup squash Butterfly bush Butterfly ginger Butterfly Iris Butterfly palm Butterfly squash Button fern Cabbage – cut up to prevent stringy pieces Cabbage tree Calathea Calendula California maidenhair California poppy Camellia Candle plant Cane palm Canary island date palm Canna lily Cantaloupe – flesh only, rind is toxic Cape jasmine Carob tree Carpet bugle Carrots Carrots, grated Cashews, salt free Cast iron plant Cauliflower Cauliflower ears Cayenne Celery (cut into small pieces Chafing fuel – canned Chard Chayote squash Cheerios Cheese, small amount Cherries - without pits Chex cereals Chicken - well cooked Chickweed Chicory – good for vitamin A China doll China rose China sister Chinese fan palm Chinese hibiscus Chinese rubber plant Chive Christmas cactus Cinnamon Cissus (kangaroo vine) Climbing rose Cod liver oil (calcium vitamins) Coleus Collard greens – good for vitamin A, C & calcium Comfrey Common houseleek Common zinnia Coral bells Coralberry Coreopsis Cork Oak Corn Corn plant Cornbread Cotoneaster Cottage cheese, low fat is best Cottonwood Crabapple Crab cactus Cranberries Crape myrtle Crassula argentea Creeping fig Cretan brake fern Crown pink Cryptanthus Cucumber Curly palm Dagger plant Dahlia Dandelion – flower Dandelion green Date palm
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04-18-2013, 02:06 AM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
Here's a few more Monica.....
Plants, Branches & Eats – Page 2 Daylily Deer’s foot fern Delta maidenhair fern Dish fern Dogwood Donkey tail Douglas fir Dragon tree Dudder grass Dutchwings Dwarf date palm Dwarf fan palm Dwarf rubber plant Dycida Earth stars Easter cactus Echeverta Echinacea Edible fig Eggs - scrambled or hard boiled are best Elephant-foot tree Elderberry Elk’s horn fern Elm Emerald feather Emerald fern Emerald ripple peperomia Escallonia Eucalyptus Eugenia European fan palm Evening primrose False aralia False spiraea fan palm Fatsia Fern Rhapis Figs – fruit Figs - (creeping, rubber, fiddle leaf, laurel leaf) Fiji fern Fir Firethorn Fish, cooked & de-boned Fish tail fern Fitonia Five-finger fern Flaming sword Flamingo plant Flat palm Flax seed Formosa rice tree Forster sentry palm Forsythia Freckle face Friendship plant Frozen mixed vegetables Fruit juice Fruitless mulberry ***sha Gardenia Garlic Gasteria Giant inch plant Giant yucca Ginger Ginkgo Glossy-leaved paper plant Goat maple Goat willow Gold Dust Golden bells Golden butterfly palm Golden feather palm Golden polypodium Goldfish plant Good luck plant Granola Grape ivy Grape vines Grapefruit Grapes Grecian laurel Green beans Green peppers Green ripple peperomia Groundsel Guava Gujzmania Gypsophila Hackberry Hare’s food fern Hawaiian good luck plant Hawaiian hibiscus Hawaiian tree fern Hawthorn Hazelnut Heart-of-flame Hens and chicks Hibiscus Hickory Holly fern Hot peppers House pine Howeia palm Huckleberry Humble plant Ice plant Inch plant India rubber tree Irish moss Iron cross begonia Iron fern Iron tree Ironwood Ivy-leaf pepper Jackson brier Jade plant Jade tree Janet Craig dracaena Japanese arlia Japanese camellia Japanese fatsla Japanese holly fern Japanese moss Japanese rubber plant Java fig Jewel orchid Jicama Joseph’s coat Jungle geranium Kaempferis Kangaroo vine Kahali ginger Kale – good for vitamin A Kava-kava Kelp Kentia palm Kenya palm Kenya violet Kharoub Kidney beans, cooked King Nut King of the forest Kiwi Kohlrabi Kuang-yen pa-hsieh Lace trumpet Lady palm Lady’s teardrops Larch Leather fern Leatherleaf fern Legumes Lemons Lettuce Lilac Lima beans Lipstick plant Liquidamber Little fantasy peperomia Live-and-die plant Living-vase plant Lomaria Madagascar palm Madrona Magnolia Maidenhair fern Mangos Manzanita maple Marigolds Massange’s dracaena Measles plant Mediterranean fan palm Mediterranean laurel Mesquite Mexican bottle plant Mexican gem Mexican snowball Mexican tree fern Michaelmas daisy Milk Bone Dog Biscuits Millet Mimosa Miniature date palm Miniature fan palm Miniature jasmine Monkey plant Mosaic plant Mother fern Mother-in-law’s tongue (Hmmm, interesting) Mountain ash Mueslix cereal Mulberry Mustard greens Nandina Nasturtium Natal plum Navy beans - cooked Neanthe bella palm Nectarines – fleshy part of fruit only Neoregelia Nerve plant New York Aster Nidularium Norfolk island pine Oatmeal Old-man-and-woman Olive Oranges Orchids Oregon grape Oriental bamboo Ornamental dracaena Painted fingernail Painted nettle Papaya – fleshy part of the fruit Paper flower Paper plant Parlour palm Parsley Passion flower Pasta Peaches – fleshy part of fruit only Pearl echeveria Pears – seeds are toxic to some
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04-18-2013, 02:09 AM
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This will end up what I’ve got for now Monica.....
