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.