HERE IS THE TOXIC/UNHEALTHY PARROT FOOD LIST I HAVE COMPILED:

TOXIC OR UNHEALTHY BIRD FOODS

Avoid anything high is salt, sugar, and fat content.
Alcohol
Apple seeds
Apricot pits
Asparagus
Avocado (entire plant and fruit)
Beans - Kidney, Lima
Beans, any dried
Butter
Caffeine
Carbonated beverages
Cherry pits
Chocolate
Cigarrete tobacco
Egg Plant
Gatorade
Milk/cream in large quantities
Nectarine pits
Olives
Onions (raw or cooked)
Peach pits
Pear pips
Plum pits
Raw Peanuts
Rhubarb
Tobacco
Tomato (entire plant and fruit)
Houseplants (most are toxic, not all)
dried fruits (containing sulfides or sulphates)

It is best to get the lists of SAFE plants, woods and foods and just stick with them. Otherwise, check with your vet for anything not on the SAFE list!

To be extra safe, peel AND core fruits. Peels contain pesticides and should be disinfected with either Avicine or Citricidal. Certain fruits and vegetables have seeds that are toxic to parrots. Sometimes products can be found on organic produce.

Here are important links concerning things that are toxic to your bird:

LIST OF PLANTS TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.birdsnways.com/articles/plntstox.htm

LIST OF TREES TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.mdvaden.com/bird_page.shtml
(This does not mean lumber! Consider all treated lumber as possibly toxic)

LIST OF COMMON HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.avianlove.com/content.php?content_id=9

LISTS OF THINGS TOXIC AND NON-TOXIC TO BIRDS:
http://www.parrot-and-conure-world.com/non-toxic-for-birds.html

RECIPES FOR PARROTS
http://www.parrothouse.com/recipes.html

Thank you! I just found everything that was being fed to my new three yr, old Quaker Parrot was wrong. He was given to me by my niece…MY other problem is the bird was pulling feathers…..any suggestions?

A few common causes of feather pulling are disease/allergies, malnutrition/inadequate diet, stress/anxiety, lack of sleep (less than 10-12 hours per day), boredom/lonliness/neglect, sexual frustration/hormonal changes, or by environmental factors. Feather plucking is found only in pet parrots which points to the bird's reaction to pluck as psychological. It can also become a habit. Below are three informative websites to help you determine the cause of the feather plucking. Each site covers the issue at a different angle and are all worth checking out.

http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww4eii.htm (covers many causes and solutions)

http://www.petparrot.com/ParrotCarePlucking.htm (covers disease, stress, and boredom, and illustrates a simple, homemade bird vest to help deter plucking)

http://bird-elicious.blogspot.com/2005/10/feather-plucking-feather-plucker_20.html (covers mostly allergies and the use of vitamin C)

I just bought an african grey and would like his area to be as close to his natural habitat as possible. I was wondering if my spider plant and money tree(pachira species) will harm him if he nibbles.

i have gren parrot very sweet and i really liked how you put the good and bad food for them

very helpful posts, my baby quaker is very happy and talkative! he seems to have a strong liking for banana bread, is that okay?

I just got a rescued sun conure 3yrs. old and I bought Hartz parrot gourmet diet from winndixie for him. I take out the sunflowers and peanuts though. it has all kinds of stuff in it ex., raisins, pellets, coconutetc. is it okay to feed him strictly that or does he need other stuff too? thankyou to all those who take time to reply!

Thank you for the info here. I have 3 quakers Kiwi Quakey and Tiki Kiwi and Quakey just love Jalapeno peppers and it amazes people when they see them eating it when I tak them with me to the Flea Market every weekend for their big time out. They also like carrots, cucumbers, apples, Chex cereal and Cheerios, and they like bread mashed potatoes,popcorn,pizza chinese wonton soup, chinese LoMein noodles, sunflower seeds, cashews oatmeal grapes cooked rice french fries few lunch meats corn,potato chips and all the good stuff I give them a little bit of each everyday and I go can I take you order Kiwi,Quakey and Tiki and it's so cute they will chrip and talk and let me know what it is they want each night these little guys (quakers) are simply the most amazing and intelligent little guys there is. My 3 quakes even eat better than me, I make sure that they have simply nothing but the best each and everyday they are the little loves of my life, my feathered children indeed.

