toxicity

So, yesterday I asked about pretty bird pellets here and on Facebook and oh god the responses were a mess. People saying seed diets are the best, people saying only veggies are good, people saying that only Harrison’s is good (despite explicitly saying I can’t afford it because of the cost and...

Have I killed my parrot?? Like a moron, I gave my 10 yr old yna a small elderberry branch(6-7", no leaves) without checking if it was toxic: my chickens use it all the time, eating berries, leaves and pecking the branches. I've fed the berries to the girls for years, they adore them. As soon as...

Im going to be getting a parrot within the next year and I’m a bit of an avid gardener so I want to make sure I’m across what plants the bird definitely can’t be allowed near. I’m in Australia so I mostly grow natives in the garden (red wattle, Eucalyptus, grevilleas, kangaroo paws, nsw...

I know there are lots of links about lists of safe and unsafe spices, but there seems to be a lot of controversy...plus, a few that say "in moderation" . As an all-or-nothing sort of gal, I hate that. What do you know for a fact is safe in any quantity? I don't want to play with fire and...

I can't find any information on pet birds and laser printers. My bird (Green Cheek Conure) lives in the same room as my computer. We just bought a used, professional sized laser printer at a garage sale. This is a scanner, fax, copier, printer. It is a tabletop version of the large ones you see...