1-chocolate 2-apple seeds 3-avocado 4onions 5-alcohol 6- mushrooms 7-tomato leaves 8-salt 9-caffiene 10-dried beans I feel everyone should know what is dangerous to the health of their birds;so they can avoid giving to them by mistake.they can eat cooked beans,but not dry beans.

hmm.. i never thought about mushrooms.


glad i never gave it too them. not that there'd be any left, b/c I LOVE mushrooms!

I thought they could eat beans someone made a bean soup which essentially would be dry beans until you cook them no?

Avocado is scary because that's primarily what guacamole is, and I could see someone thinking it might be a good treat for bird

I think dried beans are not good because they are so concentrated and swell up in thier little insides. I know they do not throw rice at weddings any more because the white rice, if eaten will swell up inside wild birds and can kill them.

Actually the Bird vs. Rice theory is false. It does not harm birds at all. I found this info on snopes.com here is the link to the article.

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/birdrice.asp

Although the person cited is from the USA Rice Federation and milled polished and sometimes converted rice (what stands in a rice paddy with a Bible? Uncle Ben converting his rice) does not grow in fields.

Big Bad Momma said cooked beans are okay, but not dried. Meaning cook the dried beans first, then give it to them if you wish...right?

this is a great post!

I'm bringing it back up so that the new budgie owners and those that don't know can learn.also we need to bring up that famous forum correct cage sizes for those that are getting more birds.here we go again everyone.