Are Queen palm nuts safe!?!?!?

[Rickyrod89]

Anybody know if the nuts from a queen palm is safe for my greys or any parrot to eat? Please help there are many queen palms around Southern California and my aunt happens to have many in her yard ... I know west african palm nuts are safe so I'm wondering if the queen palm nuts can be offered as an Alternative

 

[weco]

Yep, they're OK.....here's a link with info (company's now closed) where you used to be able to order them.....

http://www.thecozynestbox.com/The_Cozy_Nestbox/Queen_Info.html

 

[Rickyrod89]

Oh ok great ! Thanks would you happen to know if they are nutritous ?

 

[weco]

Sorry, can't help you with that.....

 

[henpecked]

I feed them (and others) to my amazons. High in VitA and C. Go to the blue bar at the top of the page, click "search", search for "Palm nuts". I have some vids and pics in some of the threads about palm nuts.