crazyforfeathers
New member
- Aug 18, 2012
- 76
- 5
- Parrots
- Limbo (7 year old Dusky Conure), Prisma (4 year old Parakeet), Stormy (2 year old Parakeet)
I didn't know this as of yesterday after my conure flew to the kitchen where I was chopping garlic. He left his bowl of seeds when he smelled the garlic being chopped! He took a clove off the chopping board and I let him eat it.
I read online that it is bad because it can potentially cause anemia by causing red blood cells to rupture. In my other search, people said it is safe and beneficial due to its great anti bacterial and anti-oxidant properties, among other things. One even said it was recommended by their Avian Vet.
So as you can see, I am confused! I'd love to give it to him, at least in moderation (like 1 clove every week?) but I want to make sure it won't kill him.
I read online that it is bad because it can potentially cause anemia by causing red blood cells to rupture. In my other search, people said it is safe and beneficial due to its great anti bacterial and anti-oxidant properties, among other things. One even said it was recommended by their Avian Vet.
So as you can see, I am confused! I'd love to give it to him, at least in moderation (like 1 clove every week?) but I want to make sure it won't kill him.