I noticed in your list that you advise us that tomato is harmful to birds. However, in the nutrition table at the top of this page tomato is noted as a good food. (This counts for asparagus too). So what´s up? Thanks!

Hi LoKi, one of those lists was posted by a visitor to this site. To my knowledge, tomatos are safe for parrots to eat.

I LOVE THIS WEB!This is my question… Is it good for a quaker to be living by his/herself??????Anyway,Thanks for the chart….i will be more strict on my bird's diet

sometimes my bird seals chicken from my plate. Will it harm him?

can my quaker parrot drink green tea…she/he seems to like it =)

green tea has caffeine - bad for birds - a tiny bit of chicken can be ok but bacteria can grow on it (salmonella/ e.coli) if not cooked properly or allowed to cool too much.

also i understand mushrooms to be toxic for birds - never rely on 1 opinion google 'parrots diet toxic'
'parrots nutrients' i even look up individual foods if im unsure 'parrots persimmons' and have found so many great sites.

mushrooms bad, green tea bad

Just wanting to know how lentils are placed my quaker seems to love them? Also barley?

Re Tomatoes
We have a young blue quaker and haven't yet built any real experience keeping parrots, but we do have several parrot feeders in our yard which are visited by many wild parrots native to Australia eg. White Cockatoos, Galahs, King Parrots, Rainbow and Scaly Lorikeets, and Rosellas.
Needless to say many parrots over the years have come to the feeders and decided to feast in our vegie garden while they're here (we use no chemicals of any kind … ever!) and the King Parrots especially love our tomatoes. They don't get much chance at ripe fruit as we harvest any undamaged fruit as soon as it's ripe, but they love green tomatoes and any colour capsicum (peppers) with a passion, while the lorikeets steal peas and beans as soon as the pods form if we don't get the nets up quickly enough (nets mean nothing to King parrots, they work out how to get under and behind them)
I have to wonder. Surely these wonderful birds must have a natural instinct for what is good or bad for them, so I think if this is the case, then tomatoes must be an okay food (at least for King parrots)

Hope this helps in some way
Coralie

Hi I hered that quackers like cayion powder(pepper).Is this true? thank you Pat

Thanks for the great info on this thread. I see lots of green leafy veg, but not specific referenced to basil and dill. Is basil (lettuce leaf, lemon, cinnamon, purple) and dill safe for Quakers? I have more than I can use in my garden. I don't use pesticides since it is a butterfly garden, but I do use some fertilizer (prill or pellet, not spray)and I wash everything before eating it. Would love to share the garden spoils with my birds.

hello

my name is dalya and I was wondering if i could give
my quaker rex dried cranberries?

my quaker is 8 weeks old… what age is okay to start giving him this stuff?

I just got my quaker also 8weeks the breeder told me to start now giving him different things she said as long as they know how to eat then they can eat anything well anything thats good for them lol hope that helps I am no expert

Hi I also heard that warm unsalted, unsugared, and non buttered oatmeal is good for parrots too.

Hi, i just bought a quaker, and i would like to know the portions of the food if anyone can help or give me a good website that states the portions for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I would like to start with a healthy food plan to avoid any pain later like bad diet diseases. Thank you.

1. I took over my quaker (Belle) from my boyfriend who fed him just pellets. Belle always ignored the yellow ones and pretty much the orange ones too. Now I've added a big parrot mix (without the peanuts and corn becuase so many of the mixes are all seeds, especially sunflower. But now he pretty much ignores the pellets and eats the little white seed, the pumpkin seeks and the tiny little vegetable slivers that are green or red. So - too many seeds. How do I get him to eat more of what he should?

2. I hand feed him veggies and fruits by day (when I'm eating them) and put them in his dish with the big bird mix in the evening. He eats both, but he tends to eat the veggies more assiduously when I hand feed them. Should I stop this?

3. My boyfriend just kept his dish full of pellets so Belle ate at will. I give him fresh food in the a.m. and p.m., not filling the dish. He still eats at will, however. Should I be removing the dish so he eats a meal, as people do? Because I'd also love to him eat with me as many articles recommend.

As you can see, I'm transitioning him from my boyfriend's care. Belle's diet is healthier and he poops less frequently and it's more solid (I put in a pinch of that oyster shell stuff too). But the food thing is a big question as to achieving the optimal balance etc.
Thanks,
Judi