Tea for finches?

[StodOne]

I've red somewhere that if a finch has diarrhea , you can give them cold tea ..
I am sceptical about that , what tea should I give them and should I replace water with tea or a separate cup for tea?
Does anyone know about this?

[cindy]

if the birds have giardia, cocci it is not going to cure them. pm me the droppings on white paper close up.

[GouldianGuy]

I've read multiple places that caffeine is a NO - NO for birds, as they already have high metabolisms, and the increased metabolic rate from caffeine would not be good.

I imagine it'd be like cocaine/thyroid storm for birds...

[Paul's Amazing Birds]

An old timer once told me that a plant called Comfrey, used or years to make an herbal tea, is really good for birds. He gave me some root starts for my veggie garden and I've been growing it ever since. Not sure if there's any caffeine in it but all my bird species except for the doves, just love the stuff.
They get about 10 huge leaves of this special treat presented in a flower vase so it stays fresh - every week or so. Plenty of other veggies available but this one is usually gone in less than a day.

Paul

[Stuart whiting]

An old timer once told me that a plant called Comfrey, used or years to make an herbal tea, is really good for birds. He gave me some root starts for my veggie garden and I've been growing it ever since. Not sure if there's any caffeine in it but all my bird species except for the doves, just love the stuff.
They get about 10 huge leaves of this special treat presented in a flower vase so it stays fresh - every week or so. Plenty of other veggies available but this one is usually gone in less than a day.

Paul

Blimey Paul you've just brought back some memories to me as its quite funny that I had an old timer probably some 28 years ago got onto using Russian comfrey with the big leaves, my canaries and British finches used to devour this when I used to blend it up,

Haven't seen the plant now for years