Plants, Branches & Eats – Page 3 Peas Pecan tree Pecans - salt free Pellaea peperomia Pepper face plant Peppers Persimmons Petunia Photinia Phoenix palm Piggyback plant Pine Pine nuts Pineapple Pink polka-dot plant Pinto beans - cooked Pistachios – plain (not colored) & salt free Pitcher plant Pittosporum Platinum pepper Pleomele Plums Polka-dot plant Polypody Pomegranates - fruit is OK Ponytail palm Poplar Potatoes - cooked only Pothos Prayer plant Prostrate coleus Prune Puffed oats Pumpkin Purple nettle Purple passion Purple velvet plant Pygmy date palm Pyracantha Rabbit’s foot fern Radiator plant Rainbow star Radishes Raphiolepsis Raspberries Red-creeping Charlie Red grapefruit Red-margined draceana Red peppers Ribbon and bows Ribbon fern Ribbon wood Rice, cooked or crisped Roebelin palm Roof houseleek Rolled oats Rose Rose-of-China Rosy madenhair Roundleaf fern Royal velvet plant Rubber plant Russian olive Saffron spike Salmon Sassafras Scabiosa Schefflera Screw pine Seaweed Sedum Sensitive plant Sentry palm Shame plant Shredded carrots Shredded wheat Silk tree Silver dollar maidenhair Silver fittonia Silver net plant Silver threads Slender lady palm Small-leaved rubber plant Snake plant Snapdragon Snowberry Southern maidenhair fern Southern sword fern Sow thistle Spanish bayonet Sprenger asparagus Sprengerl fern Spider fern Spider ivy Spider plant Spinach Spineless yucca Spiraea Spotted gasteria Spruce Spur flower Squash Squirrel’s foot fern Staghorn fern Starfish plant Star fruit Strawberries – homegrown are best Strawberry tree Summer squash Sunflower seeds, sparingly Swedish begonia Swedish ivy Sweet bay Sweet gum Sweet potato, cooked Swiss chard Sword fern Sycamore Table fern Tang drink mix Tangerines Thanksgiving cactus Thatch-leaf palm Thistle Thousand mothers Thurlow Thyme Ti log Ti plant Tillandsia Tom thumb Tomatoes – fruit only Touch-me-not Trailing watermellon begonia Tree-of-kings Tree fern Tropical hibiscus Tuna (water packed) Turnip greens Turnips Umbrella tree Urn plant Variegated wandering jew Vase plant Velvet nettle Velvet plant Venezuela treebine Venus’s hair Viburnum Vine maple Vinegar Volcano plant Vriesea Walking anthericum Walnuts Warneckii dracaena Wandering Jew Watercress Watermelon Watermelon begonia Watermelon peperomia Watermelon pilea Wax plant Wax flower Weeping Chinese banyon Weeping fig Weeping willow Western maidenhair fern White clover White-leaf fittonia White Mexican rose White poplar Whole rye Wiegela Willow Windmill palm Wine palm Winter squash Yams Yellow bamboo Yellow squash Yogurt Youth-on-age Youth and old age Yucca Zebra plant Zinnia Zucchini
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04-18-2013, 02:16 AM
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If anyone finds any errata in my lists, please private message me or if you have any verifiable inclusions, message me also.....for those living in OZ, Hobbit land, the Asian Rim or the other lands of our forefathers, please feel free to message me with verifiable inclusions or deletions.....
OH, sorry for the long posts..... :-))
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04-18-2013, 05:12 PM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
i dont understand why peanuts are on the bad food list, especialy when almost all mixed parrot food in the uk contains peanuts???
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04-18-2013, 06:26 PM
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Re: Bird Safe Fresh Foods & Toxic Food Lists + Sprouts
WHFoods: Peanuts
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Peanuts and Aflatoxin
Peanuts are susceptible to molds and fungal invasions. Of particular concern is aflatoxin, a poison produced by a fungus called Aspergillus flavus. Although better storage and handling methods have virtually eliminated the risk of aflatoxin ingestion, aflatoxin is a known carcinogen that is twenty times more toxic than DDT and has also been linked to mental retardation and lowered intelligence. To help prevent aflatoxin ingestion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also enforces a ruling that 20 parts per billion is the maximum of aflatoxin permitted in all foods and animal foods, including peanut butter and other peanut products. If purchasing raw peanuts, it is still wise to ensure that the peanuts have been stored in a dry, cool environment (the fungus grows when the temperature is between 86-96°F (30-36°C) and when the humidity is high). Roasted peanuts are thought to offer more protection against aflatoxin, plus roasting is also thought to improve peanuts' digestibility. If roasting peanuts at home, do so gently—in a 160-170°F (about 75°C) oven for 15-20 minutes—to preserve the healthy oils. For more on the effect of high heat roasting on nuts, please see the following article. A lot of people feed peanuts without ever having an issue with them! But I prefer staying clear of them. There are healthier alternatives that pose less danger to birds. Weco, great list!
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