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       Fresh foods to Offer your Budgie 
   DIR By: paul
       Date: June 8, 2012, 4:46 pm
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       Fresh foods to Offer your Budgie
       Budgie-safe  Fruits: Apples, bananas, berries (straw-, black-,
       rasp-), cherries, citrus fruits, figs, grapes, guava, kiwi
       fruit, mango, melons, pears, stone fruits,
       There is some controversy over citrus fruits, some sites put
       them on the no-no list, while I know from the Aussie breeders
       forum that many add all and any citrus to their aviaries.
       Budgie-safe Vegetables: Asian greens (bok choy, pak choy, kang
       kung etc), beets, broccoli flowerets and leaves, carrots
       (including tops), bell peppers, celery, peas (with shells), the
       spinach family (chard, silverbeet, spinach), sweet corn, cooked
       sweet potato, sprouts, the squash family, radishes
       Budgie-safe Plants: Basil, chickweed, clover, dandelion, sorrel,
       and in fact most fresh herbs are safe for budgies as well as
       native grasses, as long as they are not harvested from
       road-sides. The pollutants from vehicles make these grasses
       unsafe.
       Foods to Avoid: Avocados, asparagus, apple seeds, dairy produce,
       potatoes, lettuce too often, onion, rhubarb.
       Extract from Pittwater Animal Hospital, Sydney: Quote:
       “Dangerous foods - Avocado, rhubarb, chocolate and caffeine are
       all poisonous. Cabbage will make your budgie sick. Spinach and
       parsley bind to calcium, reducing its absorption from the gut;”
       unquote.
       Controversial foods: Eggplant, plums, cabbage, green beans,
       citrus fruits
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