Monkey Nuts - OK or Not ok???

[TheNamesLuna]

Hi All

Mum has brought me a bag of Monkey Nuts - peanuts in shells - from the pet shop today, in the bird section.
Am I ok to eat them? I am confused by reading about peanuts being bad for me & then finding them in my food etc.
Thanks all
Love Luna

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[itzjbean]

They're not great for parrots -- high in fat, and especially if in-shell are known to carry fungal diseases that can spread to parrots. Unless they are unshelled, washed and cleaned for human consumption...I wouldn't give them to your parrot.

Here's a great read.... Are peanuts safe for parrots?

 

[ChristaNL]

"Human peanuts" are heated to get rid of fungus etc. and probably to improve the rather mealy taste (a peanut is really more an underground growing pea, not a nut).
"Birdy peanuts" are not heat-treated and may contain loads of fungy (and their spores) you (as a parront) do not want anywhere near your parrot.
Especially the shells are usualy not very 'clean'.


The advice most people will give you is : dont feed your bird peanuts of any kind.
Apart from all the potential healthhazzards peanuts are verry fatty but not very nutritional (so "empty calories" rather than good food).


-so they are roughly speaking "fastfood-with-fungus"